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Why the Wisconsin goings-on affect all workers
March 7, 2011The only protection workers have to fight against exploitation is a working democracy. And so unions were born.
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Swaziland: Eviction case could pull the rug from under absolute monarchy
March 7, 2011The start of a landmark legal challenge to the rule of King Mswati III has boosted the pro-democracy movement in the tiny southern African state of Swaziland.
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Mexican Senate passes progressive immigration law
March 7, 2011On Feb. 24, the Mexican Senate by a vote of 86 to 0 passed a new comprehensive immigration law decriminalizing the presence of undocumented migrants in Mexico.
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Argentina: Prosecution for child-thefts during dictatorship begins
March 7, 2011Two former Argentinian dictators and some of their henchmen are on trial for charges charges of concocting a scheme to kidnap the babies of political opponents they murdered.
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Wisconsin protesters: You couldn’t wait us out, so, you locked us out!
March 4, 2011One nurse summed up the legal victory to keep Wisconsin state Capitol open: "What Walker has done is sad. So we came dressed for a funeral but we are ready to dance. We expect that we...
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