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The Left Party offers the real alternative in Germany’s elections
September 13, 2017The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) is waging a campaign that targets immigrants and religious minorities. The Left Party, meanwhile, offers the only real alternative to the status quo.
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Republican Senate leadership unable to scuttle debate on U.S. wars
September 13, 2017Rand Paul, libertarian and one-time GOP presidential hopeful, threatened to paralyze the Senate unless Mitch McConnell allowed debate on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
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Party like it’s 1999: Incomes finally break pre-millennium peak
September 13, 2017In a stark reminder of the damage done by the Great Recession, the median American household only last year finally earned more than it did in 1999.
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“New NAFTA”: Canada demands end to U.S. “right-to-work” laws
September 13, 2017Prodded by Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union, the government demands any new trade deal force the U.S. to eliminate “right-to-work” laws.
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South Africa: Unions build strike against “predatory elite”
September 12, 2017COSATU is pushing President Jacob Zuma to cut ties with the billionaire Gupta family.
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