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US: Will Obama win?
Campaigning on the ‘left’ but preparing to rule on the right
Editorial from The Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales)., Wednesday 11 June 2008
US: Building the strongest Left Challenge
Nader, McKinney, and the Greens
Bryan Koulouris, Socialist Alternative (CWI in US), Friday 4 April 2008
US: Does Obama deserve support?
Ten things you should know
Patrick Ayers, from ‘Justice’ (newspaper of Socialist Alternative – CWI in the US), Wednesday 26 March 2008
US: Break with the two parties of big business!
Build Nader’s anti-war, anti-corporate campaign
Philip Locker, from ‘Justice’ (newspaper of Socialist Alternative – CWI in the US), Wednesday 26 March 2008
US: Economic crisis
Financial crisis – who suffers?
Tony Saunois, CWI, Wednesday 19 March 2008
International Womens Day 2008: USA - Ninety nine years since first women’s day
Fundamental problems of yesterday remain today.
Tina Rua, Socialist Alternative, Thursday 6 March 2008
US: The ambiguity of ‘Hope’
Barack Obama frontrunner in Democrats’ presidential candidature race
Alan Jones, Socialist Alternative (CWI in the US), New York, Tuesday 26 February 2008
US: The ambiguity of ‘Hope’
Barack Obama becomes frontrunner in Democrats’ presidential race
Alan Jones, Socialist Alternative (CWI in the US), New York, Friday 22 February 2008
Canada: Vancouver City workers on strike
7,000 workers on strike for a fair contract
Socialist Alternative, cwi Canada, Tuesday 28 August 2007
US: The system is 'functionally obsolete'
The 1 August collapse of the I-35W bridge across the Mississippi river is a tragedy on a grand scale for the state of Minnesota.
Canyon Lalama, Socialist Alternative (CWI in the US), Minneapolis, MN, Tuesday 7 August 2007
US: Protesters demand military recruiters out of schools
Seattle students shut down school board
Philip Locker, Dylan Simpson, and Marianne Mork, Friday 22 June 2007
US: Seattle students hold walkout against Iraq War
School board under pressure to restrict military recruiters
Philip Locker and Ramy Khalil, Youth Against War and Racism, Thursday 3 May 2007
Quebec: Elections see shake-up of political landscape
Big losses for ruling Liberals and pro-separatist Parti Québécois
Andrew Messing, Socialist Alternative (CWI), Toronto, Monday 23 April 2007
US: Thousands march against war in Boston
Area campaign reaches out to working class
Bryan Koulouris, Socialist Alternative (CWI), Tuesday 27 March 2007
US: Anti-war protests sweep US
Fourth anniversary of Iraq invasion
Ty Moore, Minneapolis Socialist Alternative (CWI), Friday 23 March 2007
US: Congressman Kucinich announces presidential bid
But will the Democrats allow change from within?
Greg Beiter, Socialist Alternative (CWI in US), Thursday 15 February 2007
US: Voters kicked out Republicans from Congress…
But what can we expect from Democrats?
Bryan Koulouris, cwi, US, Tuesday 13 February 2007
US: Congress votes to marginally raise minimum wage
But who is getting richer?
Ted Virdone, Socialist Alternative (CWI in US), Monday 12 February 2007
US:Justice for Boston Children's Museum workers!
Urgent solidarity appeal.
By Socialist Alternative reporters, CWI, US, Wednesday 14 December
US economy: Heading for recession?
The US economy slowed down sharply before the mid-term elections.
Lynn Walsh, CWI, London
US: Bush suffers Mid-term elections “thumping defeat”
Working class says no to war and neo-liberalism
Lynn Walsh, Socialist Party (England and Wales), Tuesday 14 November 2006
US: Twelve-year Republican dominance of Congress ended
Democrats won 24 of the 33 Senate seats up for election this year, winning seven million more votes than Republicans.
socialistworld.net, Tuesday 14 November 2006
US: “People stood up to Chevron and said NO!”
