By Gabriela Ávila Gómez on August 18, 2016
As the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Peace Accords which put an end to 12 years of civil war in El Salvador approaches, a new decree is reopening the pages of this painful history. (more…)
By Rick Sterling on August 23, 2016
Neocons and Clintonites have launched a major campaign with the goal of direct US military intervention and aggression against Syria, potentially leading to war with Iran and Russia. An early indication emerged as soon as it was clear the Hillary Clinton would be the Democratic Party nominee. (more…)
By Todd E. Pierce on August 21, 2016
A scene from “Dr. Strangelove,” in which the bomber pilot rides a nuclear bomb to its target in the Soviet Union.
The New York Times took notice recently of the role that so-called “think tanks” play in corrupting U.S. government policy. Their review of think tanks “identified dozens of examples of scholars conducting research at think tanks while corporations were paying them to help shape government policy.” (more…)
By Jason Wilson on August 18, 2016
Joey Montoya, like other protesters near Cannon Ball, at the northern boundary of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota, sees himself as not just protecting the local community from a new oil pipeline – but also the country and the earth. (more…)
By: Mary Williams Walsh on August 16, 2016
Independence fighter Rafael Cancel Miranda at his home in San Juan, P.R. His Photo: Ángel Franco
In March 1954, Rafael Cancel Miranda smuggled a gun into the United States Capitol and, with three other Puerto Rican nationalists, opened fire from the visitors’ gallery. Five members of Congress were wounded. (more…)
By Danny Haiphong on August 16, 2016
“President Obama waged 8 years of ceaseless war on the undocumented population.”
Photo: Bill Hackwell
Immigration has received a great deal of attention in the 2016 elections. Donald Trump’s white supremacist rhetoric has dominated the immigration conversation in the United States. (more…)
August 20,2016
Honduras has become one of the most hostile and dangerous countries for human rights defenders.
Honduras has seen at least eight human rights activists killed in 2016, making it one the most dangerous countries in the world for human rights defenders, the United Nations and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) warned Friday. (more…)
By Rachael Boothroyd Rojas on August 17, 2016
Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez has accused the US State Department of “double standards” after it suggested that a “miscarriage of justice” was behind the jail sentence handed down to controversial opposition party politician Leopoldo Lopez. (more…)