The U.S.-commanded military alliance called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization – NATO, was founded April 4, 1949. Its initials describe its early geographic reach but obscure NATO’s intent, and how NATO has acted, first from 1949 to 1991, and later from 1991 to the present. From its founding moment, NATO . . .
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Workers at two Maximus federal call centers in the U.S. South held a one-day strike March 23 to demand better treatment from the company, better health care coverage and higher wages. The walkouts, involving Black women and other people of color — the majority of call center workers — took . . .
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A gigantic countrywide general strike over political demands — known in India as a “bharat bandh” — brought out workers, students and farmers March 28-29. Media reports claim at least 50 million workers participated. Amarjeet Kaur, General Secretary of the All India Trade Union Congress, put the number closer to . . .
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To mark Transgender Day of Visibility — celebrated internationally on March 31 — activists gathered for a small rally outside City Hall in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, April 2. Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, April 2. WW Photo: Joe Piette Organizers with U.D.T.J. (Understanding, Devotion, Take Action, Justice) brought colorful LGBTQ+ rainbow flags. . . .
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29 de marzo – Encuestas recientes muestran que la mayoría de la gente en Estados Unidos teme que la crisis actual pueda escalar a una guerra con Rusia, una guerra de la que no quieren formar parte. (cbs42.com, 28 de marzo) A pesar de la avalancha de propaganda antirrusa, la . . .
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