Communists See a New Landscape for Struggles
Heading the agenda as members of the Communist Party’s national committee gathered here March 24-25 were new developments in the people’s movements to end the Iraq war, win labor and immigrant rights, gain health care for all and uphold democracy.
Olympics Want Some Chicago Skin
Anybody got $500 million collecting dust under the couch? If you live in Chicago, take a second look between those cushions. The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has let it be known that the people of the Windy City could pay out as much as $500 million if they are awarded the 2016 Summer Games.
This Month’s Conference on Hannah Arendt at Bar-Ilan University
An international academic conference devoted to the subject “Hannah Arendt and the Human Condition” is to take place at Bar-Ilan University this month.
Japan: U.S. military realignment would increase tax burden and harm peace provision
Discussions are underway at the House of Representatives on a bill on special measures to implement the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan.
Salvadoran Murders in Guatemala Raise the Stake of Central American Drug-Addled Violence
With an irony befitting the turns of a satiric political novel, a strand of intertwined statesmanship and farce characterized President Bush’s March stopover in Guatemala.
Audio: Tamiment Library Receives Communist Party Archives
Hundreds of people gathered at the Tamiment Library at New York University on March 23rd to welcome the transmission of the Communist Party USA archives to the library.
Self-Impeachment by Signing Statement
Imagine a president who violates numerous laws that predate his presidency. Imagine that Congress redundantly and repeatedly re-bans that criminal behavior. Imagine a president who repeatedly throws out the new bans with signing statements and continues to violate the same laws.
Is John McCain Morally Fit to be President?
In less than two years the American people will be going to the polls to elect a new president. The country is in the middle of one of the worse crisis it has faced since Vietnam.
Peruvian Human Rights Violators Arrested in U.S.
Retired Peruvian military officers Telmo Hurtado and Juan Rivera Rondon were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in Florida and Baltimore respectively, in violation of U.S. immigration laws this past week.
Resolution on the US threats against Iran
The US led pressures against Iran on the question of that country’s expressed wish to develop nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, is only a cover for the US attempts to secure US control over an area of the Middle East that is best situated to control the production and export of energy resources from this part of the world.
