Steve Sweeney
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Turkey’s Communist Mayor blocked from taking office
April 5, 2019Mehmet Fatih Macoglu, as the mayor of a small town, Ovacik, was known for planting chickpeas, beans, and potatoes in municipal lands, distributing the income from the fields to low-income families and creating a scholarship for...
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Spain refuses to apologize to Mexico’s indigenous people for colonial abuses
March 26, 2019Large numbers of indigenous were massacred with many more dying as a result of diseases, but Madrid says it has nothing to apologize for.
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Iran appoints notorious executioner as next chief justice
March 14, 2019Iranian Communists say the appointment of Ebrahim Raisi indicates the government is preparing for a violent crackdown.
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South African unions on national strike over job losses
February 13, 2019Trade unionists across South Africa are walking out in a national strike as the country faces a shutdown over “privatization, retrenchment and imperialism.”
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European leaders back Trump effort to overthrow Venezuelan government
January 28, 2019Spain, France, Germany, and Britain have all sided with the Trump regime.
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200 million on strike in India; Communist Party leaders detained
January 8, 2019It's the largest strike in world history.
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Iran: Solidarity with tortured trade unionists as strike action spreads
December 10, 2018“The responsibility for their suffering lies directly with the Iranian state. We are deeply and increasingly concerned about their lives.”
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Women hold general strike over increased violence in Israel
December 6, 2018Tens of thousands of women held a general strike with protests across Israel and the Occupied Territories yesterday over Tel Aviv’s failure to deal with a rise in violence against women.
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