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Calls grow for U.S. action on Gaza ceasefire

December 30, 2008 By Susan Webb

As the United Nations Security Council called for an immediate Gaza ceasefire, Jewish and Arab American groups urged the Bush administration and other nations to act to stop the escalating violence.

For Cuba, revolution made all the difference

December 30, 2008

Observers, for example Michel Chossudovsky (GlobalResearch.ca), predict fallout from the collapse of the U.S. economy will dwarf ramifications of the 1930s great depression. Neither, however, affected the United States as seriously as the calamity triggered by...

We must pass the Employee Free Choice Act

December 30, 2008 By Seth Michaels

In today’s New York Times, the editorial board makes a strong, clearly argued and unambiguous case that President-elect Obama needs to strengthen working families by pushing for a quick passage of the Employee Free Choice Act...

Cuba Five case to go to Supreme Court

December 30, 2008

WASHINGTON: The appeal of the Cuban Five, the anti-terrorist fighters held as political prisoners in the United States, is to be brought before the Supreme Court before January 30, according to one of their defense lawyers....

Connecticut celebrates: Fight of our life to change our countrys direction

December 29, 2008

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — There was much to celebrate at the 89th anniversary of the Communist Party USA here Dec. 7. The party and its allies, unionists and friends joined together this year to work diligently...