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This week in history: September 21 is World Peace Day
September 18, 2017In 1982, the United Nations General Assembly declared, in a resolution sponsored by the United Kingdom and Costa Rica, the International Day of Peace, sometimes unofficially known as World Peace Day, to be devoted to commemorating...
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“Ossies,” former East Germans, compare socialist youth with life under capitalism
September 18, 2017"We had an imperfect socialism but I believe we can do it better next time.”
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As missiles fly, Japanese Communists demand U.S.-DPRK talks
September 15, 2017As tensions between the U.S. and North Korea intensify, Japan’s Communists fear military escalation could have devastating consequences.
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Germany’s Die Linke aims to thwart neo-Nazi electoral strategy
September 15, 2017Just like their 1930s predecessors, campaign workers at Berlin’s Karl-Liebknecht-Haus are busy fighting fascism as well as capitalism.
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The Left Party offers the real alternative in Germany’s elections
September 13, 2017The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) is waging a campaign that targets immigrants and religious minorities. The Left Party, meanwhile, offers the only real alternative to the status quo.
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