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Agrarian strike in Colombia triggers repression, wider struggle
September 3, 2013Angry small farmers are rejecting free trade agreements Colombia signed with the United States, Canada, and the European Union. Rrural people in Colombia are suffering.Eight million Colombians are hungry,
Read moreFast-food workers super-size protests in Missouri and elsewhere
July 31, 2013"We deserve more, we deserve $15 and a union; we work hard and we deserve more money."
Read moreAFL-CIO’s Holt-Baker, 30 others, arrested at West Virginia protest
July 11, 2013The U.S. "is not great because of CEOs and lawyers. It's great because of working people. This is a faith-based movement, it's a civil rights movement, and it cannot fail."
Read moreOhioans “chain” Cleveland Public Square to protest Social Security cuts
July 8, 2013The 150 participants came from Toledo, Canton, Akron, Columbus, Ashtabula, and even Pittsburgh, as well as Cleveland. They were part of at least 45 "human chain" protests around the country.
Read moreDallas rally says “Restore the Fourth”
July 8, 2013More than 100 people celebrated the 4th of July here by demanding an end to U.S. government spying on its citizens.
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