Brazilians Fight for Democracy While Right-Wing Elites Clench Power

May 28, 2016

Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets Sunday in Rio de Janeiro against the scandal-plagued government of unelected President Michel Temer to demand fresh general elections to choose a new president. (more…)

The Most Dangerous Spy You’ve Never Heard Of: Ana Belén Montes

By Susan Babbitt on May 23, 2017

Ana Belén Montes gave classified information to Cuba for 17 years before her arrest in 2001 for espionage. Pleading guilty, she avoided conviction for treason, which carries the death sentence. She is called “the most dangerous spy you’ve never heard of.”[i] She deserves to be known now. (more…)

US Admits DEA Lied about Honduras ‘Massacre’ that Killed Four Villagers

By Nina Lakhani on May 25, 2017

The US Drug Enforcement Administration lied about its role in a bungled anti-narcotics operation in Honduras that left four innocent villagers dead, then misled Congress, the justice department and the public as it tried to cover its tracks, a damning bipartisan investigation has found. (more…)

Mass March in Gaza Declares; Donald Trump, US Imperialism not Welcome in Palestine!

May 23, 2017

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine organized a mass march and rally in Gaza City on Tuesday, May 23, from Palestine Square to the prisoners’ support tent for the hunger strike, in rejection of the visit of the war criminal, US President Donald Trump, in our occupied homeland Palestine. (more…)

We Must Prevent Fascism from Taking over Venezuela

By Carlos Aznarez on May 22, 2017

Man burnt alive in Venezuela showing just how far neoliberal forces are willing to go and still use the word ‘democracy’.Photo: Noticias Barquisimeto

The imperialist plan to inflame the most fascist sectors of Venezuela’s opposition to turn the streets of Caracas and other points of the country into something similar to the first days of the terrorist invasion in Syria, is still functioning at full throttle. (more…)

The Cuban Revolution: Still in Motion

By Danny Haiphong on May 23, 2017

CENESEX march in Havana against homophobia and trans phobia in the work place, led by Mariela Castro. Photo: Bill Hackwell

A recent trip to Cuba by this author inspired the following letter. It is directed to the Cuban people. However, the deep connection between struggling workers and poor people here in the US and the Cuban revolutionary process compelled this author to write the letter for audiences in the US as well. (more…)

The Afghan Toll

By Vijay Prashad on May 27, 2017

The American war in Afghanistan will soon enter its 16th year. Over this period, the United States and its allies have lost close to 3,000 soldiers, while an unknown number of Afghans have died. (more…)

There is No Future without the Past

By Oscar Sánchez Serra on May 23, 2017

Photo: Bill Hackwell

SOMEONE failed to tell Donald Trump the truth, before the U.S. President congratulated the Cuban people for their independence on May 20. (more…)

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