W. T. Whitney Jr.
LATEST ARTICLES BY W. T. Whitney Jr.
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Protests in Spain against austerity cuts gain wide support
September 27, 2011The European Union and European Central bank are forcing European nations saddled with heavy debt loads to cut public services. Spain is among them.
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Honduras resistance forms new political party
September 26, 2011The National Front for Popular Resistance organized anti-government marches and demonstrations around Honduras.
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Sinn Fein will run candidate for Irish presidency
September 23, 2011At Sein Fein's annual conference Sept. 9-10, change was in the wind.
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British trade unionists come out for Cuba and the Cuban Five
September 21, 2011From the vantage point of Cuban solidarity activists in the U.S., U.K. trade unionists deserve special credit because they've taken the lead in speaking out for the Cuba Five in Britain.
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Chilean communists take a hit as protests mount
September 19, 2011A group of 50 self proclaimed, "rebel students" on September 12 attacked the Santiago offices of the Chilean Communist Party's (CP) Central Committee.
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Chile resists – students and labor join forces
August 30, 2011Anational strike called by the Workers' United Center of Chile (CUT), massed 400, 000 people in the capital city of Santiago and 200,000 elsewhere.
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Impunity reigns in Colombia, Piedad Cordoba leaves
August 25, 2011In Colombia, wholesale murder and impunity go hand in hand.
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Latin American alliance confronts economic crisis
August 23, 2011UNASUR has emerged from a bevy of regional alliances to assume a major role in work toward Latin American integration. With the Paraguayan Senate's approval August 13 of Paraguay's entry into UNSUR, the alliance now includes...
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