International
JCP leader to Obama: Yes we can — have a nuclear weapons-free world
May 15, 2009Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo on April 28 met Jim Zumwalt, charge d'affaires ad interim in U.S. Embassy Tokyo and handed him a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama calling on him to take the...
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World Notes: Puerto Rico, Colombia, Gaza, Italy, Kenya, Nepal
May 15, 2009Puerto Rico: Workers nix layoffs, privatization On International Workers Day, May 1, public sector unions organized under the Broad Front of Solidarity and Struggle launched demonstrations in San Juan. The police put the crowd at 30,000....
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A measure of the Cuban Revolution
May 15, 2009This speech was the closing remarks made by Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada at an international conference on 'The Measure of a Revolution: Cuba, 1959-2009' held May 7-9, 2009, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. Alarcón is president of...
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Pakistan peace group urges humanitarian aid for displaced
May 14, 2009The Pakistan Peace and Solidarity Council sent out an urgent appeal today to the “philanthropists, donors, supporters, international relief organizations and international community” for humanitarian aid to assist the some 1.3 million displaced people from Swat,...
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A mothers letter from Colombian jail: Free political prisoners
May 14, 2009Liliany Obando is a mother and like Mother’s Day founder Julia Ward Howe is a peace advocate. Peace in Colombia means dealing with violence wrought by big landowners, narco traffickers, federal troops and privatized paramilitaries. She’s...
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