I want to conclude by saying that the Cyprus problem is a complex, intricate and I would say difficult problem as it has developed after the referenda. It is not possible from one day to the next to promote its course for a solution.

It's wonderful that so many people are here as we deliver the petition to the White House. It would be nice if President Bush were here, but I understand he's run for the border in search of his lost 30 percent approval rating.

Anyone who has a kind word to say about North Korea today takes his political, not to speak of literary, life in his hands. So thoroughly has that small country been demonized that it takes on a measure of heroism simply to try to strike a balance, assert a few obvious facts, and bring the subject back into the realm of reason where reasonable people may consider it.

“We’re not seeing a real commitment from the government to deal with these problems...Especially on sewage, which is currently being drained into a river on which people rely for their cooking"

As Bush continues to troll for votes to shore up Republicans in the November elections, the immigration debate moves further away from any informed discussion of why workers uproot themselves and make treacherous journeys to other countries, only to take miserable jobs with employers who exploit them in every imaginable way.

Togo needs 90 megawatts of power to meet national demand, but the country is only getting 51.5 megawatts, or just over 40 percent of the electricity needed as water levels run low in dams across the region

In yet another blow to the credibility of one of its annually released “certification” reports on the performance of other nations on some broad social or political issue the State Department in its 2006 compilation included Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, and accused Venezuela of a high degree of non-cooperation.

It may be convenient to perceive the Middle East as a politically charged, fractious region, rife with conflicts and disputes, void of many prospects, save those leading to even further uncertainty and turmoil.

Leaders of the immigrant rights coalition that mobilized masses of people for demonstrations nationwide on April 10 and May 1 announced a stepped-up campaign that includes lobbying lawmakers, more marches and plans to register and mobilize at least a million new voters around the immigration issue.

In response to President Bush’s national address on immigration today [May 15], the Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition (BAIRC) voices its strong opposition to proposals that place National Guard troops at the border, initiate new guest worker programs and call for increased employer sanctions.

In a communique published earlier this week, the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) reported on the events and decisions of its recent Central Committee meeting held in Baghdad.

George W. Bush’s speech to the nation on May 15, 2006 highlighting deployment of the National Guard to the Mexican border represents an aggressive policy of racist, anti-immigrant demonization and hysteria.

Two Australian warships are on their way to East Timorese waters. It’s called “showing the flag” or “gunboat diplomacy”. East Timor has not asked Australia for any help, so why the rush?

The People's verdict is loud and clear. The people in all the five states that went to the polls have enthusiastically responded to the call of the Left

Past and present immigration have many things in common. Both are largely the result of severe economic dislocations effecting regions following under the sway of industrial capitalism.

As the immigration policy debate heats up in Congress, the US public has been bombarded by a steady stream of racist, anti-immigrant sentiments.

Casting aside the history books written by the “superior” White race and viewing history through the lens of reality, one readily sees that European nations... committed unspeakable atrocities against millions whose only “crime” was that they were born on the continents of Africa, North America, or South America.

In glorious and committed counterpoint to the shameless Burton resolution, large demonstrations will take place on the streets of Washington, DC and Los Angeles on May 20 demanding "US Hands Off Venezuela and Cuba."

Who was Pol Pot and how did he come to symbolize one of the most horrible and repressive regimes in the history of modern times?...This is a book that should be read by everyone who wants to understand what happened to the Cambodian Revolution.

Al Gore may be a “recovering politician,” but “You always have to worry about a relapse,” Gore told Atlanta Progressive News.