Hannah Arendt’s contribution to modern political theory is to be celebrated in an upcoming conference at Bar-Ilan University dedicated to one of her central philosophical works, The Human Condition.

Almost all of the recent books about Venezuela focus on the big changes at the top – the government of President Hugo Chavez and the new ministries and social programmes or the coups, sabotage and propaganda by local oligarchs and US imperialism.

In a spacious yet fortified UN compound in Rome members of the Palestine committee at the General Assembly repeated old mantras; they vowed support for the Palestinians, issued a press release and then went to lunch.

That smell in your printer’s production facility no doubt comes from the cocktail of hazardous chemicals typically used in the printing process: inks, cleaning solvents, waste water and sludge that “off-gas” volatile organic compounds associated with eye and lung irritation, dizziness, headaches and even cancer.

For many revolutionary organizations to act on their desire to further the socialist cause, it is necessary to focus not on revolutionary posturing but on a "reform" initiative, namely the defeat of the Republicans in the 2008 election.

Before some 30 of his supporters representing various groups preaching the use of terror against Cuba, Luis Posada Carriles – still not accused of terrorism, in violation of a number of international conventions – offered a property valued at $2.5 million as guarantee for his bail application.

And if you’re like me, while you may have vaguely heard of the Dixie Chicks before their “notorious” remarks in 2003, you probably weren’t familiar at all with their songs, then relegated almost exclusively to the traditional outlets and audiences for country music.

Twelve years after Francois Mitterrand, France's first, and to date only Socialist president, left office, the political landscape in both the presidential palace and the National Assembly has moved gloomily toward right-wing social and economic policies.

The 14th Congress of the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF) started in this capital on Monday, attended by 1,500 delegates from 84 countries, the organization s president Marcia Campos stated.

Civil rights and labor activists will be pushing the current Congress to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).

Jumah Al Dossari has been rotting in Guatanamo for five years now without ever having been charged of an offense. The prisoner believes “he has been condemned to live forever on an island where there is no law,” his lawyer says.

In his eulogy at the graveside of Marx, Engels pointed to the two great discoveries of Marx, the discovery of the materialist concept of history and the discovery of surplus value as the source of capitalist profit.

Seen from this side of the Mediterranean, the Western (and especially European) view on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict exhibits a strange trait.

Venezuela’s Ambassador to the U.S. said he was "not surprised" by a new report from the US State Department condemning the human rights situation in Venezuela.

The political uncertainty gripping Bangladesh after the declaration of state of emergency on January 11 is still continuing.