Five Cuban citizens who fought to stop terrorism are still wrongfully imprisoned in the US. Movement in the US and the world grows to free them.

While the Bush administration says the U.S. economy is improving, those improvements are not reaching many of the country's working poor, a report from a U.S. mayors' group indicated.

THE effect of neoliberal policies in Peru, promoted by an economy alien to the real needs of its citizens, has provoked recurrent political and social crises in this nation.

Report presented to the General Assembly of the United Nations concerning the rights of Palestinians living in the Occupied Territories.

No torture versus torture. Blue State versus Red State. Liberal versus Conservative. Fahrenheit 9/11 versus The Passion of The Christ. America is riding the Polarized Express.

American Apparel is a leading t-shirt and apparel manufacturer that has aggressively promoted itself as a socially responsible company. But are its products really sweatshop free?

In July of 2003, I stood at the edge of a First World War battlefield near Verdun, France. I had traveled to this place in preparation for teaching a course in "Twentieth Century History" at a Canadian university.

The U.S. military is increasingly being converted into a preemptive global oil protection service.

The Bush administration continues to violate international law by holding the Guantanamo Bay prisoners without rights for indefinite periods of time.

The Bush administration finally admits that there were no WMD in Iraq, shattering its main reason for starting the war there. Also, Abu Ghraib torture suspect blames superiors.

President Bush welcomed the election of Mahmoud Abbas as the Palestinian people's new president, asserting US readiness "to help the Palestinian people realise their aspirations."

Chinese lawmakers propose a new law to fight monopoly capital in its private sector, while discussion continues about how to fight economic inequality.

Bush adminsitration pushes dangerous AIDS druh in Uganda, and orders training of Congolese troops in order to increase US military presence in Africa.

It seems that President Bush has decided that one of the ways he can carry out the teachings of his favorite philosopher (Jesus) is to stick it to the poor, elderly and sick.

After catching a difficult pass to seal the victory for the Minnesota Vikings last Sunday, star wide receiver Rany Moss "mooned" the Green Bay crowd. Now morality and hypocrisy in the NFL are once again dancing cheek to cheek.

When he was 21 years old, Hadi Salih was seized from his home in Baghdad by Saddam Hussein's secret police and summarily sentenced to death.

Because of the senseless tragedy, an estimated 5,500 men and women have deserted the U.S. military and many have fled to Canada rather than fight in Iraq.

As Iraq heads for its January 30 national elections, a free, democratic Iraq is the main goal of its organized working class sector.

Migrant workers in southwest China win back wages as their local union pushes employers to pay up. This local effort is part of a national effort by All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) to assist their members.

A high unemployment trend that began in late 2001 continues to grip the economy.