LIBERIA: War is over, but the rebuilding has barely begun
Kolahun, once a thriving agricultural town with some 10,000 residents in Lofa County, emptied during the latter years of the war when it suffered heavy shelling. Bullet-riddled stumps of walls peep out from the carpet of forest that crept over the battered ghost-town.
Provocations by US Interests Section Denounced in Cuba
On December 10, [Michael]Parmly invited several 'dissidents' on the US payroll to his residence in Havana, delivering a speech full of lies and offenses against the Cuban Revolution...The diplomat launched into a series of insults, among them some aimed at university and other students and questioned the access of all Cubans to free health care services.
Cuba Meddling by U.S: The Confederation under its Godfather’s Eyes
The support of the staff of the U.S. Interest Section in Havana became habitual and ever growing as successive White House administrations, [over]the last 45 years, have designed plans with one single goal: defeating the Cuban Revolution by whatever means.
Transit Strike:Class War in New York
A student of mine from a working class background came and asked me about the media coverage of the Transit strike and Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Pataki’s attacks on labor. Basically he was shocked that they were trying to set the 'poor against the workers' (his words) and thought that they, the politicians and the media, 'must be living on another planet.'
War Against Reason: The 'Intelligent Design' Scam
In November 2005, the first significant legal challenge involving the so-called 'Intelligent Design' [ID] theory of creationism wrapped up in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Court arguments in Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District lasted 22 days, and involved a challenge by 11 parents who oppose the teaching of 'intelligent design' (ID), a 'lite' variation of the same old creationism theory that has been constitutionally excluded from the public schools since 1987.
The Bray of Pigs: Bush Nixes Beisbol Cubano
This March's 'World Series of Baseball' was supposed to celebrate the explosion of diversity that has forever altered the Major Leagues. Teams from the Dominican Republic, Japan, Puerto Rico, and the little seen but highly regarded Cuban national team were going to play the United States in an unprecedented contest to redefine the slogan 'America's Pastime.'
Dishonest Brokers
The European Union (EU) should be ashamed of itself. It has thrown aside the principals of democracy for partisan politics and hypocrisy. In the run up to the Palestinian parliamentary elections, the EU has addressed Palestinian politics and made threats in the process.
Intelligent Design Promotes Religion, says Judge
In a major victory for parents who want their children to learn science in science classes and religion doctrine in their homes, churches, mosques, or synagogues, a federal court ruled this past Tuesday that Dover, Pennsylvania schools could not teach the concept of 'intelligent design.'
Bush's 'evil' little twin
George W. Bush must have scowled when Cuba's Fidel Castro referred recently to his brother, the Florida governor, as the president's 'fat little brother.' But he got over it. There were other, more important fish to fry, among them hiding that he had another, skinnier brother halfway across the world whose antics were becoming a nuisance.
Wal-Mart Wins 'Grinch of the Year' for Second Year in a Row
With 52% of the 13,134 votes cast, Wal-Mart won the 5th annual online 'Grinch of the Year' election sponsored by National Jobs with Justice. Nominated by Wake Up Wal-Mart, the company is criticized for leading the global race to the bottom; boosting profits for their executives on the backs of their employees through low wages, insufficient healthcare, and discrimination.
