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Who is really to blame for steroid use in baseball?
On Dec. 13, former Sen. George Mitchell released with great fanfare his highly anticipated report on steroid use in Major…
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Is ‘dollar hegemony’ coming to an end?
Today’s world monetary system is based on the "dollar standard," also known as dollar hegemony. This is the unstable system…
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Foreclosures strike Black and Latino communities hardest
The housing crisis has the potential to set off a chain of events to increase the overall rate of unemployment,…
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New Orleans workers fight housing demolitions
More than two years after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans thousands of the city’s working-class residents are facing another disaster…
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El reporte de la inteligencia de los EE.UU. descarrila las amenazas de Bush contra Irán
El Estimado Nacional de Inteligencia fue reportado el 3 de diciembre. Es un resumen de los análisis de 16 agencias…
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Police occupy Brazilian favelas to stop growth
For the first time, police units will be deployed to prevent construction of new housing in the shantytowns of Rio…
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New York City forum supports San Francisco 8
On Nov. 30, approximately 400 people attended an event in support of the San Francisco 8 at Service Employee’s International…
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Government, Halliburton cover up rape crime
A young Texas woman, Jamie Leigh Jones, now 22, has alleged that U.S. war profiteer Halliburton and its former subsidiary,…
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General strike brings Greece to a halt
For Greece, Dec. 12 was a day of no business as usual. A 24-hour general strike of public and private…
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Los Angeles dock workers protest racist nooses
Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union marched on Dec. 7 outside the offices of the Pacific Maritime Association…
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Danes acquitted of bogus ‘terrorism’ charges
Seven people in Denmark charged with supporting "terrorism" were acquitted by the Copenhagen City Court. Their organization, Fighters and Lovers,…
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Will the Bali agreement halt global warming?
On Dec. 15, countries at the U.N.-sponsored Bali conference on climate change reached an agreement to start a two-year period…
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New Jersey abolishes racist death penalty
On Dec. 13, the New Jersey state legislature voted to abolish the death penalty. In a 44-36 vote, it was…
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Nurses strike against Sutter Health Hospitals
Within the last two months, registered nurses in the Bay Area have organized large two-day strikes. On Oct. 10 and…
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Rally in Plainfield, Conn. against racist attacks
On Dec. 15, 100 people participated in an anti-racist rally in Plainfield, Conn. in defense of Nashawn Williams. Williams is…
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Community mural unveiled to remember Gary King Jr.
A strong, united gathering of nearly 100 people held a candle light vigil on Dec. 15 in front of a…
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New York City holds sixth Lyrical Revolt
On Dec. 1, the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) and the Party for Socialism and…
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Bolivia moves toward new constitution
By the required two-thirds vote, a new Bolivian Constituent Assembly approved a draft constitution on Dec. 9. It passed despite…
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Indict the capitalist system
The following article is a modified speech from a Nov. 23 public meeting in Washington, D.C. On Nov. 2, Mayor…
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Capitalism sets up barriers to emissions reduction
According to a recent study, the United States could easily reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 28 percent at…
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