W. T. Whitney Jr.
LATEST ARTICLES BY W. T. Whitney Jr.
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Class conflict surfaces at climate summit
December 14, 2009Half way into the 15th UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen on December 7-18, 100,000 demonstrators from 500 different organizations were in the streets protesting.
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Terrorist activities surface as anti-terrorists are sentenced
December 12, 2009Critics of the resentencing this month of three of the Cuban Five prisoners in U.S. jails focused once more on U. S. "double standards."
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World Notes: Russia, Nepal, Israel, Uganda, Venezuela, Cuba
December 11, 2009Nepal: World's highest cabinet meeting sends message on global warming.
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Former guerilla wins Uruguayan presidency
December 11, 2009In a runoff election on Nov. 29, José Mujica won the presidency by a 52 to 43 percent margin over former president Luis Alberto Lacalle of the right wing National Party.
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Two Cuban Five prisoners are resentenced
December 10, 2009A federal judge in Miami has reduced the jail time of two more of a group of five Cubans who were given draconian sentences in a controversial and highly politicized 2001 trial.
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Bolivians vote to keep Morales
December 7, 2009The stakes were high for President Evo Morales going into presidential and legislative elections on December 6.
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World Notes: Poland, Honduras, Palestine, Malaysia, Nigeria, Cuba
December 5, 2009In Poland, flaunting a red star or a Che Guevara tee shirt could lead to fines or two years in prison.
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World socialists gather in Caracas
November 28, 2009If nothing else, the "First International Meeting of Parties of the Left" in Caracas last week was ambitious.
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