Claudia Jones was born Claudia Cumberbatch in 1915 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, a British colony. Though her family was well off, economic crisis after World War I forced the family to migrate to the Harlem section of New York City in 1922 to seek work.

Alaska Congressman Don Young just attempted on the floor of the House to quote Abraham Lincoln's opinion on opposition to presidents' war plans.  Young failed rather dramatically.

Even if he's not lying this time, President Bush's outrage over Iran's Quds Force supplying armor-piercing weapons to Iraq's "insurgents" rings hollow coming from the world's Number One Merchant of Death.

Top scientists from 113 countries issued a landmark report Feb. 2 declaring for the first time that global warming caused by human activity is undeniable, and forecasting potentially disastrous results if present trends continue unchecked.

Iraqi troops, US-led coalition forces and insurgents are all guilty of breaking Geneva conventions that govern the neutrality of hospitals, say health specialists.

Maryan Aliyow Isse had hoped the security situation in Mogadishu would stabilise after the Ethiopian-backed transitional government took control of the Somali capital in December.

THE U.S. government has been resorting to reprehensible methods to deceive citizens about a subject that involves humanity as a whole: climate changes that are leading to increased global warming.

An Atlanta activist received a sentence of 100 days in a federal prison on January 29, 2007, after being arrested and charged with a Class B misdemeanor November 19, 2006, at a protest at the School of the Americas (SOA).

A military solution is not an option in ending the crisis in Darfur, according to United Nations and African Union officials. Instead, the parties to the Darfur conflict must agree to a peace process.

New York Leaders, veterans and area citizens held an urgent press conference today to launch a new statewide campaign opposing President’s Bush’s plan to escalate the war in Iraq. 

The Mecca agreement, signed between rival Palestinian groups, Hamas and Fatah on February 8, under the auspices of the Saudi leadership, was welcomed by thousands of cheering Palestinians throughout the Occupied Territories, and seen as the closing of a chapter of a bloody and tumultuous period of their history.

Now as the 21st century dawns, the leading correspondent for London’s Financial Times has visited China and returned profoundly shaken, mumbling figuratively "I’ve seen the future and it is frightening." He is fearful that China’s rise spells ill for the destiny of imperialism worldwide.

The recent round of the Six-Party Talks in Beijing ended on February 13 after adopting a joint document stipulating that North Korea will shut down and seal the Yongbyon nuclear facility and accept IAEA monitoring and verifications and that other parties in response will carry out energy assistance to North Korea.

The UNICEF report on children’s well-being, the Oliver James study on mental health in modern society and the Bernard Matthews mountain of dead turkeys all point to the same conclusion – monopoly capitalism is making many of us more, stressed, ill or mad.

After the government of the Republic of Cyprus signed last week an agreement with Lebanon for the facilitation of future oil and gas exploration in the region, following the last year's agreement with Egypt, Turkey and the leadership of the Turkish Cypriot community reacted by launching threats.

The Communists have been the only parliamentary political force in the Czech Republic which, already before the parliamentary elections, highlighted the real danger of a US military base or US radar station being set up at our territory.

Claudia Jones was born Claudia Cumberbatch in 1915 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, a British colony. Though her family was well off, economic crisis after World War I forced the family to migrate to the Harlem section of New York City in 1922 to seek work. Jones' mother, Sybil, worked in the garment industry to support the family, but died in 1927.

The fight against racism is even more urgent today. There is nothing more important on the agenda of the progressive forces worldwide than the fight to end the scourge of racism from our planet. By racism I’m not just talking about a set of bad ideas and beliefs.

By 1951, 23 NLC chapters were established in major cities across the country. The NLC launched a national campaign to have a "model FEPC clause" inserted into union contracts. The FEPC clause took its name from the Fair Employment Practices Committee established during the Roosevelt presidency.

Aiding a nation against a foreign invasion is not grounds for war. The US aided France against Germany and still brags about it. WMD possession is not grounds for war. The US has more of them than anyone.