By Glen Ford on January 11, 2017
Nobody lies with the style and aplomb of Barack Hussein Obama, soon to be an ex-president of the United States. In his last address to the nation, Obama lied about his support for labor; economic and social justice for Black people; (more…)
By Stephen Bartlett on January 3, 2017
Many people will never hear about how at the end of 2016, 38 medical professionals from Cuba’s Henry Reeve Brigade returned home after more than two tireless months of treating Haitians. (more…)
By Jonathan Cook on January 16, 2017
Forget the empty posturing of world leaders in Paris yesterday. This photo tells us what the Israel-Palestine “conflict” is really about. (more…)
MLK statue, Washington DC, Photo: Bill Hackwell
…there are some things in my own nation, and there are some things in the world, to which I am proud to be maladjusted to and to which I call upon all men of goodwill to be maladjusted until the good society is realized. (more…)
By Ignacio Ramonet on January 9, 2017
Ignacio Ramonet Photo: Bill Hackwell
In early 2016, Venezuela’s authorities had very difficult problems to solve. Namely, 1) the neoliberal opposition had won the legislative elections of 2015 and controlled the National Assembly, 2) the price of oil, the main export of Venezuela, (more…)
January 14, 2017 – Talk given by Alicia Jrapko, U.S. coordinator of the International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity at event in Berkeley California commemorating the life and impact of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution.
Over flow crowd at Berkeley California event commemorating the life and legacy of Fidel Castro. Photo: Bill Hackwell
In thinking about our work in the progressive movement there can be no denying the influence that Fidel’s life and legacy has had on our efforts over the years. (more…)
By Álvaro Fernández on December 13, 2016
Donald Trump wants to hire a known racist to head the attorney general’s office; a climate change denier to head the Environmental Protection Agency; a surgeon to head housing; a woman who despises public education to head the Department of Education; a billionaire who made his money by exploiting workers to head the Department of Labor; (more…)
By Zena Tahhan on January 5, 2017
Israeli forces have killed more Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in 2016 than any other year in the last decade, rights group Defence for Children International (DCI) has said. (more…)