Green elected mayor of Richmond, California
Ty Moore interviews union/Green campaigner, Tuesday 14 November 2006
USA: 9/11 - Five years on
Bush exploits tragedy to promote imperialism and repression
Robert Bechert, CWI, London, Monday 11 September 2006
Canada: Harper government fails tens of thousands of Lebanese Canadians
Ottawa administration cosy-up to the Bush/Blair agenda
Clare and Craig Hudson, British Colombia, CWI Canada, Tuesday 25 July 2006
US: Immigrants rise up in LA
Interview with leading organizer Jesse Diaz, leading organizer of the immigrant rights movement in LA and the May 1 immigrant workers strike in the US
socialistworld.net, Friday 20 July 2006
Canada: After strike threat, BC teachers reach agreement on pay and conditions
But fight against cuts and privatisation must go on.
Clare Hudson, BC, CWI Canada, Sunday 9 July 2006
US: The state of Black America
Working class leadership needed against racism and poverty
Eljeer Hawkins, Socialist Alternative (CWI), Harlem, New York, Tuesday 20 June 2006
US: May Day returns to the United States
Millions of immigrant workers take to the streets
Philip Locker, Socialist Alternative (CWI in US), Monday 8 May 2006
US: Student walk-out defies rain and repression
Four students arrested
Janae Marshall, Ella Comeau and Ty Moore, Socialist Alternative, US, Wednesday 3 May 2006
US: Thousands attend Boston May Day rally
Immigrants respond despite ‘officials’ pulling out of protests
Hank Gonzalez and Bryan Koulouris, Socialist Alternative (CWI), Boston, Tuesday 2 May 2006
US: Special feature - Immigrants' rights movement
Analysis and tasks
socialistworld.net, Monday 1 May 2006
US: A new force merges
The importance of the immigrant rights’ movement
Dan DiMaggio, Socialist Alternative, US, Monday 1 May 2006
US: Which way forward for the immigrants’ rights movement?
A socialist strategy
Hank Gonzalez, Socialist Alternative (CWI in US), Monday 1 May 2006
US: Global capitalism fueling poverty and immigration
System change needed
Greg Beiter, Socialist Alternative, US, Monday 1 May 2006
US: Immigrant rights - All out for May Day strike!
“Today we demonstrate – tomorrow we vote”
Bryan Koulouris, Socialist Alternative (CWI), Boston, Thursday 13 April 2006
US: Anti-war protests across US
3rd anniversary of Bush’s war
Socialist Alternative (CWI in the US) reporters, Tuesday 21 March 2006
US: Lobbying Scandal
Corruption at the Heart of Corporate Politics
Patrick Ayers Socialist Alternative, US, Monday 6 March 2006
US: Bush support at an all-time low
Karl Debbaut, CWI, Thursday 2 March 2006
US: Transit Workers Reject Concessions
Workers show their militancy
Socialist Alternative, New York, US, Tuesday 31 January 2006
Canada: Tories win elections after 12 years of Liberal cuts and scandals
Working class needs to resist new right wing minority government
socialistworld.net, Saturday 28 January 2006
US: Solidarity messages for Transit Workers Union members
Contact details
socialistworld.net, Thursday 22 December 2005
US: Transit workers strike enters third day
Transit workers strike is a fight for every working family in New York
Socialist Alternative, New York, Thursday 22 December 2005
US: Indefinite transport strike in New York
Support Transit Workers' Fight for a Decent Contract!
Socialist Alternative, New York, Tuesday 20 December 2005
US: Successful student walkouts in protest over Iraq occupation and military recruitment
Thousands leave class rooms across country
Ty Moore, Socialist Alternative (CWI) and Youth against War and Racism, Minneapolis, Thursday 10 November 2005
Canada: Teachers’ return to work in British Columbia
Union leaders fail courageous struggle
Craig Hudson, CWI, Friday 28 October 2005
US: October 15 Washington D.C ‘Millions More Movement’
Is this the beginning of a new movement?
Eljeer Hawkins, Socialist Alternative, New York, Wednesday 26 October 2005
Canada: British Colombia teachers’ strike halts Victoria
Thousands of teachers and public sector workers oppose court rulings
Craig and Clare Hudson, cwi, Tuesday 18 October 2005
US: Hundreds of thousands march in Washington anti-war ally
Anger at Iraqi occupation and New Orleans disaster
Bryan Koulouris, New York City, US, Thursday 29 September 2005
US: How capitalism breeds poverty
Hurricane Katrina carnage shows brutal logic of neo-liberalism
Tony Wilsdon, Socialist Alternative (cwi in US), Monday 26 September 2005
US: Poor, black and left to die
What hurricane Katrina shows about US capitalism. 4,000 words.
