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Migrant workers' cooperatives as a crisis response

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:44:47 EDT

MALANG CITY, East Java, Indonesia (ILO Online) � The global economic and social crisis has shuttered the dreams of a better life and income of many migrant workers. But ...

PEOPLE BEFORE PROFITS On the road to economic recovery

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:41:40 EDT

This week, July 4, 2009, on the road to economic recovery.

The official unemployment rate now exceeds 9.5%--the worst in at least 25 years. The unofficial -- including discouraged, underemployed, and otherwise discarded workers -- rises above 15%. African-American and Latino men are taking the hardest hit. Urban unemployment among young men now nears 50%. Some call unemployment a "lagging indicator" -- but unchecked, it will become the leading, and controlling, indicator.

Cuba-US: Frosty relations no bar to communication

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:20:12 EDT

Cuba and the United States are poised to resume talks on migration issues any time now, although the five Cuban agents imprisoned in the U.S. remain "a formidable obstacle" to normalising bilateral relations, according to Cuban parliament president Ricardo Alarc�n.

Fight to save Troy Davis grows

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:12:04 EDT

The NAACP has initiated an �I am Troy Campaign� as part of worldwide effort to prevent the execution of Troy Davis, a 40-year-old man on death row in Georgia. Davis, who is African American, was convicted 20 years ago for the death of a white off-duty police officer, Mark MacPhail.

Davis, a former coach, is viewed to be innocent by a broad coalition of including former President Jimmy Carter, the Vatican, Amnesty International, former FBI head William Sessions and conservative Bob Barr. Seven of nine witnesses in the case have recanted their testimony.

EDITORIAL Zelaya must return as president to Honduras

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:59:16 EDT

The coup d�etat carried out against the legally elected president of Honduras last Sunday is meeting with worldwide resistance that is as strong as it is broad.

In political sex scandals, guys still rule

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:54:13 EDT

Has anybody else noticed that most news stories about politicians' affairs aren't really about women?

There are women in them, of course. There's the Wronged Wife, who is often portrayed as a victim in stories that frame her in a domestic light, focusing on how she is "coping" and whether "she'll stand by her man," the Cheating Husband.

Biden in Iraq to press 'work needed to get our troops back�

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:46:04 EDT

Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq yesterday for meetings with Iraqi leaders and U.S. commanders. His visit comes just after most U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq�s cities and towns June 30, step one in a U.S.-Iraq pact that will have all American troops out of Iraq by the end of 2011.

Honduras coup protesters on day 6

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:42:56 EDT

Tegucigalpa, Jul 3 (Prensa Latina) The Popular Resistance Front of Honduras continues demonstrating for the sixth consecutive day against the military coup and for the return of President Manuel Zelaya.

Israel 'committed war crimes in Gaza'

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:30:41 EDT

Amnesty has accused the Israeli military of "reckless conduct, disregard for civilian lives and a consistent failure to distinguish between military targets and civilians."

Rhode Islanders �declare independence from the insurance industry�

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:53:34 EDT

CRANSTON, R.I. � Health care providers, union leaders and advocates from across Rhode Island got the Fourth of July spirit going early. Gathering Thursday outside the state health insurance commissioner�s office here, they �declared independence from the insurance industry,� and urged the state�s congressional delegation to support a strong national health care reform bill that includes a public option.