politics
Massive anti-austerity march as Portugal prepares for national elections
June 8, 2015The red hammer-and-sickle banners of the Portuguese Communist Party and the green flags of the Green Ecological Party filled the streets of Lisbon.
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Venezuela: two in custody in murder of Bolivarian legislator
June 5, 2015Last year, Robert Serra was murdered in his apartment in Caracas, along with Maria Herrera, his companion and political helper.
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TPP’s evil twin advances in European Parliament
June 4, 2015The legislative arm of the European Union approved a position statement backing, with modifications, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
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A would-be Gorbachev in the People’s Republic: “The Chinese Mayor”
June 4, 2015This film is an insider's look at Geng Yanbo, the reform-minded mayor of Datong, one of the People's Republic of China's most polluted cities.
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Drawing a line in the sand on TPP is a mistake
June 3, 2015I am opposed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, as well as the enabling legislation being debated in Congress.
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