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The role of the International Republican Institute (IRI) in the Honduran coup
July 8, 2009Reposted from www.chavezcode.com The International Republican Institute (IRI), considered the international branch of the U.S. Republican Party, and one of the four “core groups” of the congressionally created and funded National Endowment for Democracy (NED), apparently...
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Campaign against crime and police abuse to be unveiled at NAACP convention
July 8, 2009A new online campaign against police misconduct and violence will be featured at the NAACP’s convention next week in New York City at the Hilton Hotel. The convention will also mark the civil rights organization’s 100th...
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Coalition will battle banks over new consumer protection agency
July 8, 2009“Some will rob you with a six-gun, some with a fountain pen,” Woody Guthrie sang in his 1939 song “Pretty Boy Floyd.” These days an unappetizing alliance of finance companies, banks, credit card companies, mortgage lenders...
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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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