Bush Rebuffed in Venezuela (Again)
Having failed to dislodge firebrand Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez by force in an April 2002 coup, Bush now must come to terms with the fact that Venezuela has cultivated strong European ties.
U.S. masterminds Japan's postal privatization
A Office of the U.S. Trade Representative report emphasizes the importance the U.S. government has attached to the privatization of postal services in Japan's structural reform.
Call for Human Rights Reform at the UN
At the halfway point of the 61st session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for reforming the 53-member body.
Call for EU Opposition to US Maneuver Against Cuba
THE need for the European Union to reject US pressure and adopt an independent position in the Human Rights Commission in Geneva was highlighted by Ali Ruckert, president of the Communist Party of Luxembourg.
Put the working class at the center of our society
In many ways, the SACP Special Congress is a direct call on all poor and working people in South Africa to ensure that the second decade of freedom becomes their decade.
Sinn Fein Leader Gerry Adams Appeals to IRA
I want to speak directly to the men and women of Oglaigh na hEireann, the volunteer soldiers of the Irish Republican Army.
Protest Planned to Demand Nuclear Disarmament
In May, world leaders, mayors and people from around the world will converge on the United Nations to decide the fate of the endangered Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Cuba, Cancer, and Weapons of Mass Destruction
John Bolton, under secretary of state for International Armaments and Security, has accused Cuba of producing biological weapons and being a terrorist threat.
Argentina and Debt Leverage
After four years of sitting on its more than one hundred billion dollar defaulted debt, Argentina offered its creditors a pittance of its total obligations to them.
John Bolton: Bush’s General in the Anti-UN Blitzkrieg
Bolton led the campaign against ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, renewal of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972, and the withdrawal from the International Criminal Court
