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[LAAMN] Alan Woods: Comandante Chavez defended socialism as a global concept

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[LAAMN] The fourth world war has begun by Subcomandante Marcos

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[LAAMN] ACLU: Taking Control of California's Budget -- April 20

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[LAAMN] Common Cause: Media & Democracy Reform Initiative -- April 26

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[LAAMN] Join ACLU in Peace Walk Saturday, Pasadena

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[LAAMN] Chile:Bail granted to four former officials indicted for the murder of Victor Jara

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[LAAMN] The grotesque circus of Yoani Sanchez

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[LAAMN] Alan Woods: La oposición ataca a Nicolás Maduro por ser obrero

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[LAAMN] Israel's impunity and its culture of torture

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[LAAMN] Statement by IMT on Hugo Chavez death at 32nd Congress of The Struggle

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[LAAMN] Updates & 14 April Venezuelan Presidential Election Campaign: Start of a New Era

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