International
Guantanamo prisoners to be released
December 5, 2003Facing pressure from a Supreme Court challenge and increasing tension over the issue with the British government, the Bush administration has decided to release up to 100 of the estimated 660 prisoners from 44 countries held...
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December 5, 2003Israel and Palestine: Majority favors two-state plan A poll published Nov. 22 showed that 55.6 percent of Palestinians and 53 percent of Israelis support the principles of the unofficial peace plan called the Geneva Accord, drafted...
Read moreChina unions take on organizing challenge
December 5, 2003Organizing workers in the private sector is a new challenge to the massive Chinese trade union movement, according to Zhang Hongzun, chairman of China’s 22-million-member Educational, Scientific, Cultural, and Medical Workers Union. The outspoken advocate of...
Read moreHuge rally against Bush in London
December 5, 2003LONDON – Over 400,000 peace protesters poured into central London Nov. 20 in a deafening display of anger at “Texan terrorist” George Bush’s state visit.
Read moreColombian workers risk lives to organize unions
December 5, 2003PORTLAND, Ore. – Labor organizers who think it’s tough to unionize in the United States should hear Juan Carlos Galvis. Galvis is a worker at a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Barrancabermeja, Colombia, and vice president of...
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