W. T. Whitney Jr.
LATEST ARTICLES BY W. T. Whitney Jr.
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Amidst global Occupy movement, Chilean students show the way
October 21, 2011Building over five months, students there have moved from immediate demands to an overall critique of Chile's dominant political-economic system.
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Freeport strikers in Indonesia confront titanic forces
October 17, 2011The mineworkers, belonging to the Confederation of All-Indonesian Workers Labor Union launched a weeklong strike in July. The union extended the strike set for a month to mid November.
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Applying money and words to defeat the Cuban revolution
October 7, 2011In its efforts to upend the Cuban Revolution, the U.S. government has, in recent years, relied upon providing financial support for internal opposition groups.
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Impunity continues on Cubana Airliner anniversary
October 5, 2011Thirty-five years ago was a day of horror in the Caribbean, when two bombs exploded on a Cuban airliner, which fell into the sea off Barbados.
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Free Colombian political prisoner David Ravelo!
September 29, 2011September 14 was the end of David Ravelo Crispo's first year in jail and a time of renewed solidarity for this human rights activist imprisoned in Colombia.
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Protests in Spain against austerity cuts gain wide support
September 27, 2011The European Union and European Central bank are forcing European nations saddled with heavy debt loads to cut public services. Spain is among them.
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Honduras resistance forms new political party
September 26, 2011The National Front for Popular Resistance organized anti-government marches and demonstrations around Honduras.
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Sinn Fein will run candidate for Irish presidency
September 23, 2011At Sein Fein's annual conference Sept. 9-10, change was in the wind.
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