By William Blum on February 4, 2017
“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” – Alice in Wonderland
“Since Yalta, we have a long list of times we’ve tried to engage positively with Russia. We have a relatively short list of successes in that regard”. – General James Mattis, the new Secretary of Defense (more…)
February 4, 2017
Around 200 local and international companies are facing charges for crimes against humanity for allegedly financing paramilitary death squads in northern Colombia, local media reported. (more…)
By Glenn Greenwald on January 30, 2017
January 30 2017,
In 2010, President Obama directed the CIA to assassinate an American citizen in Yemen, Anwar al-Awlaki, despite the fact that he had never been charged with (let alone convicted of) any crime, and the agency successfully carried out that order a year later with a September 2011 drone strike. While that assassination created widespread debate — (more…)
The World Peace Council, the Cuban Movement for Peace and Sovereignty of the People and the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), along with the co-sponsorship of the Organization of Solidarity with the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America (OSPAAAL), (more…)
By Carlos Aznárez on January 30, 2017
“I am here to tell you, that we will recover our people’s morale and dignity, that in a short time they will not believe how big it has grown and it will challenge the future. We are refunding with a spirit of greatness what others have turned away from; a lack of jobs, misery, and loss of our self-esteem. (more…)
February 2, 2017
Photo: Bill Hackwell
The measures adopted against Cuba by the United States government do not fall within the category of “embargo.” On the contrary, they go beyond this definition to represent a “blockade,” on seeking to persecute, isolate, suffocate and immobilize Cuba, with the aim of suffocating its people and forcing them to renounce their decision to be sovereign and independent. (more…)
By David Brooks on February 2, 2017
Photo: Bill Hackwell
Trade union and taxi-drivers strikes, new lawsuits and daily marches and demonstrations against the policies of the Government of Donald Trump are continuing from coast to coast. (more…)
By Resumen Latinoamericano, North American Bureau on February 3, 2017
Woman being displaced from Marcus Garvey Park in Oakland CA. Photo: Bill Hackwell
The first two weeks of the Trump Regime has seen a flurry of reactionary Executive Orders attacking just about everything from the environment to immigrants. One thing that is far from his agenda is the forgotten dark side of homelessness in this country. (more…)