International
Interview with Mohammed Nafa’h, secretary general of the Communist Party of Israel
February 12, 2009(Originally published in the February 2009 issue of Mundo Obrero, a publication of the Communist Party of Spain.) 'Supporting the Palestinian people's struggle for self-determination is a duty of Israeli communists.' The Communist Party of Israel...
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People before Profits: Peasants, rural workers wait in the wings
February 12, 2009Discontent of the rural poor in the global south and the hunger of almost a billion humans fill the tinder box of revolution. Great corporations control both land and agricultural production. Dispossession and desperation follow; so...
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Biotech industry accused of masking decline in GM crops
February 11, 2009Campaingers accused the biotech industry on Tuesday of using misleading figures to mask declining cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops in Europe.
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Exit polls predict Tzipi Livni win in Israeli election
February 11, 2009Reposted from The Guardian, guardian.co.uk Tzipi Livni's Kadima party leads Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud party by two seats, according to polls Israeli elections tonight produced the tightest of races with early television exit polls putting Tzipi Livni,...
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Israeli campaigning closes as polls open
February 11, 2009Original source: The two hawkish front-runners in the race to rule Israel made last-minute appeals to voters on Tuesday. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who is stepping down over corruption charges, called the snap elections after hardline...
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