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EP Committees give Ports Directive thumbs down

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The European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs has voted by a convincing majority of 20-11 to reject the Port Services Directive.

Notes From Inside New Orleans

by Jordan Flaherty

An American Socialist considers Katrina and its aftermath

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A member of the Socialist Party USA National Executive and former candidate for President David McReynolds sent us this comment on the destruction of New Orleans.

Immigration story wins US award

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Congratulations to Davod Bacon, whose article 'How US corporataions won the debate over immigration' has been chosen for Project Censored's list of Top 25 Censored News Stories of 2004-05.

Iceland threatens environmentalists with deportation

Twenty-one people from numerous countries who are in Iceland to take direct action against the environmentally-destructive and economically unnecessary Alcoa Dam are under threat of

Financial secrecy common among EU think tanks

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Think tanks are increasingly important players in the Brussels political landscape , but their influence is most often not matched with transparency about sources of funding, according to a

Germany's new Left Party promises challenge to right-wing grip on country's politics

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Germany's Party of Democratic Socialists voted this weekend to become the Left Party (Die Linkspartei).

UK Presidency proposes that all ID cards have biometrics

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If Tony Blair gets his way, every citizen of every member state of the European Union will have his or her fingerprints taken.

Leading Marxist journal launches new webzine

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Monthly Review, as many spectrezine readers will know, is a remarkable, long-standing journal of Marxist and other left ideas and analysis. Published in New York City, Monthly Review has be

Luxembourg's half-hearted yes 'last twitch of Constitution's corpse'

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That 56,5% of Luxembourg's electorate of 223.000 voted in favour of the European Constitution hardly comes as a surprise. On the other hand, the fact that the majority was so paltry is remarkable.

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