Vicente Fox: More a Caricature than the Real Thing
his past Sunday, July 3, represented a stunning indictment by Mexican citizens on how little President Vicente Fox’s government had progressed after five years in office, as the state of Mexico’s voters went to the polls to elect a Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI) governor, Enrique Peña Nieto. Fox’s National Action Party’s (PAN) candidate, Rubén Mendoza Ayala, suffered a humiliating defeat in receiving an estimated 25 percent of the ballot, while Peña Nieto, won decisively with 47 percent.
One year after transfer of sovereignty, Iraqis are still suffering
On the occasion of the first anniversary of the transfer of sovereignty to Iraq, U.S. President George W. Bush said that the U.S. will continue to deploy U.S. forces in Iraq, while admitting that activities in Iraq are difficult and dangerous.
Social Security: Bush Plan Cuts Survivors’ Benefits
President Bush’s Social Security privatization plan isn’t just aimed at retirees. Millions of beneficiaries of the program are the surviving family members of workers who are disabled or die before they reach retirement age. From the outset, Bush’s plans calls for deep cuts in survivors’ benefits in order to pay for his risky scheme.
Supreme Court Nomination: Democrats Can Succeed Without the Filibuster
Since the resignation announcement of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, various reporters and pundits have concluded that whomever President Bush nominates will win confirmation. Last week, a reporter for The Washington Post told listeners of National Public Radio that since Republicans control the Senate, Mr. Bush’s nomination would be essentially guaranteed. However, if history is any indication, this is far from certain.
Chicago Women Defy US Government’s Cuba Blockade
On July 11, nineteen-year-old Chicagoan Jennifer Suh and Trinidadian citizen Allison St. Brice, Suh’s 20-year-old Amherst College classmate, will board a yellow school bus on a mission to deliver humanitarian aid to Cuba – a criminal act under current US law.
Palestine: PLC Calls on World Parliaments Pressure Israel to Stop Building Apartheid Wall
The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) called on all friendly parliaments to exert pressure on the Israeli government and its parliament (the Knesset) to cease the construction of the Apartheid Wall, at the same times as Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ordered the acceleration of construction to wall off Jerusalem from the rest of the Palestinian population centers.
London Terror Attacks: Statement of the Communist Party, USA
The Communist Party, USA condemns the series of bomb attacks today in London. We condemn all terrorist acts targeting civilians with violence, whether conducted by individuals, governments or groups.
Sudan: Atrocities Continue as Leaders Talk
'Are we going to repeat what happened in Rwanda?' asked UN Secretary-General Annan in a recent BCC documentary (July 3, 2005). Annan posed the question again: 'Is [Darfur] going to be another Rwanda?' Asked about how history 'would judge the international response [to Darfur],' Annan said: 'Quite likely that we were slow, hesitant, uncaring, and that we have learned nothing from Rwanda.'
Iraq: Condemned to Relive the Past
It is probably safe to assume that few Americans know or care about their nation’s history of atrocities in Latin America. They neither know nor care about the death squads in Guatemala and El Salvador that were trained, funded, and equipped by the U.S., and which tortured and murdered thousands of alleged 'communists and terrorists.'
NO to the Constitutional Treaty of the EU
I am obliged to begin my speech by making an ascertation. The Cypriot parliament, in respecting the commitments undertaken in relation to the ratification date of the Treaty, has moved forward in an orderly way on the procedure despite the many important developments on the Constitutional Treaty.
