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International Notes: September 10, 2016

International Notes: September 10, 2016

Portuguese Communist Party celebrates accomplishments at Avante  festival This year marks the 40th anniversary of the festival, after the overthrow of the Fascist dictatorship of Salazar and Caetano, with the...

September 10, 2016
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International Notes: September 4, 2016

International Notes: September 4, 2016

India: political general strike shuts the country down A general strike called by India’s major labor unions and federations shut much of the country down on Thursday September 2.  The...

September 4, 2016
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International Notes: August 25, 2017

International Notes: August 25, 2017

Brazilian Communist state governor bucks  move to right Flavio Dino was elected governor of Brazil’s Maranão State in 2014.  He is the only governor who belongs to the Communist Party...

August 25, 2016
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International Notes: August 15, 2016

International Notes: August 15, 2016

Spain:  United Left calls for nullification of Franco sentence United Left deputies in  the lower house of  the Spanish parliament, the Cortes, are denouncing patterns of whitewashing the crimes of...

August 18, 2016
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International Notes: August 12, 2016

International Notes: August 12, 2016

Czech Republic:  Communists demand action on promised referendum law In the Czech Republic, the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia is demanding that the government of Prime Minister  Bohuslav Sobotka...

August 12, 2016
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