A Gathering Storm: Anti-imperialism Brews Tempest
With every passing day it becomes increasingly evident that the criminal and illegal invasion of Iraq by US imperialism may very well be one of the major blunders committed by Washington in decades.
Race, Class and Hurricane Katrina
“I hate the way they portray us in the media,” said hip-hop star Kanye West on a NBC fundraising telethon for the Red Cross relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Katrina. “You see a black family, it says, ‘They’re looting.’ You see a white family, it says, ‘They’re looking for food.’”
Fidel Castro Says Cuba Protects its People and Helps Others
I wish other nations could also protect their population as Cuba does,' said Fidel Castro and recalled the solidarity practiceí by the Cuban people with other nations of the world by citing the more than 100,000 blood donations offered by the island to the Peruvian population on the heels of the tragic effects of an earthquake that hit that Latin American nation.
The Miami - El Paso Connection
The White House will use any means to prevent putting Posada at the Venezuelan Court’s disposal. His confessions could unleash a chain of international scandals of unforeseen political consequences, either for the US executive or for its security institutions, closely linked with plots which according to Posada’s own words, “ are still undisclosed in all their dramatic intrigue and unraveling.”
Globalization and the New Terror
A website press release by Enron Corp. entitled ‘Shevardnadze to Receive Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service’ it stated: 'Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze will receive the 1999 Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service on April 22, 1999 at an event sponsored by Rice University’s James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy.
News Roundup: Jobs, Human Rights, Venezuela, and Oil
For 30 years now the economy has failed to provide good jobs. The UN has asked human rights groups to report on violations of rights by the US government. Venezuela is combatting unemployment and pverty. Senate Republicans are proposing huge subsidies for oil giants while hating bills skyrocket.
Democratizing the United Nations
Why has the world failed to realize the goals set forth by the founders of the UN? We have not been able to do away with war, genocide, oppression or poverty because the forces of nationalism, imperialism, capitalism, and statism have repeatedly sabotaged any move made towards libertarianism, egalitarianism, and internationalism.
Text of Communiqué on US Blockade of Cuba Adopted by the Ibero-American Summit
Special communiqué on the need to end the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cuba by the government of the United States of America, including the application of the so-called Helms-Burton Act
Not everything can be bought or sold
Fed up by a Capitalist constant and inhumane message which says that all can be offered and bought as a merchandise, I was touched by president Fidel’s words when he organized the “The International Contingent of Doctors Specialized in Disasters and Serious Epidemics.”
Terrorism: The Miami - El Paso Connection
The White House will use any means to prevent putting Luis Posada Carriles at the Venezuelan Court’s disposal. His confessions could unleash a chain of international scandals of unforeseen political consequences.
