By Joe Lauria on November 4, 2016
Through five years of war in Syria, President Obama has been in a constant internal struggle with hawks in his administration who want the U.S. to directly intervene militarily to overthrow the Syrian government. (more…)
October 26, 2016
Photo: Bill Hackwell
STATEMENT BY H.E. Mr. BRUNO RODRÍGUEZ PARRILLA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA, ON AGENDA ITEM 39, “NECESSITY OF ENDING THE ECONOMIC, COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL EMBARGO IMPOSED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AGAINST CUBA”, AT THE SEVENTY FIRST SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY. NEW YORK, OCTOBER 26, 2016. (more…)
By Marjorie Cohn on November 3, 2016
As thousands of Indigenous people from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, other Native American tribes, and their allies continue their protest against the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL), corporate media have continued to focus almost exclusively on the presidential election. (more…)
By: Carlos Aznárez on November 4, 2106
Students at the MST Florestan Fernandes School, Photo: Bill Hackwell
Nothing happens by chance. Precisely when the leader of the Brazilian Landless Movement, (MST) Joao Pedro Stedile and other members of the mass organization are at the Vatican participating in the Meeting of Popular Movements with Pope Francis, the Brazilian police violently assaulted the National School Florestan Fernandes which the organization owns near Sao Paulo. (more…)
By Ed Pilkington on October 17, 2016
Any day now, monarch butterflies will begin their epic migration from Canada to Mexico. It is one of the wonders of the world: insects whose distinctive orange and black wings barely stretch four inches flying on thermal currents up to 3,000 miles in search of a warm spot to spend the winter. (more…)
By Parker Asmann on October 27, 2016
Recent attacks on members of the Civil Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) have not altered the U.S. decision to send the country its full funding package.
On October 20, riot police and members of the Honduran National Police attacked members of the Consejo Cívico de Organizaciones Populares e Indígenas de Honduras (Civil Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras, COPINH) with tear gas, (more…)
October 26, 2016
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, during the United Nations discussion on Cuba’s resolution against the blockade, said that the U.S. abstention in this year’s vote was “a positive sign,” and hopes the change would be “reflected in reality.” (more…)
By Lucho Granados Ceja on October 25, 2016
The announcement from Venezuela’s electoral authority that it would not proceed with a recall referendum has unleashed yet another wave of critical articles and opinion pieces throughout the English-speaking media, labeling the socialist government in Venezuela as “authoritarian” or even a “dictatorship.” (more…)