Caribbean

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We have a right to petition the government for a redress of grievances, and Guantánamo Bay prison is beyond grievous.

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Ink craters the pages.

Summary:Chávez says he plans to emulate repressive regimes around the world.

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On February 22, 2007, the unionized BJ&B garment factory in the Dominican Republic suddenly announced that it was closing and would lay off all workers. The owners of the factory are shifting the work to Vietnam, where independent unions are banned, and possibly to Bangladesh, where unions are banned in "export processing zones."

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The news was devastating. Two weeks after a successful speaking tour of the US in June 2007, two of the Vietnamese Agent Orange victims on the delegation were dead.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong and Mr. Nguyen Van Quy, suffering respectively from terminal breast and stomach cancer, had come to share their stories with the people of the US.

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Amidst armed conflict, humanitarian disaster, and entrenched gender inequality, these organizations struggle to end violence against women and girls.

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Peacework asked activists across the country to fill in the blank, "If I could show one under-appreciated film or video to a room full of potential organizers, I'd show..." and explain why or how they'd use that film.

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Shelby Knox undertakes a lonely struggle for real sex education, a gay-straight alliance, and a religiosity that rejects bigotry.

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Two books reveal that the US military approved a plan to attack US cities, citizens, and military bases -- and blame it on Cuba.