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JOURNAL: MISSION TO HONDURAS
Thousands of people protesting the Honduras coup regime marched August 11 in the capital city of Tegucigalpa, taking their demonstration to the presidential palace where coup leader Roberto Micheletti seized power in late June.

The following day, another march was brutally broken up by police and the military–with many protesters being detained, some in the congress itself, which had been turned into a makeshift detention center by coup forces.

Providence, R.I., City Council member Miguel Luna and antiwar activist Shaun Joseph are in Honduras as part of a weeklong International Mission for Solidarity, Accompaniment and Observation.

Read their journal entries about the unfolding events in Honduras.

DISPATCHES FROM HONDURAS

http://socialistworker.org/2009/08/12/dispatches-from-honduras

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Analysis: Adam Turl and Alan Maass
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The mainstream news is filled with happy talk about economic recovery–but that’s not the reality for those of us who aren’t Wall Street executives.

http://socialistworker.org/2009/08/13/recovery-is-here-for-wall-street

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THE UGLY TRUTH OF RACIAL PROFILING
If a famous African American academic can get hauled off to jail in minutes, what chance do working-class and poor African American men have?

http://socialistworker.org/2009/08/13/ugly-truth-racial-of-profiling

Interview: Andrew Cockburn
HOW THE MORTGAGE CROOKS CREATED A CRISIS
The film American Casino shows how Wall Street traders created the sub-prime mortgage crisis–and how the banks intend to make us pay for it.

http://socialistworker.org/2009/08/13/how-the-crooks-created-a-crisis

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http://socialistworker.org/2009/08/10/putting-afghanistan-war-on-trial

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http://socialistworker.org/2009/08/11/lgbt-equality-on-the-job

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