Tax Shelters Disguised as Health Care Reform
Bush's Health Savings Accounts will help the wealthy protect their assets, and actually increase the ranks of the uninsured.
Book Review: Against Gravity
Against Gravity, Iranian writer Farnoosh Moshiri’s latest stirring novel, is set mainly in Houston, Texas in the 1980s.
WTO betrays poor people yet again
There is nothing remotely developmental about the WTO. 'Activists around the world have vowed to continue fighting the human suffering and environmental destruction being perpetuated by the WTO in 2006.'
TURKMENISTAN: Pension cuts begin to bite
'I was told I was no longer eligible for my monthly money, there was no explanation, no apology. There are thousands like me, how do we survive now?'
SOMALIA: Violent protests against Muhammad cartoons
Some European countries have been the focus of Muslim rage after caricatures showing the prophet Muhammad wearing a turban resembling a bomb were published in a Danish newspaper.
Iraq: Children’s mental health affected by insecurity
The survey was undertaken after a noticeable increase in the number of children seeking psychological counselling, many of whom were found to have learning difficulties.“The only things they have on their minds are guns, bullets, death and a fear of the US occupation.”
Showing of 'Venezuela Bolivariana' in Minneapolis
On Friday, February 3rd, the Twin Cities Hands Off Venezuela Campaign presented Calle y Media's film 'Venezuela Bolivariana' at the Resource Center of the Americas (www.americas.org)... upcoming National Venezuela Solidarity Conference to be held March 4-6 in Washington, DC.
Palestinians: Banned from Marriage, Travel and Banks
More than 54 thousand Palestinians suffer from the problem of not having an identity card, either by not being registered with the Israeli authorities at birth, or by having foreign nationalities.
No Match for Rene Preval in Haiti
A second round[of elections] is set for Feb 19 but Preval says the new president will be chosen on Feb 7, first elections past the 2004 coup against President Jean Betrand Aristide, now exiled in South Africa.
MARX GOES TO CHURCH
What did Marx mean by calling religion an opiate? Being a materialist, Marx, of course, holds to the view that religion is ultimately man made and not something supermaterial or supernatural in origin. “Man makes religion,” he says.
