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Colombian President Gustavo Petro calls for ‘powerful army’ to liberate Gaza
Home » Global » Colombian President Gustavo Petro calls for ‘powerful army’ to liberate Gaza Colombian President Gustavo Petro addresses rally for Palestine outside the U.N. in New York City on Sept. 25, 2025. In his fourth speech in as many years before the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro…
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Court rules Texas professor should be reinstated
Home » U.S. and Canada » Court rules Texas professor should be reinstated Dr. Tom Alter addresses his supporters at a downtown rally Sept. 25 in St. Marcos, Texas. By CG Bartell Texas Hill Country Texas State University in San Marcos — a city located between San Antonio and Austin — abruptly fired tenured history…
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UN Warns COVID-19 Fears Leading to “Alarming” Decline in Immunizations and Hospital Visits
United Nations agencies are warning that the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to trigger famine and outbreaks of other diseases that could prove far more deadly than the coronavirus itself. Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) expressed grave concern over what they described as an “alarming…
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Deaths from the War on Yemen Have Been Underestimated by 5 to 1
An NGO responsible for reporting on war deaths in Yemen has acknowledged that it has underestimated the casualties in the three-year-old conflict by at least five to one. Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project had originally estimated that about 10,000 people had been killed in the war in Yemen, roughly the same number reported by…
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U.S. Opposition to Breastfeeding Resolution Stuns the World
Decades of research has revealed time and again that breastfeeding is the healthiest way to feed babies. Years of misleading marketing by formula companies has caused undue harm the world over by providing free samples in-hospital after birth, driving the unintended use of dirty water to mix formula where clean water is scarce and miseducating…
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro calls for ‘powerful army’ to liberate Gaza
Home » Global » Colombian President Gustavo Petro calls for ‘powerful army’ to liberate Gaza Colombian President Gustavo Petro addresses rally for Palestine outside the U.N. in New York City on Sept. 25, 2025. In his fourth speech in as many years before the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro…
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Court rules Texas professor should be reinstated
Home » U.S. and Canada » Court rules Texas professor should be reinstated Dr. Tom Alter addresses his supporters at a downtown rally Sept. 25 in St. Marcos, Texas. By CG Bartell Texas Hill Country Texas State University in San Marcos — a city located between San Antonio and Austin — abruptly fired tenured history…
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On her 75th birthday – Assata Shakur: ‘I am a 20th century escaped slave’
Assata Shakur In honor of Assata Shakur’s 75th birthday on July 16, Workers World reprinted this slightly edited version of her Oct. 5, 2013, open letter first posted on Workers World on Dec. 30, 2014. Shakur died on Sept. 25, 2025, in Havana, Cuba, at age 78. My name is Assata Shakur, and I am…
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Workers force Europe’s capitalists to act on Palestine
Home » Editorials » Workers force Europe’s capitalists to act on Palestine Generally the capitalist class and its state apparatus conduct themselves in a manner detrimental to workers and oppressed people. Yet sometimes there’s a deviation from this pattern. When that happens, it’s important to examine how the pressure from the working class pushed the…