W. T. Whitney Jr.
LATEST ARTICLES BY W. T. Whitney Jr.
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British trade unionists come out for Cuba and the Cuban Five
September 21, 2011From the vantage point of Cuban solidarity activists in the U.S., U.K. trade unionists deserve special credit because they've taken the lead in speaking out for the Cuba Five in Britain.
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Chilean communists take a hit as protests mount
September 19, 2011A group of 50 self proclaimed, "rebel students" on September 12 attacked the Santiago offices of the Chilean Communist Party's (CP) Central Committee.
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Chile resists – students and labor join forces
August 30, 2011Anational strike called by the Workers' United Center of Chile (CUT), massed 400, 000 people in the capital city of Santiago and 200,000 elsewhere.
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Impunity reigns in Colombia, Piedad Cordoba leaves
August 25, 2011In Colombia, wholesale murder and impunity go hand in hand.
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Latin American alliance confronts economic crisis
August 23, 2011UNASUR has emerged from a bevy of regional alliances to assume a major role in work toward Latin American integration. With the Paraguayan Senate's approval August 13 of Paraguay's entry into UNSUR, the alliance now includes...
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Cuban Five prisoner Gerardo Hernandez demands justice
August 16, 2011Persecution of the "Cuban Five" continues - they are victimized presumably as proxies for an unvanquished revolution.
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A plea for Liliany Obando, Colombian political prisoner
August 9, 2011Class conflict, rural - urban divisions, and impunity for criminals created circumstances putting Obando and other political activists at high risk.
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Cuba Caravan challenges blockade, returns to the United States
August 8, 2011A year of work for organizers, and a month on the road for many participants, culminated on August 1 when the 22nd Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan returned from Cuba, passing that day from Mexico into...
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