World
Caribbean strikes win peoples victories
March 31, 2009Labor militancy and popular mobilization in Martinique and Guadeloupe led to strike settlements last month remarkable for wide-ranging, decisive benefits for racially oppressed working people. Victories there occurred amidst a wave of protests elsewhere, especially in...
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40,000 reasons the G20 must act
March 30, 2009Thousands of campaigners marched through London on Saturday in the run-up to the G20 summit to demand action on poverty, climate change and jobs. Over 40,000 marchers accompanied by brass bands and drummers walked the four...
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40,000 reasons the G20 must act
March 30, 2009NEW YORK, Mar 29 (IPS) - This could be the moment when a fatal blow is delivered to the world's tax havens. Or it could be another largely cosmetic change that allows offshore financial centres such...
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‘People come first’ say progressive leaders
March 30, 2009VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile, Mar 28 (IPS) - Countries must put people first if they are to prevent the economic recession from becoming a social recession, concluded the two-day gathering of self-styled progressive world leaders that...
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Morales to call for new world order in Doha
March 30, 2009La Paz, Mar 29 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian President Evo Morales on Sunday is flying to Doha, Qatar, for the Second Arab-South American Summit, where he will advocate for a new multilateral world order to face the...
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