James Tweedie
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World
Sudan Communist leader arrested after bread protest
January 18, 2018Muhammad Mukhtar al-Khatieb was arrested in a raid a day after a protest organized by the Sudanese Communist Party (SCP) against austerity measures that raised the price of bread.
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Communists accuse Iranian government of killings blamed on protesters
January 3, 2018Iran’s communist party blamed “agent provocateurs” of the state yesterday for killings attributed to anti-government protesters.
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Honduran police go on strike, refuse to support coup
December 5, 2017“Our people are sovereign and we have a duty to them, therefore we cannot confront them and suppress their rights.”
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Coup fears escalate after Honduran vote; troops seen heading for capital
November 30, 2017Left-center presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla alleged ballot fraud yesterday, urging protests as troops rolled toward the capital.
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Goodbye Lenin: Ecuador’s Moreno sacked from ruling party, retains presidency
November 3, 2017The move leaves Moreno in office but without the support of the left-wing PAIS Alliance majority in the National Assembly.
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General strike in South Africa: Workers denounce corruption
September 28, 2017“We cannot fight corruption and state capture if we do not acknowledge that the capitalist system itself is a deeply corrupted system."
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Venezuela: Right-wing opposition supporters launch bosses’ strike
July 21, 2017The country's Labor Minister Nestor says businesses that join the lockout will be punished for violating "the working class’s right to work.”
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South African Communists ban President Zuma from party congress
July 12, 2017The latest blow to the corruption-tainted leader comes after repeated calls for him to step down from office.
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