International
Abraham Lincoln Brigade reunion to celebrate humanitarian legacy
April 23, 2009The Lincoln Vets represent a life-long commitment to international humanitarianism. Less well known is that their work on behalf of the 500,000 refugees of the Spanish Civil War—like the Brigadistas, border crossers—helped lay the basis of...
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Image-stories told of Spanish Civil War refugees
April 23, 2009The United Nations has described the twentieth century as the century of the refugee. Wars, revolutions, decolonization and economic globalization have uprooted and displaced millions of people worldwide. The Spanish Civil War (1936-39) caused a refugee...
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Stop the bias at Israel Railways
April 23, 2009(Reposted from Haaretz) The discussion about the dismissal of some 40 Israel Railways employees, held on Sunday in the regional labor court, shed some more light on an affair motivated by clear and overt discrimination for...
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A different kind of summit
April 22, 2009As the 5th Summit of the Americas met in Trinidad and Tobago under the auspices of the Organization of American States, Latin American leaders ran the show and the prime hemispheric power, represented by President Barack...
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Ruling party embarrassed as voters join in boycott of Haiti election
April 22, 2009Original source: Results of Haiti's senate elections will probably not be known for over a week, despite a low turnout. Voting for 11 empty seats in the 30-member senate took place across the impoverished country on...
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