Texas to do Business with Cuba
A trade delegation led by the Texas Department of Agriculture is in Cuba to negotiate a deal between the island country's government and agribusiness in that state, according to the Dallas Morning News.
Japan: Protesters Say No to US Bases
On the early morning of May 21, the U.S. Aegis missile destroyer O’Kane based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, made a call at Sukumo Port in Kochi Prefecture, western Japan.
Working Families Face Growing Income Instability
An increasing number of working families are 'being swamped by a rising tide of income instability,' says a new report released by labor-backed think-tank Economic Policy Institute this week.
Israel refuses to issue ID cards to unregistered Palestinians
Since the occupation began in 1967, Israel has exercised almost total control over the Palestinian population registry and has sole power to determine who is a Palestinian resident.
Building its Ties to Colombia: Canada's Imperial Adventure in the Andes
On May 5th, 2008 Canada's Trade Minister, David Emerson, proudly declared that Canada is 'very close' to concluding free trade negotiations with Colombia.
Bush Distorts World War II History
George W. Bush may not be much of a president but his latest comments comparing his Iraq war to World War II indicate he is even less of a historian.
Book review: Pens and Swords
Marda Dunsky’s book Pens and Swords presents a very strong, well-referenced argument illuminating the bias within American media reports on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Oil companies pump profits: governments sit by and watch
The price of crude oil more than doubled in 12 months and more than quadrupled in five yeas since May 2003. The big oil corporations empty people’s pockets and pump out record profits, while the government sits by and says there is little else it can do.
Buffalo Policewoman Fired
During the first week of this month there was good news and bad news. The good news is Cariol Horne's gag-order was lifted. The bad news: she was found guilty of nine of the 11 charges and was subsequently fired a few days later by Buffalo Police Chief H. McCarthy Gipson.
Brazil Spearheads UNASUR Defense Council, but Colombia Withdraws
Member states of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) signed a pact on Friday, May 23 in Brasília to establish judicial and political components for the emerging, limited union. On the docket was a plan to create a military coordinating component of UNASUR, the Conselho Sul-Americano de Defesa (CSD).
