Peace
Pressure builds to stop execution in Iran
April 2, 2012A last minute push by the Committee for the Defense of Iranian People's Rights to prevent the execution of Iranian teacher Abdolreza Ghanbari is in full gear today.
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Steve Cooper, trade union, civil rights activist dies at 77
March 28, 2012Steve Cooper, a longtime trade union, civil rights activist and member of the Los Angeles Metro Club of the Communist Party died recently in Los Angeles. He was 77.
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Ending the horrors of the Afghan war
March 14, 2012Now in its eleventh year, the U.S.'s longest-ever war has been the scene of many horrendous crimes against innocent Afghan people.
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U.S. mum on humanitarian visit for Cuban 5 prisoner
March 5, 2012The lawyer for Rene Gonzalez filed an emergency motion in federal court Feb. 24 seeking a two-week humanitarian visit to Havana to visit his brother who reportedly is seriously ill.
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Cuba reaffirms ties with China
March 5, 2012Cuban Council of State Vice President Marino Murillo Jorge journeyed to Beijing in late February for a "working visit."
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