BOGOTÁ, (Redacción Pacocol) — Mientras el presidente de Colombia Álvaro Uribe maniobra para hacer realidad otra reelección, decenas de miles de trabajadores e indígenas toman el camino de la movilización en defensa de sus derechos, en medio de la barbarie policial. El Escuadrón Móvil Antidisturbios de la Policía Nacional (Esmad) atacó la mañana del 17 de octubre a una movilización pacífica de pobladores de una vereda de Apiay, Meta, que apoyan el paro de 1000 obreros contratistas de la Empresa Colombiana de Petróleos (Ecopetrol). 
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October 25, 2008
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WASHINGTON — (Prensa Latina) Decenas de votantes denunciaron irregularidades en la votación anticipada de las elecciones presidenciales de Estados Unidos a favor del candidato republicano John McCain, revelaron hoy medios de prensa.
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Cuando trabajadores del casino Foxwoods en Connecticut el pasado mayo hicieron una manifestación por su derecho de ser representados por un sindicato, Región 9ª UAW, por el cual habían escogido con un voto abrumador, la gente que pasaban en auto tocaban sus bocinas en solidaridad.
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For young workers who may not know what the advantages of being in a union are, the question “What’s a union gonna do for me?” was answered in a report released last week by the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
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Open letter to McCain
The times they are a-changin
Cruel veto
New economic model
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In state after state the number of new voters has exploded like never before. A people united are rising up to sweep the extreme right out of the White House and the Congress.
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“Joe the Plumber” has become a crutch John McCain and Sarah Palin are leaning on, heavily, to keep their limping campaign from keeling over. They quote him constantly as a sharp critic of Barack Obama’s plan to increase income taxes on those earning more than $250,000 per year while cutting them for those earning less.
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In late September, North Texas union activists started receiving pleas to help get “Battle in Seattle” into more movie theaters. At that time, it was scheduled to open on only 11 screens nationwide. AFL-CIO, Change to Win, the Teamsters and Steelworkers asked activists to demand that the movie be shown in their cities. The promotional web site is www.battleinseattlemovie.com/labor. This is a “grassroots-powered” movie.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — After two years of right-wing rule on Oct. 14 voters punished the incumbent Conservative Party government headed by Stephen Harper by refusing to give him a majority government.
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UK: House of Lords protects civil rights
Bolivia: Constitution now tops government agenda
China: Reform wave hits agriculture
Iran: Strike forces tax freeze
Kenya: UN warns of food shortages
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