By Kevin Squires on May 28, 2016
In another blow to the Israeli campaign to criminalize Palestine solidarity activism, the Irish government has affirmed that the global boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement represents a “legitimate” means of protest “intended to pressure Israel into ending the occupation.” (more…)
By Patrik Paulov on May 30, 2016
Aleppo is Syria’s largest city. During the conflict’s first year Aleppo was relatively calm, unlike many other Syrian cities. In July 2012 hell broke out. The story from medical doctor Tony Sayegh about life in the million-city is dramatically different from the one we usually hear. (more…)
By Abayomi Azikiwe on May 24, 2016
“From the onset, the OAU encompassed diverse and conflicting views on how Africa should move towards unity.”
May 25, 2016 marks the 53rd anniversary of the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), now known as the African Union (AU) since 2002. (more…)
By Matt Peppe on May 29, 2016
Barack Obama became the first U.S. President to visit Hiroshima on Friday, more than seven decades after the U.S. B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped a 10,000-pound atomic bomb nicknamed “Little Boy” on the city whose military value was far less than that of Tampa to the United States. (more…)
By Sean Adl-Tabatabai on May 27, 2016
France is running out of gasoline and suffering blackouts as the number of French strikers continues to grow, bringing the country to a grinding halt. (more…)
By Adolfo Pérez Esquivel on May 27, 2016
Nobel Peace Laureate 1980
The situation in Brazil affects all the peoples of Latin America.
In my recent visit to this sister nation I met with President Dilma Rousseff to offer my support and that of many organizations since the opposition in the Parliament intends to remove her from office – that she achieved by a majority vote – through an alleged impeachment that is not based on a crime – as the Constitution indicates – but a nonexistent crime. (more…)
William M. LeoGrande on May 24, 2016
One of U.S. President Barack Obama’s most significant measures to promote commerce with Cuba isn’t working. Last March, a few days before the president’s trip to Havana, Washington announced a new package of regulatory reforms loosening the U.S. embargo—the fourth since December 2014. (more…)
May 29 May, 2016
Thousands of Puerto Ricans demanded the release of political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera, who has been in U.S. custody for 35 years, by marching in the streets of San Juan on Sunday.
The independence fighter has been jailed in the United States for 35 years and is sentenced to 20 more. (more…)