By Angel Guerra Cabrera on March 10, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodomir Zelensky is of Jewish origin. So, repeats Fox News, CNN, PBS and, of course, other hegemonic media, ensuring us that it is absurd to claim that there are Nazis and neo-Nazi influence in his government. However, the facts show that not only Zelensky, but also the regime he represents, has a neo-Nazi background, rooted in the history of the Ukrainian (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on March 8, 2022
Freedom of speech has become something like the 11th commandment of the Bible and it is interpreted by everyone in their own way, as everybody does with the holy text. Big media “defends” tooth and nail that freedom of speech is inviolable and must be safeguarded at all times. However, like good preachers, they interpret this principle in their own way, not to say as they please. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on March 8, 2022 from Havana
Sierra Maestras, photo: Bill Hackwell
On March 25, 1911, a fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Co men’s shirt factory in New York City, U.S. The company’s owner did not expect a major fire to spread through the building after locking the exit door, leaving more than 100 women employees inside. (more…)
By Roger D. Harris on March 7, 2021
Anti war protest in San Francisco. Photo: David Bacon
Speaking before the UN on March 2, Venezuelan Ambassador Samuel Moncada identified the breach of the Minsk agreements, with the encouragement of the US, as the precursor of the present crisis in Ukraine. Nicaragua, too, noted before the UN that “NATO has insisted on ignoring the [Minsk] agreements.” (more…)
By Ignacio Ramonet on March 6, 2022
Ignacio Ramonet, photo: Bill Hackwell
February 24, 2022, the date of the start of the war in Ukraine, marks the world’s entry into a new geopolitical age. We are facing a totally new situation in Europe since the end of World War II. Although there have been many important events on this continent since 1945, such as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the implosion of the Soviet Union and the wars in the former Yugoslavia, we have never witnessed a historical event of such magnitude, changing the planetary reality and the world order. (more…)
By Bill Hackwell on March 5, 2022
Graciela Ramirez and Alicia Jrapko, photo: Bill Hackwell
Here are my opening remarks at the International Tribute to Alicia on March 5. The link to the entire event can be found at the bottom of the page. On behalf of myself, Alicia’s three children and six grandchildren, we thank you for being here. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on March 6, 2022
photo: Sputnik
Nothing is more frightening than to see U.S. officials discussing international law and war crimes. Live and on air, Harris Faulkner, host of Fox News, has told Condoleezza Rice that “when you invade a sovereign nation, that is a war crime”. The former head of U.S. diplomacy, one of the architects of the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, not only nodded in agreement, but responded, “It certainly goes against every principle of international law and international order.” (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on March 6, 2022
dancing to the plaza. photo: Bill Hackwell
The last time I paraded through the Plaza de la Revolución on May Day was in 2019. I remember the sound that day from the clanging of a handbell, beaten by a very red-eyed man, who probably had been sleepless for hours, waiting for the march to begin. He was walking along with other members of a marching band, which was advancing through the crowd playing a Conga, a very Cuban rhythm that makes you dance for good. (more…)