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  • Trade unionists unite to debate crisis of capitalism

    Trade unionists unite to debate crisis of capitalism

    February 10, 2009 By Morning Star

    Original source: TRADE unionists from across the country gathered at the Communist Party of Britain's headquarters in Croydon over the weekend to debate the impact of the current capitalist crisis.

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  • Gang Tries to Kill  Mexican General

    Gang Tries to Kill Mexican General

    February 7, 2009

    Mexico, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) A high-ranking military officer was wounded in an attack by a gang, just 48 hours after another Mexican general was assassinated in Cancun, Quintana Roo state. The general killed two of...

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  • WORLDNOTES  February 14, 2009

    WORLDNOTES February 14, 2009

    February 6, 2009

    France: Unions mount general strike Protesting failure by the government of conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy to protect jobs and support consumer buying power while bailing out banks, eight national unions in a rare manifestation of unity...

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  • Worker-farmer protests rock Mexico

    Worker-farmer protests rock Mexico

    February 6, 2009

    A major event took place just across our border, but few U.S. media took note of it: Hundreds of thousands of workers and farmers marched through the streets of Mexico City and other Mexican cities and...

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  • GOP diehards try to block stimulus plan

    GOP diehards try to block stimulus plan

    February 6, 2009

    Despite the spreading job and foreclosure crises, with growing reports of people sleeping in alleys and tunnels, under bridges and highways, and in cars and tents, right-wing Republicans are trying to block President Obama’s National Recovery...

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