2009
Visa campaign launched for Cuban Five families
March 27, 2009Prisoners need to see their families. The United Nations Human Rights Commission urges a minimum standard that prisoners be allowed “regular” communication with family “by correspondence and by receiving visits.” The International Free the Five Committee...
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No more troops to Afghanistan
March 27, 2009Afghanistan is increasingly in the spotlight, as the time approaches for the Obama administration to make public the results of its comprehensive review of strategic policy there. Interviewed March 22 on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” President Obama...
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Solidarity from Brazil to Madagascar
March 27, 2009If you’re in southeastern Brazil and miss the People’s Weekly World, go to the farmlands and stop by the offices of Camoneses Sem Terra, a landless peasant association. You’ll be able to read PWW articles on...
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The populist upheaval where is it headed and who can lead?
March 26, 2009The populist outrage over AIG bonuses, and bailouts that seem to pay off the perpetrators of the financial crisis — while millions are left out of work with no medical benefits, and unemployment benefits running out...
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Pass the budget! Grassroots coalition demands action
March 26, 2009WASHINGTON—President Obama appealed to the people to throw their support behind his first federal budget to help pull the country out of the deep economic crisis. Speaking at his second White House news conference the President...
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