Many of Ricoeur’s ideas are interesting even when they clash with the Marxist philosophical outlook. We can always learn from those who don’t share our philosophical commitments...When Ricoeur proclaims that truth is historical you begin to think he must be on to something. But wait!...

If confirmed, Brown will hear and decide cases involving working families’ fundamental rights and protections, such as the freedom to form unions and the right to safe workplaces.

Migrating health professionals are not unique to South Africa: in the last five years medical personnel have increasingly left the Southern African region as a whole to seek greener pastures in the more affluent West.

Nearly thirty years later, the (U.S.)government which, in the name of its “war on terrorism”, is responsible for a veritable genocide in Iraq, questions the legitimacy of a request to extradite an international criminal, submitted by Venezuelan authorities and backed by that country’s parliament and supreme court.

The following is an excerpt of discussions that I was involved in among scholars of the New Deal era.
I will present them in a modified form to make what I believe are the most relevant points.(Norman Markowitz is a PA contributing editor)

When former Arizona Cardinals football player turned Army Ranger Pat Tillman died in Afghanistan, sonorous bugles moaned from coast to coast.

On August 9, 2001, Bush announced a new Federal policy that severely limited stem cell research in the United States.

The State Department’s summary and insulting rejection of the extradition request issued by the government of Venezuela for Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles was as shocking as it was predictable.

The organizations forming the AfterDowningStreet.org coalition include: Global Exchange, Gold Star Families for Peace, Democrats.com, Veterans for Peace, Code Pink, Progressive Democrats of America, and Democracy Rising.

On May 19, 1895, José Martí was killed in his first battle for Cuban independence, struggling for the republic of which he had dreamed, one where "the first law (...) should be reverence on the part of Cubans for man’s full dignity." His anti-imperialist ideas remain an important instrument for understanding the problems currently threatening humanity.

Zúñiga is now executive director of the Cuban Liberty Council, an organization that brings together the most fanatical elements of the Miami mafia – several of them with pasts as CIA "collaborators" – who supported, financed and supplied Posada’s criminal operations for decades.

State District Judge Joe Hart ruled Thursday that Texas law is clear: hundreds of thousands of unreported corporate and individual donations to Texans for a Republican Majority (TRMPAC) were used to affect the outcome of Texas House elections in 2002...This activity is an apparent violation of House ethics rules, as it seems DeLay used his position and influence in Congress to solicit campaign donations for his PAC

The authors of the report argue that their findings show that private-based retirement plans have a poor record in providing for the needs of middle and lower-income workers. In fact, “The many ways in which Social Security has proven superior to private retirement benefits,” the authors insist, “should give pause to those who want to carve up Social Security through privatization.”

If the United States were merely attempting to breathe life into democracy in Iraq, our military would have been replaced by international peacekeeping forces long ago. Instead, it appears that plans have always included the construction of a dozen or more permanent U.S. military bases within the borders of this damaged, oil rich country.

This week, the administration forced The Global Fund to accept Randall Tobias, U.S. Ambassador for AIDS Coordination, as the chairman of the Policy and Strategy Committee. This will give the Bush administration undue influence on international HIV/AIDS policy, and will likely be a death sentence for many living with the disease.

A report released by Amnesty International this week characterized the Bush administration’s "war on terror" as making "a mockery of President George Bush’s claims that the USA was the global champion of human rights."

"...rally participants wore masks of CEO Charles Schwab and held signs saying “Double Talk Chuck,” mocking the company’s current ad campaign to “Talk to Chuck.” Clients and investors called on the company to withdraw from corporate coalitions and groups that are actively promoting plans by President Bush and California Governor Schwarzenegger to slash guaranteed retirement benefits for millions of workers.

"In Venezuela over 80 percent of the population lives below the poverty level. Before Chavez, most of the poor had never seen a doctor or dentist. Their children never went to school, since they could not afford the annual fees...Chavez charges that the United States government is plotting to assassinate him. I can believe it."

"I am continuing my hunger strike, so that I can regain my freedom and my security and so that the de facto Government will stop threatening my life, while it continues to trample on my dignity."

"The reason for US and Afghanistan to establish "strategic partnership" is: first for "putting out a fire" in order to put down the anger triggered off by the US soldiers in profaning "the Koran" in Afghanistan and the Moslem world; the second for seeking a long-term cooperation with the Afghan government to consolidate the anti-terrorism result and prevent al Qaeda and Taliban's remnant forces from reviving."(translation)