International
School of the Americas: key tool for empire
October 9, 2012"How would you describe the School of the Americas?" "As a school of assassins, torturers, and leaders of coups."
Read moreActivists call for end to polar bear killings
October 5, 2012Environmentalists, looking to help polar bears already affected by global warming, are pushing for an international ban on the legal trade in polar bear items.
Read moreHistoric vote to end “bear farming”
October 3, 2012In a historic move, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature voted at its World Congress in Jeju, South Korea to phase out bear farming.
Read moreRocky road to Venezuela presidential elections
October 2, 2012Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, winner of elections in 2000 and 2006 by overwhelming majorities, is heavily favored in voting set for October 7.
Read moreMexican right rams through anti-labor law
October 1, 2012Mexico has had, on paper, progressive labor laws. However, workers have trouble defending their interests even where there is a union.
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