International
Ghana: Voters also go for change they can believe in
February 3, 2009On Jan. 7, John Evan Ata Mills was sworn in as the new President of Ghana, the third since the country became a multiparty democracy in 1992. Mills and his party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC),...
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World Social Forum: presidents for feminist socialism
February 2, 2009BELÉM, Brazil, Jan 30 (IPS) - 'True socialism is feminist,' and is already being built, said Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, standing next to three other South American presidents, all of them men, at a dialogue that...
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Iraqs Communists run lively campaign
February 1, 2009On the final day of campaigning for Iraq’s provincial elections, a Communist Party motorcade waving banners and with loudspeakers blaring drove through Baghdad’s impoverished Sadr City district, known to many Iraqis as Thawra (revolution) City, Jan...
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Making history, Bolivians approve new constitution
January 30, 2009Bolivians celebrated long into the night following referendum approval of a new constitution by a 62 percent majority on Jan. 25. Opposition forces gained 36.4 percent of the 3.9 million votes cast. “The democratic spirit of...
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WORLDNOTES – February 7, 2009
January 30, 2009Philippines: Political killings rise Human rights activists say 900 extrajudicial executions have taken place during Gloria Arroyo’s presidency, while 200 others have “disappeared.” Writing in the UK Telegraph, Thomas Bell noted that five additional leftist and...
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