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Spanish left calls for federal republic as Catalonia secession crisis deepens

October 30, 2017 By Combined Sources

The Communist Party of Spain, while deploring the police crackdown, has maintained its opposition to independence in favor of a federal republic.

This week in history: Centennial of South African freedom fighter Oliver Tambo

October 27, 2017 By Special to People’s World

Oliver Reginald Tambo, leader of the African National Congress (ANC) in exile for thirty years, was born 100 years ago on October 27, 1917.

Nepal’s communist parties to merge ahead of elections

October 26, 2017 By People’s Voice

The new alliance hopes to win a landslide two-thirds majority in the 275-member lower house, overtaking the Nepali Congress party.

Mexican union leader ‘not optimistic’ about new NAFTA

October 25, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

Mario Gonzalez Aguilera, co-president of the Union Nacional de Trabajadores, based his feeling on the record of U.S. President Donald Trump.

“No jobs on a dead planet”: A just transition to the new economy

October 25, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon

Hovering over the proceedings of the AFL-CIO convention is the specter of the new economy, a rocky dystopia littered with the debris of traditional industries, professions, and neighborhoods.