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Kyrgyzstan votes to shut key US air base
February 20, 2009Kyrgyzstan's parliament voted on Thursday to close a key US air base in the country. Deputies voted 78-1 for the government-backed Bill to cancel the lease agreement on the Manas air base, a transit point for...
Read moreA victory for Obama and the people
February 20, 2009WASHINGTON β When President Barack Obama signed the $787 billion economic recovery bill to create millions of new jobs and extend safety-net programs for millions of unemployed workers and the poor, it was a stunning victory...
Read moreIraq vet faces new battle worker rights at home
February 20, 2009CHICAGO β βThe irony of it all β Bush got on TV and said we were in Iraq because we had to get rid of weapons of mass destruction, stop terrorism and spread democracy over there....
Read moreEddie Carthan and the struggle for Black empowerment in the Deep South
February 20, 2009People's World has given coverage to the movement for Black representation and the fight to elect African Americans to public office ever since its inception as the Daily Worker in 1924. This article is a reprint...
Read moreNot just peace but justice! teach-in draws large crowd
February 20, 2009A teach-in organized by the Latin America Solidarity Coalition (LASC) and the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) and LASC and co-sponsored by SOA Watch, CISPES, the Alliance for Global Justice and other organizations drew...
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