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China’s diplomatic greeters rolled out red carpets for 48 delegations from African countries arriving in Beijing on Nov. 3-5 for the “Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.”... Posted Nov 12, 2006





























































A movement of the laboring masses is on the march in a strategic center of the world. This development is taking place in China, 10,000 miles away from Wall Street. But the Fortune 500 players nestled in their comfort zone are worried. And rightly so. Chinese workers and peasants are pouring into the urban centers seeking economic justice. Their demands have reached the highest levels of the ruling Communist Party.... Posted Oct 21, 2006











































































Jorge Farinacci García, the principal leader of the Socialist Front of Puerto Rico, died Aug. 26, after waging a year-long battle against cancer. In the political movement, we called him Fari.... Posted Sep 12, 2006















































































Statement by the Lebanese Communist Party issued on July 29.... Posted Aug 2, 2006

























































Second part of a talk by Bryan G. Pfeifer, a contributing editor of Workers World, to the May 13-14 WWP conference on Preparing for the Rebirth of the Global Struggle for Socialism, held in New York. It has been edited for publication.... Posted Jul 9, 2006















Adapted from a speech by Bryan G. Pfeifer, a contributing editor of Workers World, delivered at the May 13-14 Workers World Party conference titled, “Preparing for the Rebirth of the Global Struggle for Socialism” in New York City. ... Posted Jun 25, 2006































When workers strike in Colombia, the world’s most dangerous country for union leaders, they do so at great risk to their lives. ... Posted Jun 13, 2006

Friday, June 16—Emergency National Action—Protest Israeli Massacres Of Palestinians... Posted Jun 13, 2006





























































Even as a nuclear-powered U.S. war fleet and 6,500 Marines are conducting maneuvers in the Caribbean that threaten Cuba, Venezuela and other anti-imperialist countries throughout the Americas, another kind of mobilization is occurring across the globe. ... Posted May 10, 2006





































































































U.S ruling circles use concern over human rights as a political and ideological weapon against anyone challenging them. The “human rights” gambit was honed during the Cold War and now is employed against a wide range of countries—from China and Russia to Belarus, Iran, Zimbabwe, Venezuela and Cuba—to serve the needs of U.S. foreign policy.... Posted Mar 13, 2006













In the world of diplomacy, it’s often what’s left unsaid that requires the most careful consideration.... Posted Mar 9, 2006















































































































The New Year began with a development of the greatest importance for Latin America and for the class struggle: a visit by Evo Morales to revolutionary Cuba. It was the first trip abroad by the newly elected president of Bolivia. He went on New Year’s Eve, just as Cubans were preparing to celebrate the anniversary of their socialist revolution.... Posted Jan 8, 2006

A speech by Evo Morales to the “In Defense of Humanity” conference held in Mexico City on Dec. 24, 2003. Morales is now president-elect of Bolivia.... Posted Jan 8, 2006

What has made the Cuban Revolution unique? Why is it such a beacon to the workers and oppressed masses, not only of Latin America and the Caribbean but around the world?... Posted Jan 8, 2006

Some 84 prisoners at the prison camp on the U.S. Navy’s base at Guantanamo Bay are now on a hunger strike. More than half of those refusing food joined the hunger strike on Dec. 25 as millions of people in the U.S. were feasting over the holidays.... Posted Jan 8, 2006
















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