The Wet’suwet’en First Nation faces colonial violence and invasion, as it continues to defend its territory against a multibillion-dollar pipeline project threatening its traditional lands and waters. Wet’suwet’en territorial borders are surrounded by the western province that was named British Columbia by the colonizing nation Canada. Ottawa protest on Feb. . . .
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Transportation blockades and demonstrations have brought traffic to a standstill on rail lines and ports across Canada in opposition to a natural gas pipeline being run through western British Columbia. The actions spilled over into the Niagara Falls area on Sunday, Feb. 16, closing the Rainbow Bridge that links the . . .
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A sea change has been taking place in the United States. At last, the polls show that socialism is no longer the “dirty word” it was once, when even to say publicly that you were a socialist — and especially a communist — could mean being ostracized, attacked, fired from . . .
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Struggle over employment benefits for striking workers in N.Y. state On Feb. 6, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill granting unemployment benefits for workers who have been on strike for two weeks. But that didn’t help the 3,400 General Motors workers in Buffalo, Lockport and Rochester who were . . .
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Caracas Published Feb. 12 in pagina12.com.ar. Translation by Michael Otto. Juan Guaidó returned to Venezuela after his tour of Europe and the United States [on Feb. 11]. He entered through the international airport of Maiquetía, in the state of Vargas, half an hour from Caracas. His arrival was announced in . . .
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