Some 10,000 Baghdad residents packed a sports stadium March 31 to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the Iraqi Communist Party. It was the first mass event in Baghdad in years by any secular democratic group.

As I had my first cup of coffee this morning, I found myself thinking about the mainstream media and, peripherally, Al Franken. This is not something that most people, other than Al Franken, would probably do as a matter of routine. But as a writer I have long understood that inspiration can come from unusual places. And this is apparently one such occasion.

Don't forget the basics. This simple stuff will save energy -- and money -- right now.

Today thousands of parole petitioners are ready to return to society as productive citizens but remain stuck in prison because of the politics of incarceration.

As of 4/16/07 Rumsfeld vs. Padilla became a reality in a Miami federal courtroom. I anticipated this trial for years and the jury selection phase already began.

Last March 21-23, at The Hague, Netherlands, the Permanent People’s Tribunal, an international opinion court independent from any State authority, rendered a judgment of guilty for “crimes against humanity” against the Philippine government headed by Gloria Arroyo and its chief backer, the Bush administration.

The empire promotes wars of aggression with the complicity and extreme apathy of the rich and industrialized North in order to guarantee via blood and fire the oil resources it needs to satiate its unbridled consumerist society.

In a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales this week, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) called for the extradition of accused terrorist Luis Posada Carriles to Venezuela.

Fierce opposition to the Abe government's efforts to ram through parliament a bill that would allow it to eliminate antiwar provisions in Japan's Constitution prompted a demonstration of about 5,000 people April 13.

In the spirit of integration, 10 presidents of South America met this Monday and Tuesday at the first South American Energy Summit to design an energy strategy for the region.

"I HOPE IT'S YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS THAT DIE" said US Representative Dana Rohrabacher to American citizens who questioned the Bush Administration’s unlawful extraordinary rendition policies.

Pete Seeger is an ambassador for Peace and Social Justice and has been over the course of his 87year lifetime. As a prominent musician his songs and performance style have worked to engage other people, particularly the youth, in causes to end the Vietnam war, ban nuclear weapons, work for international solidarity, and ecological responsibility.

Every day they try to fill us with fear. "The terrorists are coming over here to get us," they say. And why WOULDN'T the terrorists want to come to Virginia, for example?

Defense Secretary Gates Contradicts Bush on Timetables; Ecuador Votes for Socialist Reforms; Northern Ireland Takes Big Steps Toward Peace; Americans Sound Off on Global Warming; Sen. Barack Obama Criticizes Today's Supreme Court Abortion Ruling

At the memorial ceremony for those slain at Virginia Tech, President Bush said today he did not know what the victims had done to deserve their fate.

Atlanta public housing residents who do not have a job or are not in school by the end of June 2007 will be evicted from their residences, months before the City’s intended public housing demolitions are to occur.

The Howard Government remains unwilling to take serious steps to avert global warming, even following the release of another alarming report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

On this occasion, allow me to express our gratitude for the internationalist support and solidarity extended to the Iraqi people, our Communist Party, and the democratic forces in Iraq.

Virtually every day our mendacious corporate media publicizes the farcical "debate" between officials of the Bush Regime and Congress.

While in the name of the fight against terrorism, hundreds of thousands of people have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, and others - arbitrarily detained - are tortured in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, the United States government protects the most notorious terrorist in this hemisphere, attempting to deceive public opinion through interminable pseudolegal maneuvers and refusing to try him for his real crimes.