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Italy’s political crisis spotlights EU’s lack of democracy
May 31, 2018EU budget commissioner Guenther Oettinger says: “The markets will teach Italy how to vote properly.”
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On many questions, Germany nears the proverbial fork in the road
May 29, 2018But there is another earnest road fork in Germany, with equal dangers in the long run. It is the increasing threat of a fascist track!
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The lesson I learned growing up Jewish
May 21, 2018I was told again and again to stand up when someone's being mistreated. So I realized I had to stand up for Palestinians.
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Max Berrú, founder of the Chilean group Inti Illimani, dies
May 15, 2018Max Berrú Carrión was born in Cariamanga, Ecuador, June 5, 1942. He died May 1 at the age of 74 in Santiago de Chile.
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FARC Leader Santrich faces extradition; Colombian peace process in peril
May 4, 2018“The regime confronting us for more than half a century hasn’t changed its character of injustice. This means that spaces for democratic struggle are still closed."
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