W. T. Whitney Jr.
LATEST ARTICLES BY W. T. Whitney Jr.
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World Notes: UN, Pakistan, Iran, Honduras, South Africa, Cuba
August 23, 2010The International Labor Organization issued a report August 12 indicating that at the end of 2009 81 million people between 15 and 24 years of age were unemployed, up from 11.9 percent in 2007 to 13...
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Actor Danny Glover visits Cuba Five prisoner in Calif. prison
August 12, 2010Although the encounter had been months in the making, actor Danny Glover's visit August 8 with Cuban Five Prisoner Gerardo Hernandez at the Victorville, California, maximum security federal prison came at just the right time.
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World Notes: Cuba, Bolivia, Australia, Kenya, UN, France
August 11, 2010Fidel on Obama, Bolivia's economy, Australian uranium mining, Kenyan constitution, UN and climate change, France vs. Roma.
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SOA Watch protests U.S. militarization and new Colombian bases
August 10, 2010The School of the Americas Watch (SOA Watch) on August 3 began demonstrations, projected to last one week, at the Tolemaida military base in Colombia.
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A plea for Gerardo Hernandez
August 4, 2010The Cuban Five will never be as famous in the United States as John Brown, and their struggle is entirely different, but they and he put ideals and ethics first.
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World Notes: Cuba, Chile, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Czech Republic, Bangladesh
August 2, 2010Cuba's economy, Chilean hunger strike, South African public workers, U.S. arms for Saudis, missile defense for Czechs, Bangladesh textile workers.
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Venezuela cuts ties with Colombia
July 28, 2010Once again, tensions are rising between the right-wing, U.S.-allied government of Colombia and the left-wing government in neighboring Venezuela.
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World Notes: Canada, Romania, Mozambique, India, Austria
July 23, 2010The right to clean water, toxic gold mining, biofuel's human toll, measuring India's poverty, good and bad on HIV/AIDS.
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