International
Update: Articles and resources on the economic crisis
November 20, 2008What will be impact of the Wall Street bankruptcies, bailouts and blunders on working people in this country and worldwide? What's the solution to the crisis? Perhaps only time will tell the full extent of the...
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The view from here: India and Obama’s election
November 19, 2008From Frontline, India's national magazine from the publishers of The Hindu. Obama’s historic victory breaks the conservative spell at this watershed moment in global affairs, but it would be wrong to pin too many hopes on...
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Cuba survives third major hurricane, this time Paloma
November 19, 2008Aida Perez, 44 years old, was waiting out Hurricane Paloma with her two daughters in a dormitory at the University of Camaguey inland, along with 900 others from Santa Cruz del Sur, a small city on...
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World unions: Time for a global economic fix is now
November 18, 2008Unions representing workers in the 20 most economically powerful nations called on world leaders Nov. 14 to take urgent action to prevent a global depression by radically changing the way the global economy is run and...
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Pakistan’s Home Workers’ Union starts paying off
November 16, 2008LAHORE, Pakistan (WOMENSENEWS)--Asia Afzal, 35, wipes her forehead with the corner of her duputta scarf as beads of perspiration gather on her face. In her two-room house, a solitary ceiling fan is still due to the...
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