I still vividly remember my father’s face - wrinkled, apprehensive, warm - as he last wished me farewell fourteen years ago. He stood outside the rusty door of my family’s home in a Gaza refugee camp wearing old yellow pyjamas and a seemingly ancient robe.

This typical pre-Petraeus II article shows well the habit that the AP and most of the rest of the US corporate media have of lying about the funding of the occupation of Iraq:

This is a story about one of the most dangerous parts of the Cold War in the one place where the US and the Soviet Union were close geographical neighbors. Its reappearance is particularly timely given the growing interest in the politics of environmental issues.

In a brief but stirring commemorative speech in Fort Wayne, Indiana, April 4, on the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the 40th anniversary of his assassination, Democratic presidential frontrunner Barack Obama recalled the civil rights leader's courage, his eloquence, and his leadership ability.

The trial of the only remaining youth in the Toronto 18 case commenced last week in a Brampton courtroom. The new details disclosed in the Crown factum filed in the case elicited depressingly new emotional lows in all of the accused and their families.

On April 2, the New York Times noticed a trend that, if true, would indeed be worth celebrating. Under the headline "Like the Candidates, TV's Political Pundits Show Signs of Diversity."

The active participation of women in political and economic processes has been prioritized as a key part of the broader movement for social justice that is Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution.

Venezuela is best known for being a major oil producer – the world's fifth-largest, and with reserves of crude larger than those of any other nation outside the Middle East. Few are aware, though, that it also boasts a level of biodiversity that is unmatched in most other parts of the world.

Every now and then a "prize" of a book comes along that includes all the elements of good writing. Bad Samaritans is one of them. Using straightforward language that generally avoids using the lexicon of economists, and explains it well when it is used, Ha-Joon Chang writes a strong narrative about the ills of the capitalist world.

The revelations just keep on coming. Secretive and controlling Christian fundamentalist organizations fronting as mainstream services and businesses have hit the headlines of the Sydney dailies lately.

March 31st would have been Cesar Chavez's 81st birthday. This date also coincided with the March National Committee meeting of the Communist Party USA. Over the weekend, we had the chance to ask a few NC members what Cesar Chavez means to them.

When Wall Street gets in over its head, the government puts up your money to bail it out. But what happens when your personal finances are at risk? Not much.

UNITE HERE, the union representing workers in the textile, clothing, hotel and restaurant industries, has called for equal access to marriage and its benefits for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workers.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez approved funds and announced new plans for an "energy" revolution on his weekly talk show Aló Presidente yesterday (March 30).

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on 31 March it was concerned about the lack of medical supplies in hospitals in Baghdad and Basra after fighting between government forces and a Shia militia flared up on 25 March.

Thirty years have passed since the government started paying the costs for the stationing of the U.S. forces in Japan under the name of the “sympathy budget.”

"Hole-eee sh%@!" were the words that escaped from Judy Wasylycia-Leis' lips as the police cars and paddy wagon cut across Main Street towards the crowd, sirens wailing, engines revving, lights flashing.

A US company that administers several servers in Sweden and Europe blocked the web sites of the Bolivian Information Agency and Rebelion, an alternative Spanish media.