Philip Locker, Socialist Alternative (CWI), US, Wednesday 21 September 2005
US: Hurricane Katrina
US socialists call for action programme after hurricane disaster
socialistworld.net, Wednesday 7 September 2005
US: Hurricane Katrina - biggest refugee crisis since the American Civil War
Catastrophe for Bush regime
Editorial from The Socialist, England and Wales, Tuesday 6 September 2005
US:: Hurricane Katrina - A Disaster Worsened by Capitalism
Some commentators say this was all unavoidable, but that is a lie.
Bryan Koulouris, New York City, US, Thursday 1 October 2005
US: Congress bails out United Airlines’ owners
Leaving workers to crash
Patrick Ayers, Socialist Alternative, US, Monday 8 August 2005
US: Taking on the Giant
How Can We Unionize Wal-Mart?
Tony Wilsdon, Socialist Alternative, US, Thursday 4 August 2005
US: Organized Labor at a Crossroads
AFL-CIO convention
Philip Locker, Socialist Alternative, US, Tuesday 19 July 2005
US: Stop the Right-wing Takeover of the Supreme Court! Block Bush in the Streets and in the Senate!
With the resignation of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor I, the most contentious political battle of Bush’s second term has begun.
Ty Moore, Socialist Alternative, US, Monday 4 July 2005
US: Bankruptcy Bill attacks workers
Banks and credit card companies celebrate
Rick Lynde, Socialist Alternative, US, Monday 16 May 2005
US: Foss High School students win victory for free speech
Students succeed in right to campaign against military recruitment
Clara Lightner, Foss High School student, Tacoma, WA, Students Against the Draft and War, Tuesday 10 May 2005
US: California workers take on ‘Governator’ Schwarzenegger
Unions outraged by governor’s “kicking their butts” threat
Hernan Rivas, Socialist Alternative, Monday 9 May 2005
US: Bush’s approval ratings reach all time low
Time to mobilise and fight back!
Tony Wilsdon, Socialist Alternative (cwi), US, Saturday 7 May 2005
US: solidarity appeal, defend free speech at Foss High School
Clara Lightner, Students against the Draft and War, Tacoma, US, Thursday 5 May 2005.
US: A Fast Food Worker Speaks Out
Widespread support for a union
Chris Beale, recent employee at Red Robin, Tacoma, Washington, Monday 04 April 2005
US: Boston Socialist Alternative mobilizes against the war
Socialist Alternative joined with other community organizations to lead the largest anti-war events held in Boston since Bush’s re-election.
Nathan Aldrich, University of Massachusetts, Monday 04 April 2005
US: Military families - the hidden casualties of war
Dealing with the stress of having loved ones in Iraq
Socialist Alternative, US, Friday 01 April 2005
US: The Iraqi resistance and the anti-war movement
Debate within the movement
Ty Moore and Philip Locker, Socialist Alternative, US, Wednesday 30 March 2005
US: Bush and the 'democratic revolutions'
What are the real motivations of the imperialist powers in opposition protests?
Niall Mulholland, Monday 21 March 2005
US: Democrats backing down on women’s rights
Capitulation to the far right
John Gallup, Socialist Alternative, Thursday 17 March 2005
US: Bush threatens women’s rights
We won’t go back, we will fight back!
Jessica Johnston, Socialist Alternative, Tuesday 15 March 2005
US: Organized Labor in Crisis
Can Andy Stern’s strategy save the AFLCIO?
Jeff Booth, member AFSCME Local 3650/Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers, 8 March 2005
US: Keep Wall Street out of Social Security
Why workers should oppose Bush’s privatization plan
Marie Medeiros, Socialist Alternative, US, 7 March 2005
US: Drunk with power
Mass action needed to stop the Bush offensive
Tom Crean, Socialist Alternative, 5 March 2005
US: High School students win free speech victory
Solidarity appeal forces authorities to drop ban against anti-Iraq war activists
Brandon Madsen, Senior at Kennedy, Youth Against War and Racism, and Ty Moore, Socialist Alternative (cwi US), 24 February 2005
US: Civil rights on trial
Renowned civil liberties lawyer faces 30 years in prison
Margaret Collins, Socialist Alternative, New York, 21 February 2005
US: The growing service sector - the next battleground for working women
Long way to go to achieve workplace equality.
