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Its becoming more and more risky for an Iraqi woman to work

January 5, 2008

Spotlight interview: Hashemiyya Muhsin Hussein, president, Electricity Workers’ Union of Basra. This interview was conducted by Natacha David on Nov. 28, and was featured on the web site of the International Trade Union Confederation, . BRUSSELS,...

Latin American labor and solidarity activists gather in Tijuana

January 5, 2008

TIJUANA, Mexico — Winning justice for the Cuban Five, now serving long and unjust sentences for trying to defend their country against U.S.-based attacks, was a special focus as labor and solidarity activists from throughout the...

Iraq: Is U.S. surging trouble?

January 4, 2008 By Susan Webb

Bloody suicide bombings continued to slaughter dozens of Iraqi civilians in recent weeks, and a new United Nations report says that 2 million Iraqi children suffer from malnutrition, disease and disrupted schooling.

Tribunals examine U.S. role in Colombia

January 4, 2008 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

In Colombia, four million people have been forced from their homes and land. Poverty is rampant: almost 24 percent of Colombians earn less than two dollars a day; 65 percent, less than three dollars daily; 40...

Fidel Castro sends greeting to Cuban parliament

January 1, 2008

‘There hasn’t been a day in my life in which I haven’t learned something’ The following note and message from Fidel Castro was sent to President of the Cuban National Assembly Ricardo Alarcon on Dec. 27,...