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UK general strike gets U.S. solidarity (with video)
December 1, 2011Here in the U.S., hundreds of union members and Occupy activists picketed the British Embassy in Washington and British consulates elsewhere.
Read moreChicago PeoplesWorld.org readers celebrate growing fightback
December 1, 2011They came to celebrate election victories in Ohio and across the country, the surging recall campaign in Wisconsin and the spreading Occupy movement.
Read moreIn Britain too, public workers under fire
November 30, 2011Chancellor George Osborne careened ahead with disastrous economic policies as he launched a vicious new attack on public-sector workers.
Read moreGeneral strike shuts down Portugal
November 28, 2011A general strike called by Portuguese unions against austerity measures imposed by international finance capital practically shut down Portugal last Thursday.
Read moreThousands rally against Alabama’s immigration law
November 23, 2011In a united effort to repeal Alabama's anti-immigrant law, Black, white and Latino members of Congress, faith, labor, community and civil rights leaders kicked off a state and national campaign Nov. 21 in Birmingham.
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