Jessica Johnston, Socialist Alternative, US, 25 January 2005
US: ‘Million Worker March’ in Washington DC
On Sunday, 17 October, thousands of workers converged on Washington DC to voice opposition to the policies of US big business.
Bryan Koulouris, Socialist Alternative (US CWI)
US: Bosses’ terrorism on the job
Interview with a Pizza Hut worker fighting for a union
Socialist Alternative, 18 October 2004
US: Bush’s war on public education
Underfunding 101
New York City teacher, 16 October 2004
US: Military recruiters out of our schools!
Recruiters push military service as if it were a jobs program
Hank Gonzalez, Socialist Alternative, US, 15 October 2004
Canada: Anti-fascists arrested in Toronto
Anti-racists protest against Holocaust denier
Michael Freelander, Socialist Alternative (cwi), Canada, 6 October 2004
US: Soldier's relative speaks out
Interview with relative of reservist serving in Iraq.
Socialist Voice, Ireland, 20 September 2004
US: The million worker march
Coming soon to Washington DC
Alan Jones Shop Steward IUOE, 13 September 2004
United States: Off our streets! Out of our schools!
Stop military recruitment
Bryan Koulouris, 1 August 2004
US: 10 reasons why John Kerry doesn’t deserve your vote
Support Nader to break the stranglehold of the two-party system
Felicia Mello and Jessica Johnston, 20 July 2004
US: AFSCME and SEIU unions take bold anti-war stance
“Working-class brothers and sisters in uniform died in Iraq for profits”
Steve Edwards, President, AFSCME Local 2858, and member of Chicago Labor Against the War, 13 July 2004
US: Ronald Reagan, Hero of the Right
The most right-wing US president of the 20th century
Laurence Coates, Sweden, 9 June 2004
Canada: Industrial action escalated towards a general strike
Union leaders sabotage action in British Columbia
Andy Lehrer, Socialist Alterative, Toronto, 4 May 2004
US: Separate is not equal
The fight for same-sex marriage rights
Tom Crean, Socialist Alternative, US, 22 April 2004
US: 70,000 strikers, 139 days
Lessons of the California grocery workers strike
Alan Jones, Shop Steward, IUOE, New York, 5 April 2004
US: Bush Lies. Who Dies?
Military Families Speak Out against Bush’s war and lies
Socialist Alternative, US, 3 April 2004
US: A Pizza Hut worker speaks out
Fighting for a fair slice of the pie
Socialist Alternative, 30 March 2004
US: No to layoffs at Harvard
Richest university in the world claims financial crisis.
Socialist Alternative, cwi in the US, 27 March 2004
US: Transit workers strike, Minnesota
Solidarity appeal
socialistworld.net, 9 March 2004
US economy: “Recovery” or temporary blip?
Increasing trade gap and massive debt cannot sustain world economy.
Socialist Voice editorial, 27 January 2004
US: Governor Schwarzenegger!
How Could this happen?
Ramy Khalil, 22 January 2004
US: It’s time for health care for all
Increasing numbers of Americans without health insurance
Felicia Mello, Socialist Alternative, 20 January 2004
US: Tide turning against bush
Approval rating falls to lowest level since 2000
By Philip Locker, 15 January 2004
US: University workers strike at corporate education
New militant mood
Canyon Lalama, University of Minnesota Student, 19 November 2003
US: Anger flowing into radicalisation
Youth look for alternatives to Bush and his system
Canyon Lalama, US, 17 November 2003
US: 1,900 striking clerical workers at the University of Minnesota
Workers walk away from their desks and onto picket lines demanding a fair contract. Appeal for support.
Ty Moore, 31 October 2003
US: Thousands march in Washington against occupation of Iraq
50,000 on first national demonstration against the occupation of Iraq, in Washington DC, last Saturday.
Bryan Koulouris, Socialist Alternative, US, 30 October 2003
US: Take a Hike!
