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Chicago PeoplesWorld.org readers celebrate growing fightback

December 1, 2011 By John Bachtell

They came to celebrate election victories in Ohio and across the country, the surging recall campaign in Wisconsin and the spreading Occupy movement.

GOP’s empty rhetoric on Obama’s immigration record

November 8, 2011 By Matias Ramos

A record 400,000 people are being deported each year under Obama, who took a minor step to protect immigrants. Now Republicans are accusing him of treason.

Bolivia: the trouble over TIPNIS, a 21st century challenge

October 31, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

The proposal for a 191 mile segment of highway that would pass through Bolivia's TIPNIS natural reserve and indigenous property is drawing strong protests and heated debate.

Herman Cain: Defense of bigotry, the ultra rich and the ultra right

October 24, 2011 By Jarvis Tyner

Herman Cain's main role is to give a kind of seal of approval to the racism, and bigotry of the Republican Party and he does it well. And right-wing Republican audiences adore him.

The Jewish New Year and political vampires

September 21, 2011 By Eric A. Gordon

This may be a good time to think about repairing frayed relationships, taking a long view of our movement's needs and the struggle for peace and justice.