Italian Communists Support UNIFIL Mission, Call for Political Solution to ME Crisis
This is mission, unlike other military missions abroad, should not take part in the conflict; it should only have an interposition role that doesn't question Lebanon's sovereignty and it shouldn't intend the disarm of Hezbollah.
Woodward's 60 Minutes Bloodbath
Veteran journalist Bob Woodward can always be counted on to tell the truth-- after all the other options have been exhausted. His new book, State of Denial, doesn't veer too far from the pattern he's followed his entire career; one minute he's the 'kingmaker' dishing up hearty-helpings of literary tripe like 'Bush at War' and 'Plan of Attack' and the next minute he's ramming a scimitar into the lower lumbar region of his prey.
'Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Endangers us All
Last month the Bush administration announced that Marine Corps Individual Ready Reservists are being recalled to duty. This is due to a shortage of soldiers who are willing to serve additional tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Don't use space for war spy satellites
With the launching of optical satellite No.2 on September 11, Japan now has three intelligence-gathering satellites in orbit. The fourth satellite is planned for next year.
Canada: Health privatization battle heating up
THE BATTLE OVER the future of medicare heated up in September with attacks by private health care advocates on Ontario Health Minister George Smitherman. While Medicare supporters welcomed Smitherman's Sept. 11 speech, they pointed out that his government's actions tell a different story.
Restorative vision operations in Cuba have changed lives
José Juan Pineda knows what it’s like to have to bear all kinds of nicknames alluding to the strabismus he was born with; 26 years have not been enough to get used to all the verbal abuse heaped on him from strangers and acquaintances alike, children and adults, and even professionals.
Middle East Report to the Communist Refoundation Party of Italy
Five years of the Bush administration have shown the failure of its war strategy. The plan for a “Greater Middle East”, the idea the neocons advanced to justify this military strategy, has provoked a vicious cycle of war and terrorism and has reinforced fundamentalist movements in the region.
Grape Workers Rally for the Union
Grape workers and union organizers at a rally at the 'Forty Acres,' the historic home of the United Farm Workers.
