Genocidal Choke-hold in Darfur: Khartoum's continuing restriction of humanitarian aid
The UN World Food Program, as well as its implementing partners in the humanitarian community, is currently attempting to respond to the food needs of 3.5 million human beings in Darfur. The number of conflict-affected persons is even greater if we consider those who need medical and other humanitarian assistance.
The Problem with Howard Dean
Question: How is Howard Dean like the Bible? Answer: There is no position for which you cannot, with a little research, find both support and opposition in the pronouncements of Howard Dean.
In Declaring Success in Colombia, Bush and Uribe Distort the Realities of their Drug War
Members of the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC), the right-wing group of vigilantes who have been pinpointed for most of the country's on average 4,000 politically motivated killings per year and with whom Uribe has some personal and family ties, will be safe even from prosecution in U.S. courts because the Bush administration surrendered its right to seek their extradition at the behest of Uribe.
Socialism in Vietnam and Venezuela: An Interview with Tran Doc Loi
Tran Doc Loi remains confident in the future prospects of socialism. I sat down with Tran, who chairs the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the youth wing of Vietnam’s Communist Party, after his presentation at the 16th World Festival of Youth and Students.
Cuban Five in Jail, But Optimistic
The three judge panel reversed the convictions and sentences, and remanding them to a new trial on the basis that they would never get a fair and impartial trial in Miami, where they were sentenced to harsh terms from 15 to double life imprisonment.
Uneasy Standoff in Venezuela's Media Wars
The country is experimenting with a slow but steady anti-capitalist restructuring which the private media see as a threat to their existence. At this juncture, after surviving a military coup, a 63-day oil stoppage-sabotage (the oil coup) and a presidential referendum--all backed by the private media-- President Hugo Chavez is encouraging the formation of public and community media to counteract attacks on 'the process' by the private media.
Workers Left out of the Recovery, Wages Remain Flat
The most recent round of economic reports points to higher growth in all parts of the economy except one: wages. Wage increases are weak and are forecast to remain low in 2006.
Mr. Bush, Time For A Reality Check
Bush ignored a reporter's question of what would happen if the Iraqis missed their deadline. For Bush and his fellow war-mongers, the notion that the Iraqis might not be able to overcome their differences before the Fifteenth is simply beyond the realm of possibility.
Well Georgie Boy, What Now?
The whole notion of Bush as a straight-shooting man of integrity is nothing more than a fabrication, a facet of his cult of personality. As with the depictions of Bush as cowboy, military veteran, common man, and Washington outsider, Bush the honest is a well-cultivated fiction...Bush's claim of integrity is about as real as the Democrats' claim of offering a meaningful alternative to the Republicans.
Bush's Millennium Challenge Corporation: A New Approach to Overseas Development, or the Same Old Str
In 2004, President Bush, in attempting to address these goals, founded the Millennium Challenge Corporation, which is in charge of allocating grants to a list of carefully selected developing nations. However, after almost two years of operation, the MCC has accomplished surprisingly little.
