Fidel Castro Confirms Cuba will donate WBC Prize Money to Katrina victims
“Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Panama and the Dominican Republic behaved generously with Cuba, even when four Cubans tried to place some signs,” the leader of the Revolution reminded the audience.
Washington Guns after Castro at Any Cost
In the face of a sweeping debt and budgetary crisis currently afflicting the U.S. economy, the passage of the FY 2006 budget witnessed a brutal bloodletting of vital domestic programs from education and child welfare to Medicaid.
Australia: It’s now a crime to defend your rights at work
The WorkChoices Act and the accompanying 400 plus pages of regulations criminalise legitimate trade union activity. They criminalise workers, union officials and trade unions for merely taking industrial action to defend their interests.
Leader of Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, pledges his organizations support for the Cuban Five
When attending the radio-TV roundtable broadcast Monday, Farrakhan rejected George W. Bush’s warmongering policy... 'The Cuban Revolution must be defended, as this is one of the richest nations regarding human nature and development,'
Effort needed for peaceful solution to Iranian nuclear issue
The Iranian nuclear issue has come up for discussion at the U.N. Security Council which is capable of imposing sanctions. A serious effort is needed to solve the question peacefully and diplomatically.
MOZAMBIQUE: Trying to bridge human cost and economic benefit
Researchers found that chronic poverty and food insecurity forced more than 70 percent of the region's children to work to help support their families; almost 40 percent suffered chronic malnutrition
Book Round Up #14: Climate Change Catastrophe and Media Failures
Here is another in our series of book previews (reviews of reviews) on important new works. If anyone is inspired to write a full review of one these works (800 words) please contact us at pabooks@politicalaffairs.net.
Truth Seeping Through Media After Ten Months
It's March 27th, my son's due date, but it looks like he may be late being born. Maybe he's heard what it's like out here. I may have had C-Span a little loud during Bush's last press conference.
The Dream is Over: The Jaws of Darkness Do Devour It Up
'The dream,' John Lennon once said of 60s idealism, 'is over.' These were the words that came to me late one evening, sitting at my desk, in the glow of a computer screen, a glass of red wine at one hand, a spiral ringed notebook and pen at the other.
Atlanta Plans US Social Forum for 2007
20,000 participants are expected to attend Atlanta's upcoming, first-ever United States Social Forum (USSF) in late June 2007.
