March 11, 2017
Bolivia and Cuba occupy second and third place respectively, in regards to the percentage of women parliamentarians, according to a Global Women in Politics Map released March 15, by UN Women and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). (more…)
By Glenn Greenwald on March 16, 2017
From MSNBC politics shows to town hall meetings across the country, the overarching issue for the Democratic Party’s base since Trump’s victory has been Russia, often suffocating attention for other issues. (more…)
By Janine Jackson on March 11, 2017
Berta Cáceres
March 2 marked a year since the killing of Honduran indigenous rights and environmental activist Berta Cáceres. (more…)
The writings of revolutionary leader Amilcar Cabral provide key insights on the importance of culture in the contemporary struggle against neoliberalism. (more…)
By Bill Van Auken on March 11, 2017
While Cuba continues to be wrongfully charged in the U.S. media for human rights abuses the reality is that the only human rights abuses on the island takes place in the U.S. torture prison in Guantánamo. (more…)
By Mumia Abu Jamal on March 11, 2017
Photo: Bill Hackwell
Lynne Stewart, after 78 winters in America, has died, after battling for years against breast cancer.
But that was just some of her battles, and like most of us, she won some, and lost some. But she never stopped fighting! (more…)
March 10, 2017
Last February 19, in an unprecedented referendum on tax havens, held in parallel to the general elections, a 55% majority of Ecuadorian voters determined that no elected official or public servant will be able to hold assets or capital in tax havens. (more…)
By Arnold August on March 9, 2017
“If necessary Venezuela will also fight militarily.” Here the National Bolivarian Militia trained to defend the Bolivarian Revolution from internal and external enemies. Photo: Bill Hackwell
At 35 years of age, he is tall and slim, and his imposing stature moves about in a subtle swagger that exudes confidence tempered with humility that does not succumb to his good looks and natural charisma. As a deputy, he is the leader of a block of 55 deputies in the Venezuelan National Assembly. (more…)