China: (People's Daily Online) Why does Bush Administration Preach 'China military threat'?
The wave of 'China military threat theory' whipped up by the US military is a dangerous practice, involving its attempt to obstinately place China in a 'rival' position.
Global Disarmament Groups Slam US for the Failure of NPT Review Conference
NOT unexpectedly, the Non Nuclear Proliferation Treaty (NPT) month long (from May 2 to May 27) five-yearly Review Conference failed after the US spent the entire period either arguing about procedure or demanding that disarmament obligations of nuclear weapon states were outside the scope of discussions.
Republicans to Big Bird: What Have You Done for Me Lately?
What do Big Bird, Elmo and Snuffleupagas have in common? They are a target of the Republican Party. Once again, Congressional Republicans are cutting the budgets of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
Momentum to End Occupation of Iraq Grows
On June 16, Representatives Abercrombie (D-HI) and Jones (R-NC) introduced a resolution calling for U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq called 'Homeward Bound.'
WFTU: World Must Implement Worker Rights Pact
The 93rd Session of the International Labour Conference is meeting in a year which commemorates the anniversary of our organization, WFTU, which was founded at the end of the Second World War 60 years ago, just after the creation of the UN.
Napalm and Downing Street: We Were Right
Last March, this website reported that official and media sources had uncovered the use of napalm by US military forces in Iraq.
Americans question free trade
The rapid rise of China as a major actor in the global economy is provoking a reconsideration of whether free trade is still in America’s interest.
Filipino Activists Mobilize to Expose Arroyo’s Corruption
Despite stringent government regulations that ban the airing of the supposed wiretapped conversations between the President and Election Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano, progressive groups are finding more ways to circulate the content of the controversial tapes.
G8 Bribery
The mainstream media’s response to the announcement that the G8 had agreed to cancel $40 billion dollars in debt for eighteen countries in third world, mainly African.
British Communists Warn Againt Blair’s Maneuvers over EU Treaty
The Communist Party of Britain political committee drew attention to the refusal of pro-constitution politicians to accept the clear decisions by French and Dutch voters to reject it. John Haylett told the committee that, '...But both the French and Dutch campaigns highlighted the institutionalisation of neoliberalism across the continent and, in the Netherlands, there was the added factor of resentment at the concentration of power among the larger countries.”
