International
International labor campaign against nuclear weapons
November 7, 2009In a sign of growing international labor solidarity around broad social issues labor unions and peace groups have launched a new petition campaign to abolish nuclear weapons.
Read moreCuba, Russia sign promising oil agreement
November 5, 2009Cuba and Russia signed an agreement Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, to allow Russian state oil company Zarubezhneft to explore for and produce oil in Cuba in their first post-Soviet oil pact.
Read moreWorld Notes: Bulgaria, Romania, Africa, Israel, Nicaragua, China, Cuba
November 2, 2009Stars and Stripes, the U.S. Army weekly, reported last month that two new U.S. military bases are under construction in Bulgaria and Romania at costs respectively of $60 and $50 million.
Read moreFrench and U.S. labor fight plant closing in France
November 2, 2009American union members joined workers from the French union federationto demonstrate against Molex Inc in Lisle, Ill. Video included.
Read moreHow the Pentagon forcibly removed Diego Garcia islanders and gassed their dogs
October 31, 2009In order to convert the sleepy Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia into a military base, the U.S. forcibly transported its 2,000 Chagossian inhabitants into exile.
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