Khartoum Triumphant: Managing the Costs of Genocide in Darfur
The National Islamic Front is poised to renew its special place in history as a regime that has successfully deployed genocide as a tool of domestic political and security policy. It joins the Turkish government, which was responsible for the genocidal destruction of perhaps a million Armenians during World War I, and the Nigerian government, which during the late 1960s was responsible for the genocidal destruction of more than a million Ibo people in the Biafra region of southern Nigeria.
Let the Cubans Play, says Major League Baseball
The Bush administration’s anti-Cuba policy has reached an absurd new low. The New York Times reported this past week that Major League Baseball officials are planning to fight a Bush administration prohibition on the Cuban national baseball team playing in the first World Baseball Classic in the US next March.
Bolivia’s Evo No Bogeyman
On Sunday, December 18, 2005, Bolivians will go to the polls to select their next president. Central to the election drama is the reality that while Washington may have overlooked the fact that the Cold War has been over for a decade and a half, policymakers are nevertheless continuing to apply its spirit in Latin America.
Zimbabwe: No forced removal of failed asylum seekers, says Court
The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal has refused the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality permission to appeal against its determination that the way its officers were enforcing returns of failed Zimbabwean asylum seekers was unsafe.
China, Russia decide to build dam to ensure water safety of Russian city
China and Russia agreed to build the temporary dam through friendly consultations after explosions in a chemical plant in Jilin Province last month caused water pollution of the Songhua River, which joins the Heilong River downstream. China will bear the cost for the construction and demolition of the dam
Iraq: No Elections Will be Credible While Occupation Continues
'The occupation troops have resorted to excessive force, indiscriminate killing and collective punishment of the population...Iraqis have been humiliated and stripped of their basic human rights; they have been subjected to brutal and ghastly forms of torture...'
Medicare Prescription Drug Plan: America’s Seniors Don’t Like It
The survey, conducted Dec. 1–4, 2005, shows 49 percent of seniors are dissatisfied with the drug plan, while only 28 percent are satisfied. Another 23 percent say they still don’t know enough about the plan to offer an opinion. Among those who do have an opinion, a whopping 63 percent say they are dissatisfied...
Maxine Waters: Release Fr. Jean-Juste immediately to save his life
On Dec. 1, Fr. Jean-Juste received a medical exam by Dr. John Carroll, who reported that he has swollen lymph nodes in his neck and armpits and an elevated white blood count. This could indicate any of several serious conditions, including a blood cancer or an infectious disease. It is therefore imperative that Fr. Jean-Juste be immediately released from prison so that he can receive medical treatment for his condition.
Capitalist`Democracy' : Life In The Former Soviet Union
By democracy, Bush and Reagan mean capitalist democracy, where everyone is formally equal, while the class of exploiters enforces its narrow interests. Workers' democracy involves informed participation. It is open and honest about class interests and it represents the interests of the overwhelming majority.
Full Text: Murtha Demands Debate on Iraq
Because we in Congress are charged with overseeing the safety of our sons and daughters when the president sends them into battle, it is our responsibility, our obligation to speak out for them. This obligation has not been met. That's why I am speaking out now.
