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Madagascar to hold runoff election in December
November 12, 2013Madagascar today is one of the richest nations in the region, and one of the poorest. It has vast natural resources (gold, nickel, cobalt, petroleum), but 92 percent of its people live on $2.00 per day...
Read moreFrench students rebel against deportations of classmates
October 18, 2013The arrest of a Roma girl on a school bus in front of her classmates, and her subsequent deportation to Kosovo along with her family, has caused an uproar in France and split the ruling Socialist...
Read moreToday in labor history: U.S. tries to overthrow workers’ government in Russia
September 4, 2013On Sept. 4, 1918, U.S. troops landed at Archangel, in northern Russia, seeking to overthrow the new workers' government that had ousted the czar a year earlier.
Read moreNo U.S.-NATO intervention in Syria
August 27, 2013No matter who is to blame for the chemical attacks, an escalated war with U.S. and NATO involvement would be disastrous. We strongly oppose an escalation of the war via U.S. and NATO intervention.
Read moreToday in labor history: First African-American pilot recognized posthumously
August 23, 2013Bullard was rejected by the U.S. Army Air Service because only white pilots were allowed to serve.
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