The trip to Venezuela marked the culmination of a college seminar in which I registered along with 16 others here in Connecticut.

Washington’s incendiary response to Venezuela’s candidacy for the Latin American UN Security Council seat is indicative of its standard combative riposte to any serious challenge against the neo-liberal global economic order.

A Republican bill that hid a huge, wolfish tax break for the wealthy inside the sheep’s clothing of an increase in the minimum wage crashed and burned in the Senate on Aug. 3.

Willie Sutton robbed banks and served prison time because, he said, banks were where the money was at. Author Sherwood Anderson says the Bush administration and its corporate allies are robbing middle and working class taxpayers to subsidize their military adventures, and their greed.

US Defense Secretary Rumsfeld acknowledges a shortage of equipment and a declining military capacity of combat readiness due to the ongoing US military occupation of Iraq; some military personnel and members of Congress are becoming increasingly vocal in their opposition to US policy.

A review of a book containing 17 essays by E. San Juan covering significant issues and struggles in the Philippines

A day after four US service members were killed in Iraq and dozens of Iraqis killed in bloody sectarian violence, President Bush yesterday again described leaving Iraq as a "huge mistake."

There is a disturbing new report out that accuses the United States of reigniting the nuclear arms race. It's from no less an authority than Sweden's Hans Blix, former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

It is a sure sign: in Tyr, children have found their way back to the seashore. Yesterday, on beaches of fine sand, they tried to forget this nightmarish month.

On August 9th 2006, exactly one year after a three judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, Georgia, unanimously revoked the sentences of the Miami Five, a majority of the full court of twelve judges has ruled against the decision.

As we begin to hope that the smoking rubble of Lebanon will finally be left to cool, undisturbed by further Israeli bombs, here is a preliminary assessment of the war and of prospects for the future in its wake.

Despite the recent deaths of two Salvadoran soldiers in Iraq and the prevailing anti-war sentiment felt throughout the nation, President Antonio Saca of El Salvador wasted no time in deploying another 380 troops to Baghdad.

The government on July 27 decided to resume U.S. beef imports even though it had discovered a series of U.S failures to comply with standards it had set for the resumption.

Eyewitness testimony by Lebanese journalist Omar Nashabe makes a powerful case for Israel to answer over its use of illegal weapons in Lebanon.

Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber have a new book, which is always a good thing; but this one is especially good. It's called "The Best War Ever: Lies, Damned Lies, and the Mess in Iraq."

THE US State Department is extremely worried that the ideological hegemony it had enjoyed following the days of Cold War is being gradually eroded in the wake of the exposures regarding Abu Ghraib prison tortures, the Guantanamo Bay prison, and the invasion of Iraq in general.

For anyone confused about the results of the war in Lebanon, what with both Israel and the Hezbollah claiming victory, the following rule of thumb should be helpful.

If Hezbollah were a military, given Western standards, it would certainly be the most moral in the world. During Israel’s five week offensive, Hezbollah killed 118 Israeli soldiers and 41 Israeli civilians (18 of which were Israeli Palestinians).