Durham, N.C. On the day before the March 3 “Super Tuesday” 2020 primary elections, hundreds of city and state workers across North Carolina and the South demanded that their employers and state and congressional candidates support expansion of union rights and the Medicare for All Act of 2019 (H.R. 1384). . . .
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The coronavirus COVID-19, first detected in China, has now spread around the world. With hundreds of cases already identified across the U.S., this potential public health emergency has exposed glaring deficiencies in preparedness. Few people were reassured when Vice President Mike Pence said that health insurance will cover the cost . . .
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Oakland Oakland, Calif. Nearly 500 people rallied at Fruitvale Plaza in East Oakland and marched through nearby neighborhoods on March 8 to commemorate International Working Women’s Day. The sponsoring coalition, led by Gabriela, a progressive Filipino women’s organization, called upon women to “take the streets and rise up to demand . . .
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Buffalo, N.Y. Buffalo, N.Y. Powerful speakers kicked off an International Working Women’s Day rally March 8 in Buffalo. They called for an end to the systems that oppress women and gender-oppressed people, especially war, sanctions, human trafficking, wage theft, genital mutilation and all other kinds of violence. Chanting loudly, the . . .
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The International Working Women’s Day Coalition held a speak-out on March 8 at the site of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City. People from various struggles gathered to honor the women warriors from the past and to link arms with those all over the world who continue to . . .
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A gunman assassinated Astrid Conde, a former combatant with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), on March 5. Shot in Bogotá outside her home, she is one of almost 200 ex-guerrillas killed since the Final Peace Agreement between FARC and the Colombian government was signed in 2016, and the . . .
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By Cuban International Committee for Peace, Justice & Dignity Workers World Party mourns the passing of Rafael Cancel Miranda and celebrates his life, chronicled here in a slightly edited statement from the International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity. WW managing editor Monica Moorehead and Cancel Miranda at a Free . . .
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