JUST a few days away from municipal elections in Cuba (April 17) there are reasons for attempting to find an equation to parallel the electoral process in general on the island and that of the United States.

A far-right organization bristling from the union's campaign against privatization has attacked the AFL-CIO in a recent press statement.

"April Fools! We're not really going to wreck the bankruptcy system and turn families over to the gentle mercies of credit card companies! We just wanted to see how extreme we could get and have the media still believe it!"

Not only does Bush’s 2006 budget punish veterans, the poor, retirees, and other working people for not being rich, it is a blatant power grab.

Representatives from several national organizations announced the goal of collecting 1 million signatures in a petition drive to encourage Congressional reauthorization of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Child poverty and exposure to socials ills are growing, and the people who currently control our national government seem little concerned, according to recent information provided by the non-partisan Children's Defense Fund.

I was thinking of our country’s long struggle for a democracy of substance – from workers’ rights to civil rights and equality – as I watched the sad and sinister debates concerning Terry Schiavo.

A bilateral meeting of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) took place in Johannesburg yesterday (22 March).

While Arnold Schwarzenegger as action hero fought the corruption and abuse of power of the big corporations in Total Recall, he is now on the other side. He is working for them.

Can you fool all of the people all of the time? The politics of Social Security suggest not in 2005.

Bush attempts to equate military occupation by the U.S. and its allies with democracy, and the struggle against those occupations with terrorism.

Although the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of affirmative action and scholarly studies have shown the benefits of enrolling a diverse range of qualified students, opponents of the programs continue to make misleading arguments.

Singing “Ain’t going to let nobody turn me round,” 10,000 marchers crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge here March 6 to protest Bush-Cheney voter suppression tactics and to demand renewal of the 1965 Voting Rights Act set to expire in 2007.

At first glance, it doesn't seem like a fair fight.

In its darkest hours, America has always found illumination in the rhetoric of the Enlightenment and in the reasoned thinking of its Founding Fathers.

While the Bushies and the ultra-right continue to saturate the airwaves and the media with the message of their mandate to rule, a tsunami of opposition has been building up in the consciousness of the American people.

Today’s Capitalism Gone Mad story concerns a man of mystery named Walter Anderson whom a New York Times story calls the greatest tax evader in U.S. history.

President Bush pre-set the tone for his supposed mandate with his selection of Porter Goss to the non-cabinet position of CIA Director.

Last week, Time magazine reported that 36% of American High School students believe that newspapers should have government approval before publishing stories.

While election irregularities in Ohio marred the US election last November and the voter registration system itself discourgaes participation, Cuba's political system guarantees voting rights to every citizen.