Chad-Sudan: 100 Chadian villagers killed, but no definitive link with Sudan
Chad's government has blamed the Sudanese government in Khartoum for sponsoring militia groups to enter Chad with the goal of destabilising the Deby’s government.
Fatah, Hamas Agree to Defuse Flame of Tension and Turmoil
In joint press conference with key leaders of Fatah and Hamas leaders, PM Haneyeh said that both movements will give instructs to their members to halt traded shootout in Gaza Strip and end all military shows.
Haiti: Giant Crowds Hail Préval and Demand Aristide’s Return
Because he takes the presidency under a Constitutionally forbidden foreign occupation whose conductors – Washington, Paris and Ottawa – still forbid exiled former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide from returning to his homeland, Préval will face a difficult challenge...
The Horror of Iraq and the Bush administration
While there are very great differences between the Vietnam War and the Iraq occupation, there is one important similarity. The people of Iraq are the real victims of what is happening and the death and destruction that is devastating their country is what history will remember.
Cuba on the “Terrorist” List: Miami Rides Again
In the State Department’s near-universally discredited series of annual certification reports, Cuba found itself once again lumped in with Iran, Libya (only briefly), Syria, North Korea and Sudan as a “state sponsor of terrorism.”
So, How WOULD a Patriot Act?
Glenn Greenwald's new book 'How Would a PATRIOT ACT? Defending American Values from a President Run Amok,' lays out a powerful, concise, and well-researched argument that President Bush is a threat to our government's system of checks and balances and to our individual liberties.
Fourteenth Non Aligned Movement Summit: The Validity of the Bangun Principles
The NAM was based on five founding principles: mutual respect for each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty, mutual non-aggression, mutual non-interference in domestic affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful co-existence
Class, National and Gender Struggle in S.A.: The Historical Relationship between ANC and the SACP
A working class Party does not exercise its vanguard role in relation to the trade unions by capturing them or transforming them into wings of the Party, but rather by proving that the Party and its individual members are the most ideologically clear and the most devoted and loyal participants in the workers’ cause
Marxism, Liberalism or Communitarianism
To halt the current slide towards fascism ('the national security state') we will need the combined forces of the progressive left as well as the center of the political spectrum that still believes in democracy and takes the Bill of Rights seriously.
Palestinian Catastrophe: Myths Revisited
Palestinians and their faithful supporters throughout the world commemorated May 15, as Nakba Day, the day when Israel was declared a state atop the ruins of Palestinian homes and hundreds of ethnically cleansed towns and villages, 58 years ago.
