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HONDURAS: Growing social unrest a week after coup
July 8, 2009TEGUCIGALPA, Jul 6 (IPS) - The provisional government that took power in Honduras a week ago closed the airport to all traffic Monday after clashes between the military and supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya left...
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COMMENTARY: The door to real change is wide open
July 8, 2009Let me begin with a simple observation: If the last 30 years were an era of reaction, then the coming decade could turn into an era of reform, even radical reform. Six months into the Obama...
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Push begins for new stimulus bill
July 8, 2009As the reality of a recession far worse than anyone believed it was earlier this year takes hold, labor and its allies are laying the groundwork for another stimulus battle this fall. They are making their...
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Haitian and Dominican workers build solidarity
July 7, 2009Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic — A delegation of Haitian unionists met in Santo Domingo July 1-2 with unionists from the informal sector of the working people of the Dominican Republic. The encounter was held at the...
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Labor-backed think tank: Second big stimulus needed to ease worst crash since 1929
July 7, 2009A top economist at the labor-backed Economic Policy Institute said today that this month’s jobless figures and other economic indicators show the “urgent need” for “a second stimulus package as large as or even bigger than”...
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