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by Patrick Cockburn
Dramatic increases in infant mortality, cancer and
leukaemia in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, which was bombarded by US
Marines in 2004, exceed those reported by survivors of the atomic bombs
that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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by Tamar Lewin
Michelle Rhee, the reform-minded chancellor who took over the District of Columbia public schools three years ago, on Friday fired 241 teachers, or 5 percent of the district's total.
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The most extensive anti-authoritarian network of our country [Greece] is preparing for a
national meeting on May 8th-9th, inaugurating a special time period which will be as
crucial for the progress of itself as for the future of the financial organization of our
society.
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Syndicated from Slashdot on Sat, 2010-07-24 schliz writes "Corporate web filters in some organizations are blocking web access to the Australian Sex Party, which is a registered political party that is contesting Australia's upcoming August 21 Federal Election. The site features policies and campaign material, including opposition to the Government's mandatory internet filtering proposal.
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This afternoon (22nd July), after 17 days of strike by over 20,000 power looms workers in the Jhang district, the bosses agreed to meet the demands. The district coordination officer (DCO) announced at the textile workers' strike camp that all workers would be issued social security cards. At a meeting the director of social security, the district administration and employers jointly agreed.
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Syndicated from Libcom on Sat, 2010-07-24
A group of construction workers downed tools this week after company fails to pay them or provide them with contracts.
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Please take a moment to urge US President Obama to Endorse the UN Declaration on Indigenous Rights! On April 20, 2010, during the Ninth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, US representative to the UN, Ambassador Susan E.
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By Dawn Paley - July 23, 2010
A critical reading of [the Toronto G20 Summit Declaration] reveals it as evidence that those who took great risk to mobilize against the G20 did so on behalf of the health of communities and the planet...Although the Toronto Declaration begins with a populist appeal to sustainability, job creation and financial regulation, it enshrines a commitment to force the poor and working class around the world to tighten their belts yet again as states are ordered to implement strict new austerity programs.
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More than 45 concerned citizens gathered today for a protest march in Overtown, Florida. It was a demonstration against the Miami Police Department...
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Source (Huffington Post)
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Actor Sean Penn, who is helping manage a camp of displaced earthquake victims in Haiti, is making pointed criticisms of journalists for dropping the ball on coverage of Haiti. He's wrong. I've been on the ground in Port-au-Prince working as an independent journalist for the past ten months.
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<p>As many have heard, a relentless anti-police movement has grown from the tragedy of Oscar Grant's murder on January 1, 2009 by former officer Jo...
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<p>News is emerging, but the FBI has arrested a man in connection with the A.L.F. arson at Sheepskin Factory in Denver, Colorado. Walter Bond, 34, ...
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<p><em>Good radicals don’t solve other workers’ problems. They give workers the tools to solve those problems on their own: how to anal...
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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana - A tropical storm barreling towards the Gulf of Mexico oil spill site Friday forced crews to suspend operations and halt work to permanently plug the gushing BP well.
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