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UK: 2 million strike to save their pensions
December 1, 2011Tory attempts to belittle public-sector industrial action rang pathetically hollow.
Read moreUN summit talks global warming
November 30, 20112011 is, so far, the world's tenth warmest year on record, despite the warming being masked by cooling La Nina conditions.
Read moreIn Britain too, public workers under fire
November 30, 2011Chancellor George Osborne careened ahead with disastrous economic policies as he launched a vicious new attack on public-sector workers.
Read moreGeneral strike shuts down Portugal
November 28, 2011A general strike called by Portuguese unions against austerity measures imposed by international finance capital practically shut down Portugal last Thursday.
Read moreIn a first, U.S. allows Cuban envoy to travel to Ohio
November 28, 2011It was first time in 10 years that the U.S. has permitted Cuba's highest ranking diplomat to travel away from the Washington D.C. area.
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