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  • October 2008

    • Socialists: Rescue Plan's Not Our Bag

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 4, 08 1:03 PM CDT

      Socialists: Rescue Plan's Not Our Bag

      (Newser) - Some on the right are decrying the $700 billion rescue plan as a step toward American socialism, but the real socialists beg to differ, the Wall Street Journal reports. “Bailing out the biggest financial corporations in the country is a far cry from what we have in mind when we think about socialism,” says the chairman of the Communist Party USA. More »

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      bailout  • Communist Party  • capitalism  • socialism  • rescue package

  • August 2008

    • Don't Rejoice Over Starbucks' Closing Doors

      Spiked  |  Aug 4, 08 5:07 PM CDT

      Don't Rejoice Over Starbucks' Closing Doors

      (Newser) - Starbucks is closing 600 stores in the US and 61 in Australia, and anti-capitalists everywhere are thrilled. Never mind 12,600 losing their jobs: It’s “a small price to pay if it means being able to walk one’s labradoodle … without having to see or smell a Starbucks,” Brendan O’Neill writes in Spiked, decrying the “socialism of fools,” more obsessed with symbols than people. More »

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      Starbucks  • socialism  • Karl Marx

  • June 2008

    • Hard Workers in Cuba Will Finally Get Their Due

      Miami Herald  |  Jun 12, 08 4:42 AM CDT

      Hard Workers in Cuba Will Finally Get Their Due

      (Newser) - Raul Castro has ordered employers to create new salary structures that include extra pay for increased productivity—a bold departure, by Cuban standards, from Socialist orthodoxy, the Miami Herald reports. Under the current system, workers get a flat fee based on their job descriptions with no hope for incentives. Low productivity is common, and Fidel's brother is anxious to kick-start the economy. More »

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      economy  • Cuba  • Fidel Castro  • Raul Castro  • Communism  • socialism

  • April 2008

    • Obama Senior's Long-Lost Political Writing Surfaces

      Politico  |  Apr 15, 08 11:13 AM CDT

      Obama Senior's Long-Lost Political Writing Surfaces

      (Newser) - A mid-'60s treatise on Kenyan socialism has been causing a stir in the 2008 US presidential election, Politico reports, because of its author—Barack Obama Sr. Titled “Problems Facing Our Socialism,” conservative bloggers believe the paper reveals the elder Obama’s hidden communist leanings. But the scholarly paper is more a moderate, mocking critique of the “African Socialism” Kenya’s government was then advocating. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Kenya  • socialism  • father  • Dreams From My Father

  • December 2007

    • Former Ally Now Rivals Chavez

      Wall Street Journal  |  Dec 24, 07 6:05 PM CST

      Former Ally Now Rivals Chavez

      (Newser) - An ex-ally has become a formidable rival for Hugo Chavez after the president's defeat in a constitutional referendum that would have given him more power and the right to unlimited reelection. The Wall Street Journal explores the career of Raul Baduel, Chavez’ former friend and defense minister, who protected Chavez from a coup in 2002 but now portrays himself as a guardian of democracy in Venezuela. More »

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      Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • constitution  • referendum  • communism  • socialism

    • Exit Polls Give Chavez Victory

      Reuters  |  Dec 2, 07 8:06 PM CST

      Exit Polls Give Chavez Victory

      (Newser) - Chavez supporters waved flags in the streets today as exit polls showed him winning a referendum by six to eight points, Reuters reports. Anti-Chavez forces rejected the numbers, leaked by government-connected sources. "According to our information, it is a statistical tie," said the popular mayor of Caracas. He called the difference "two points up, two points down." More »

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      election  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • referendum  • dictatorship  • vote  • socialism  • Venezuela Constitution

    • Venezuela Calmly Goes to Polls

      Reuters  |  Dec 2, 07 3:07 PM CST

      Venezuela Calmly Goes to Polls

      (Newser) - Polls are orderly today as Venezuelans decide on an amendment that may make Chavez president for life, Reuters reports. Most surveys say voters are split 50/50 on the referendum, which Chavez vows will win by 10 points and usher in “21st century socialism.” Opponents say the changes, which include ending Chavez’s term limit, would make the anti-American president a dictator. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • America  • constitution  • dictatorship  • referendum  • vote  • constitutional amendment  • socialism

    • Chavez Threatens Oil Cutoff

      Reuters  |  Dec 1, 07 7:46 AM CST

      Chavez Threatens Oil Cutoff

      (Newser) - Hugo Chavez has threatened to cut off oil to the US if it tries to sabotage tomorrow's referendum, which will allow the Venezuelan president to run for re-election indefinitely, Reuters reports. He's sent the army to protect oil fields in case violence follows the vote to change the constitution and expand his powers. The US gets 12% of its oil from Venezuela and Chavez has often threatened to cut off sales. More »

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      oil  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • referendum  • socialism

  • November 2007

    • MLB's Future in Venezuela Uncertain

      ESPN  |  Nov 22, 07 6:43 AM CST

      MLB's Future in Venezuela Uncertain

      (Newser) - Baseball is big in Venezuela, and vice versa: 200 Venezuelans have played in MLB, including 50 who are currently active. You’d expect clubs to be racing to the country in search of talent, but concerns about Venezuela’s political climate are actually scaring them away: The Padres, Orioles, Red Sox, and Indians have all discontinued formerly active player development operations there in recent years, ESPN reports. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • socialism

    • Chavez Vision Roils Nation

      New York Times  |  Nov 17, 07 12:27 PM CST

      Chavez Vision Roils Nation

      (Newser) - Hugo Chavez's grasp on Venezuela is about to tighten as the country inches toward a virtual dictatorship and expanded socialism—a development that has support among the poor but is drawing dissent from economists and former army officials. An expected revision of the Constitution would drop the workday to six hours, establish a new social security system, and make Chavez re-electable for life, the New York Times reports. More »

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      Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • Constitution  • capitalism  • socialism  • coup

  • April 2007

    • Chavez Decrees Dry Holy Week

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 4, 07 9:48 AM CDT

      Chavez Decrees Dry Holy Week

      (Newser) - No Easter imbibing, decrees Venezuelan president and socialist icon Hugo Chavez. Chavez has instituted a Holy Week liquor ban in restaurants to combat the hundreds of drunk driving deaths that occur during holidays in Venezuala. While some citizens applaud his boldness, others say they cannot follow their fearless leader quite this far. More »

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      alcohol  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • drunk driving  • Easter  • socialism  • Holy Week  • prohibition

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