December 20, 2016
In La Paz on December 18 Bolivian President Evo Morales stated that the struggle begun 11 years ago, by social movements and the people, created a new foundation for the country, and has seen Bolivia recover its natural resources and strategic entities nationalized. (more…)
By Martin Garbus and Cynthia K Dunne on December 21, 2016
Leonard Peltier at Leavenworth Federal Prison in 1992. Photo: Jeffry Scott
Approaching the Standing Rock Reservation to stand with the Water Protectors, you couldn’t miss the dramatic display of tribal flags flying high along the dirt driveway and surrounding the perimeter of the large campgrounds. (more…)
By Dan Beeton and Rebecca Watts on December 2, 2016
A recent, widely shared essay in the New York Times glowed about U.S.-funded crime and violence reduction programs in Honduras. The August 14, 2016, article, “How the Most Dangerous Place on Earth Got Safer: Programs funded by the United States are helping transform Honduras. (more…)
By Ali Abunimah on December 12, 2016
Israel has failed to launch a single criminal investigation for torture despite more than 1,000 complaints by victims since 2001. (more…)
By Rafael Cancel Miranda on December 13, 2016
2000, Fidel laughing at a joke by Rafael Cancel Miranda. Photo Bill Hackwell
I give thanks to life
for my boricua skies,
my soul, nationalist
my belief, Fidelista.
I give thanks to life
for the courage to fight, (more…)
By John Wight on December 16, 2016
What stood out most during the verbal broadside unleashed by Washington’s ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, at her Iranian, Syrian and Russian counterparts over the fighting in Aleppo, was her ability to do so with a straight face. It was testament to the ability of US exceptionalism to keep its proponents cocooned from reality. (more…)
By Finian Cunningham on December 20, 2016
The brutal slaying of Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov in Ankara sent shockwaves around the world. Condemnations were issued by Washington and European states of the act of terrorism by a gunman who shot Karlov in the back while he was speaking at a photo gallery in the Turkish capital. (more…)
By Vanessa Beeley on December 20, 2016
Syrian child at Jibreen registration centre where civilians gather to register after the liberation of all of East Aleppo. Photo: Vanessa Beeley
Today, in Damascus, I met with Dr Bouthaina Shaaban, political and media adviser to the Syrian President, Bashar Al Assad. Dr Shaaban is a woman of immense experience in the political sphere within Syria, she is a woman who expresses herself without filters and with tremendous wisdom and visible compassion for her country and her people. (more…)