International
Background on the Iranian uprising
June 24, 2009The following is a brief by the Tudeh Party of Iran sent to international workers and communist parties to help explain the background of the ongoing struggles for democracy in Iran. Background to the election Iran...
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Financial crisis unprecedented since 1930s
June 24, 2009Thalif Deen interviews SUPACHAI PANITCHPAKDI, secretary-general, U.N. Conference on Trade and Development UNITED NATIONS, Jun 22 (IPS) - Since the Great Depression of the 1930s, there have been more than 100 crises worldwide, says the secretary-general...
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Irans Tudeh Party: Unity, struggle and solidarity can overcome repression
June 24, 2009The following is a June 21 statement from the Central Committee of the Tudeh Party of Iran.Following the speech of Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader and the commander of the coup d’état, in the Friday prayers...
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Chavez lambasts big pharmaceutical firms
June 24, 2009Venezuela plans to scrap some pharmaceutical patents and allow domestic manufacturers to produce generic drugs. Commerce Minister Eduardo Saman declared at the weekend that Venezuela's socialist government would annul patents on some medicines under a reform...
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US drone slaughters Pakistanis
June 24, 2009Islamabad, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) Islamabad, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) A US unmanned Predator drone shot three missiles that hit a residence in Neej Narai mountains, in Ladha, South Waziristan, at the south Pakistani border with...
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