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Guatemala dictator to stand trial

February 6, 2012 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Guatemalan prosecutors announced Jan. 26 that 85-year-old Efraín Ríos Montt, military dictator in 1982-1983, was going to trial in March.

Left or right – where’s the threat?

February 6, 2012 By Victor Grossman

The "crime" of those on the left, aside from occasional rocks or bottles thrown at Nazis, was a failure to support the "basic libertarian democratic order."

Pakistan generals profit from mayhem, communists say

February 3, 2012 By Teresa Albano

In a recent analysis, the Communist Party of Pakistan says the Obama administration is interested in working out a political settlement in Afghanistan "in order to cut down its colossal expenditures there."

Iran sanctions are no solution, says solidarity organization

February 3, 2012 By Special to People’s World

CODIR Assistant General Secretary Jamshid Ahmadi made clear the position of human rights and peace organizations in relation to Iran.

U.S. steelworkers campaign to free Colombian political prisoners

February 3, 2012 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

"We are working in close conjunction with Justice for Colombia in Great Britain on the political prisoners campaign," says USW Senior Counsel Dan Kovalik.