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Israel: Over 150,000 protest Gaza military operation
January 6, 2009Over 150,000 people demonstrated Jan. 3 in Israel against Operation Cast Lead: in the northern Arab town of Sakhnin and in Tel-Aviv. The demonstration in Sakhnin was, by far, the biggest such protest in Israel. According...
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Communist Party denounces Gaza invasion
January 5, 2009The Communist Party released the following statement on Jan. 4. The Communist Party of the USA expresses its outrage at Israel's invasion of Gaza, carried out in defiance of world public opinion.
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Gaza ceasefire now
January 3, 2009‘There is no military solution to the conflict’The Communist Party issued the following statement Dec. 31, 2008. The Communist Party of the USA (CPUSA) adds its voice to the growing international call by the United Nations...
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Cuba’s revolution has inspired humanity for 50 years
January 1, 2009Jan. 1, 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. It is an occasion for rejoicing by all who love justice and struggle as partisans for the working class, the poor and the oppressed. On...
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Bangladesh election marks end of emergency rule, secular party wins big
December 31, 2008DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladeshis voted in droves Dec. 29 in elections that marked the end of two years of emergency rule, with ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed 's Awami League-led coalition claiming a landslide victory. Hasina,...
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