Rising tuition pricing students out of education
Canyon Lalama, University of Minnesota Student, 30 October 2003
US: Revival of Seattle anti-war movement
There was a 300-strong rally and march against the US military occupation of Iraq in Seattle on 6 October. The protest was primarily organised by the Seattle branch of ‘Not In Our Name (NION)’.
Ramy Khalil, Seattle, Socialist Alternative, 9 October 2003
US: Seattle protest the occupation of Iraq
Sunday, September 28, the Seattle Chapter of ANSWER, the US anti-war umbrella organisation, held a protest against the US occupation of Iraq.
Greg Beiter, Socialist Alternative, Seattle, 1 October 2003
US: Always Low Wages. Always
Wal-Mart has become the world’s largest corporation, having surpassed ExxonMobil for the slot, and is now the country’s largest private employer.
Ben Arenburg, 9 September 2003
United States: Corporations media power grab
Federal proposal provokes mass opposition
By Jeff Moore, 3 September 2003
Canada: Police attack protest of poor
Toronto has had a turbulent summer, with crises ranging from SARS to the failure of the power grid.
Andy Lehrer, Toronto, 29 August 2003
United States: Women Dying for Healthcare
The failure of for-profit healthcare
Vanessa Fatton, US, 27 August 2003
United States: US Imperialism's coming crisis
The quick victory over a fourth-rate military power allowed Bush and the neo-conservative hawks to emerge temporarily strengthened.
Alan Jones, Socialist Alternative, CWI in the US., 2 August 2003
United States: The Democrats - Are They an Alternative to Bush?
No serious appeal to working people
Bryan Koulouris, from Justice, journal of Socialist Alternative, CWI in the US, 31 July 2003
United States: Weapons of Mass Deception Exposed!
After months of occupying Iraq, not a trace of Saddam’s deadly arsenal has been found.
Ramy Khalil and Philip Locker, from Justice, 23 July 2003
United States: Is Bush Heading for a Fall?
Bush will face repercussions for his reckless policies.
Tony Wilsdon, from Justice, United States, 21 July 2003
Canada: Health cuts worsen SARs spread
Toronto has been in the grips of its worst health scare since the polio epidemics of the 1950s.
Andy Lehrer, Socialist Alternative, Toronto, 30 April 2003
Stop the war in Iraq: Boston students walk out against Bush
The University of Massachusetts (UMass) was on spring break for Day X, but we decided to go ahead with the walkout on Monday 24 March.
Patrick, Socialist Alternative, Boston, 25 March 2003
‘Build homes don’t bomb them’ demands Toronto rally
More than 10,000 workers, students and activists marched through Toronto, in Canada, on the 15 March anti-war protest organised.
Andy Lehrer, Toronto, 18 March 2003
US: construction bosses welcome war
THE LOOMING US-led war on Iraq is causing uncertainties for capitalist investors.
From The Socialist, 16 March 2003
Canada: Anti-poverty activists on trial
Last Thursday, 6 March, saw the opening of the trial of three leading members of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP).
Andy Lehrer, Toronto, 14 March 2003
United States - Mayor Bloomberg bans NY anti-war march
Mayor Bloomberg’s administration in New York have shown their true ‘democratic’ colours.
Socialist Alternative members in New York, 14 February 2003
United States - The arrogance of the US Empire
Colin Powell presented his speech to the UN Security Council on 5 February 2003.
Tony Saunois, London, CWI, 14 February 2003
United States: Saddam - Made in the USA
How the Reagan/Bush Sr. administrations backed Saddam
Jeff Moore, Socialist Alternative, CWI in the US
United States: Huge anti-war demo in Washington DC
On 18 January, the growing anti-war movement in the US took another important step forward.
Tom Crean, New York, Socialist Alternative (CWI’s affiliate in the US)
Canada: Universal health care under attack
Canada's 40-year old system of socialised medicine is under threat.
Andy Lehrer, Socialist Alternative, Toronto, 20 January 2003.
United States: The Transit workers' fight is our fight
No fare increases! No tax increases for working families!
Text of a flyer produced by New York members of Socialist Alternative.
Socialist Alternative (CWI in the US), 4 January 2003.
United States: Big bucks buy votes
MILLIONS OF big-business dollars were used by both major parties to campaign for votes.
Lynn Walsh, from The Socialist, 13 November 2002.
