January 17 will mark the official holiday honoring the birth of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose 93rd birthday is January 15. The third Monday in January has been the official King holiday for many workers since January 1986, after many years of mass pressure put on the . . .
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Few people have done as much as Chuck Kaufman over so many years. He was an anchor in our movement. Chuck Kaufman in Honduras outside of the U.S. Palmerola Air Base in 2011. He and others were tear gassed on the two year anniversary of the U.S-backed coup. In the . . .
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Polish soldier Emil Czeczko, who was serving on the border under orders to prevent migrants from crossing from Belarus into Poland, fled through a barbed wire fence on Dec. 17 and appealed for asylum in Belarus. In a television interview, Czeczko said he fled because Polish troops had shot and . . .
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The prices of all basic goods and services necessary for human survival have been going up — in some cases, way up — over the past six months or so. The November 2021 Consumer Price Index, which tracks annual and monthly increases in prices, rose by 6.8% this year — . . .
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