Five men whose convictions have been overturned by a federal court remain imprisoned, internationally renowned human rights lawyer Leonard Weinglass told a public forum this weekend in Detroit.

TREPIDATION is the feeling a few would share at another prospect of seeing Africa revealed to us through European filmic paraphernalia.

Throughout most of its history, there has been very little interest in North America about Venezuela except as a supplier of oil. With the election of Hugo Chávez in 1999, all this changed. 

IN THE WAKE of the narrow Conservative federal election victory, the Communist Party of Canada's Central Committee met in Toronto over the March 11-12 weekend to assess the current political situation in the country.

In India, the foreign exchange transactions (transactions in dollars, pounds, or any other currency) are broadly classified into two accounts: current account transactions and capital account transactions.

Is Barry Bonds the object of a racist witch-hunt? Over the last week I have had to publicly argue this issue against some of the finest minds of my generation (all right, John Rocker and Jose Canseco).

In the middle of May, after a number of electoral process take place, Rene Preval, the only democratically-elected Haitian president to serve out his full five year presidential term, will once again assume the presidential mantle.

Delphi’s misuse of the bankruptcy procedure to circumvent the collective bargaining process and slash jobs and wages and drastically reduce health care, retirement and other hard-won benefits or eliminate them altogether is a travesty and a concern for every American.

Okinawans are burdened with the presence of U.S. Marines that are stationed as operational forces. These forces have been sent to Iraq for combat. They are the source of the high rate of accidents, crimes, and other dangers.

Leonardo Padura Fuentes is the internationally acclaimed author of several novels including the “Havana Quartet”, a series of detective novels featuring Havana police Inspector Mario Conde. The latest installment in that series is Havana Red.

Following a death-to-gays fatwa issued last October by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, death squads of the Badr Corps have been systematically targeting gay Iraqis for persecution and execution, gay Iraqis say.

The Census Bureau is playing with numbers to hide growing poverty rates, suggests a new report published jointly by the non-partisan Economic Policy Institute (EPI) and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).

Free-speech advocates and war protesters all across the United States will turn themselves in to the FBI this Friday, March 31st. Through this action, participants will ease the workload of federal spies, freeing them up to engage in legitimate law-enforcement activities

The Wisconsin AFL-CIO announced its opposition to the proposed constitutional ban on civil unions and marriage. The Wisconsin Legislature recently approved the measure and placed it on the November statewide ballot.

On March 22, a congregation of ardent supporters gathered to commemorate Rachel’s life and spread her words, the very church Martin Luther King first chastised the war in Vietnam.

Recent British intelligence revelations about the prelude to the Iraq war got me to thinking about previous adventures in the recent and not so recent history of imperialism.

Thanks to the campaign by Michigan’s unions and community allies, the state’s low-wage workers will be better able to support themselves and their families.

A UN helicopter brought Taylor from the Liberian capital Monrovia directly to the landing pad of the Special Court in Freetown

Geographically the largest country in Africa, the Sudan abuts nine sub-Saharan and north Africa countries. All their ethical and cultural diversities are reflected within its borders. As a result, the Sudan has been described as an Afro-Arab microcosm of the continent.

The over half a million immigrants rights supporters who rallied in Los Angeles March 25 sent their fellow American people, and their government a clear message: We are Americans, we are workers who build up this economy and society, we are not terrorists nor criminals, we deserve justice and equality with legalization!