Bush wins stunning political victory
Never in living memory has a sitting president strengthened his party's position in both the Senate and the House of Representatives in mid-term elections. Lynn Walsh, from The Socialist, 11 November 2002.
Bush plans to occupy Iraq
WHAT DOES President Bush mean to fight a war in Iraq for? Democracy? An end to tyranny?
From The Socialist, 19 October 2002.
Bush Declares War on West Coast Port Workers
In a major attack on all workers, President Bush has invoked the anti-union Taft Hartley Act to force locked-out Longshore workers back to work.
Text of a flyer distributed in Seattle by Socialist Alternative (CWI in the US). 11 October 2002.
Washington IMF protests. Fighting war, poverty and exploitation
THOUSANDS OF demonstrators staged a spirited march and rally as part of a week of events against the IMF and World Bank.
Alan Jones, New York City, 3 October 2002
Impending war on Iraq. Beating the drums of war
POUNDING THE WAR drums, the Bush regime is hell-bent on war against Iraq. Editorial from October 2002 issue of Socialism Today
Impending war on Iraq. A new imperial moment?
‘A new imperial moment has arrived’, argues a US foreign policy strategist.
Article from October 2002 issue of Socialism Today
Impending war on Iraq. Build the anti-war movement
GEORGE W Bush's US administration appears to have adopted a 'permanent war' strategy to pursue the aims and objectives of US imperialism.
Articles from The Socialist, 27 September 2002.
Anniversary of attacks on Twin Towers, NY. CWI analysis vindicated by events
One year ago today, the world was stunned and horrified when two hijacked jumbo jets flew into the Twin Towers in New York.
Niall Mulholland, CWI, 11 September 2002
Stop the Bush war machine!
WILL THE United States go to war against Iraq?
Editorial, Socialism Today, September 2002
A year after 11 September. Will Bush launch a war on Iraq?
A THOUSAND people polled by The History Channel named the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon a year ago as "the most memorable event in world history".
Peter Taaffe, General Secretary, Socialist Party, England and Wales. 6 September 2002. From The Socialist. 3200 words.
Bush prepares for war against Iraq
Three articles on the impending war against Iraq from Justice(Issue 31, September/October), paper of Socialist Alternative (CWI section in the US)
Greg Beiter, Tom Crean and Chris Thomas. 29 August 2002.
IMF/World Bank protest, Washington: Oppose corporate globalisation and war
On September 28 and 29, politicians and corporate representatives in our nation’s capital will again be besieged by tens of thousands of protesters.
Greg Beiter, US, 28 August 2002
Canada: Toronto municipal workers’ against privatisation
Over 45,000 municipal workers from two of the largest locals of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are on strike.
Wendy Forrest, Toronto, 7 July 2002
US. The fight for a workers' party continues
What happened to the Labor Party?
Ramy Khalil, ATU Local 587, 2 July 2002
Ottawa, G8 summit protest
Up to 5,000 protesters endured rain, thunder and lightening to participate in a four hour, mass "No One Is Illegal" march.
Andy Lehrer, Socialist Alternative, CWI section in Canada. 1 July 2002
Deep problems remain for US economy
"We are in the midst so far of a jobless recovery and a profitless recovery. That is a double whammy on financial markets.", Sung Won Sohn, chief economist at Wells Fargo.
Tony Wilsdon, June 2002
Scandal Shakes US Catholic Church
The revelations about the sexual abuse of children in the U.S. Catholic Church have become an enormous issue for the nation’s 64 million Roman Catholics, and for society as a whole.
Seamus Whelan, 30 June 2002
Bush and the 2002 November elections.
The Teflon is finally wearing off President George W. Bush.
Alan Jones, June 2002
Washington. Thousands protest against war, poverty and racism
40,000-75,000 protested in Washington DC on April 20thagainst Bush's "War on Terrorism" and its possible extension to Iraq.
Eljeer Hawkins, New York, 25 June 2002
New York. World Economic Forum protests
From January 31stthrough February 4th, workers, youth, environmentalists, and an assortment of activists welcomed the corporate elites of the World Economic Forum to New York City, with rousing protests of over 10,000 people.
Eljeer Hawkins, Harlem, New York, 25 June 2002
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