International
In France, undocumented workers strike for rights
June 20, 2008PARIS — Undocumented workers here have done what was once considered unthinkable. Starting in mid-April, they have organized a series of strikes and work stoppages. In some cases the workers, many of whom are African, even...
Read moreAfrican unions urge action on Zimbabwe
June 20, 2008Labor unions from southern Africa have called on the regional Southern African Development Community to send peacekeepers to Zimbabwe to ensure presidential elections take place democratically. A statement from the main labor organizations in eight countries...
Read moreNepal goes from Hindu kingdom to secular democracy
June 20, 2008The king of Nepal is no more. No. He’s not dead. He has been retired. After the Maoists’ party won the overwhelming majority in Nepal’s Constituent Assembly elections this April, the country’s left and secular forces...
Read moreWorld notes: June 21, 2008
June 20, 2008South Korea: Conservative president confronts outrage Monitored by 30,000 riot police, a million people demonstrated throughout South Korea on June 10, following weeks of protests against the government’s bowing to Washington’s threats to retract a trade...
Read moreHighlights from Cannes Festivals 61st season
June 14, 2008Cannes is a term that has come to represent celebrities, new international films, recognition of actors and actresses and, of course, money and power as represented by the outrageous expenditure of capital in that southern French...
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