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October 23, 2003South Africa: Bram Fischer reinstated The South African Communist Party last week welcomed the posthumous reinstatement of Abram (Bram) Fischer as an attorney. Fischer, a leading SACP member, was disbarred and imprisoned by the apartheid regime....
Read moreLetter from Moscow: Russians fight to restore democracy
October 23, 2003MOSCOW – October 4th marked the 10th anniversary of the storming of the Russian White House, the building that used to house the Soviet parliament. On this day in 1993, the city of Moscow erupted as...
Read moreRebellion in Bolivia ousts president
October 23, 2003Tens of thousands of Bolivian workers, peasants, indigenous people, and students flooded the streets of La Paz, Bolivia’s capital, last week in celebration of the ouster of former President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada. They lost no...
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October 17, 2003Asia: Coca-Cola workers mobilize Unions representing Coca-Cola workers in Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea, Philippines and Sri Lanka met in Manila earlier this month and agreed to coordinate their efforts to build strong bargaining power...
Read morePressure builds for probe of Bush WMD distortions
October 17, 2003One year after it authorized use of the Armed Forces to defend the nation against the alleged “threat posed by Iraq and to enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions,” Congress is considering an additional...
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