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** Protests across the U.S. tell Greyhound: ICE off our buses! ([link removed] )
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Demonstrations targeting Greyhound for its collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement took place in a national day of action in cities across the U.S. on Oct. 25. The coordinated actions were in response to a call from a coalition of organizations, including Fight for Im/migrants and Refugees Everywhere (FIRE), Laundry . . .
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** Harlan County, Kentucky, coal miners win $5 million ([link removed] )
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Coal miners in Harlan County, Ky., have won a historic victory for more than 1,000 workers fired in July by the bankrupt Blackjewel coal company. In an unusual bankruptcy settlement, the Harlan County miners, as well as others in Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia, were awarded $5.47 million in wages . . .
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** The real enemies of the planet ([link removed] )
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A map of the world, recently circulated online, claims to identify the world’s worst offenders responsible for the climate crisis. It named energy ministers in scores of countries — rich and poor, imperialist and oppressed — as equally the culprits for the biggest challenge facing humanity. The map was no . . .
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** Spain: Communist groups defend imprisoned Catalan leaders ([link removed] )
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Below is a joint declaration in response to the sentences of 9-to-13 years each issued following the “trial” of nine Catalan political leaders and the massive protest in Catalonia on Oct. 18, endorsed by four communist groups that organize throughout the multinational Spanish state. Although pro-capitalist parties lead the Catalan . . .
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** No solo una guerra comercial ([link removed] )
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¿Qué hay realmente detrás de las difíciles negociaciones comerciales entre los Estados Unidos y la China Popular? ¿Es, como ha afirmado la administración, que China no estaba comprando suficientes productos agrícolas estadounidenses? China se ha convertido en un gran mercado para los agricultores del Medio Oeste de EE. UU., que . . .
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** ¡Estados Unidos, OTAN, Turquía fuera de Siria! ([link removed] )
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Publicado el 17 de octubre in Workers World. El conflicto dentro de la clase dominante estadounidense sobre la invasión turca del norte de Siria ha creado cierta confusión sobre los eventos allí. El nuevo desarrollo más reciente, una alianza de fuerzas con base kurda con el ejército nacional sirio para . . .
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** Chile’s people defy cops and army to demand gov’t resign ([link removed] )
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Oct. 28 — Indigenous Mapuche people, students, workers, retired workers, women, people from all but the most privileged sectors of Chilean society defied the state of emergency and curfew to come out in massive protest Oct. 25, after more than a week of violent confrontations with the authorities. In retreat, . . .
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** Pentagon’s plans to stay in Syria and Iraq are in disarray ([link removed] )
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The U.S. Department of “Defense” plans to keep its troops in Syria. This may come as a surprise to those who assumed that dumping support for the Kurdish militias meant the Pentagon finally intended to withdraw. The sudden convenient execution of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by U.S. forces on Oct. 27 . . .
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** GM strike ends, concessions continue, solidarity the biggest win ([link removed] )
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The 40-day strike of almost 50,000 General Motors workers came to an end on the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 25. The majority of striking United Auto Workers members voted to accept the contract agreed to by GM and union negotiators. The vote was 57 percent in favor, 43 percent opposed. . . .
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** Educator worker actions heat up — Chicago to Massachusetts ([link removed] )
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Chicago teachers were still on strike in the third largest school district in the U.S. on Oct. 28. Chicago Teachers Union Local 1 — 25,000 strong — struck on Oct. 17, and were joined by 7,500 education workers from Service Employees Union [SEIU] Local 73. The city announced a tentative . . .
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