Opinion
Just the tip of the iceberg: a response to Al Gores Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech
December 12, 2007With the just completed Bali conference, the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, special reports in many newspapers and magazines, demonstrations in 50 countries on global...
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French youth revolt spotlights deep inequities
December 7, 2007News Analysis PARIS — Two years have passed since the “insurrection of the suburbs” of working-class and immigrant youth in this city’s impoverished outskirts. The violent rebellion of 2005, which included young people setting fire to...
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Who is Ron Paul?
November 30, 2007It is relatively easy to see why far-right presidential candidate Ron Paul of Texas is driving some of the other Republicans crazy. He clearly won the straw poll after their first debate. On Nov. 5, he...
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Australian elections: historic victory for labor movement
November 28, 2007News Analysis The decisive defeat of the right-wing Coalition government in the Nov. 24 federal elections was a great victory for the labor movement, for the thousands of rank-and-file trade unionists and members of the Australian...
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Chavez warns of plans to destabilize Venezuela
November 28, 2007MERIDA, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has warned of new plans to destabilize the country after the national referendum set for next Sunday, Dec. 2. He also said he has new evidence of attempts...
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