US Business Groups Urge Lifting Cuba Blockade
Twelve US business associations, including the Chamber of Commerce, sent a letter to US President-elect Barack Obama
urging him to lift the almost fifty-year-old trade, financial and economic blockade of Cuba.
Iraq's US Security Charade
World media rashly celebrated the 'historic' security pact that allows for US troops to stay in Iraq for three more years after the Iraqi parliament ratified the agreement on Thursday, 27 November.
Obama Committed to Troops Pullout from Iraq
The Iraqi government said Thursday that US President-elect Barack Obama has called Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and confirmed his commitment to responsible withdrawal for US troops from Iraq.
Japan: Stop All Support for War
The Japanese government on November 28 decided to pull out the Air Self-Defense Force from Iraq, ending its operation in support of US forces. After receiving an order from Defense Minister Hamada Yasukazu, the ASDF unit will return to Japan.
Slavery, American Style Must Go
Who says there are no slaves in America? The greatest domestic issue facing President-elect Obama is not the bailout of the bankers and insurers but the task of lifting tens of millions of hard-working American wage-slaves out of dire poverty.
Australians Fight for New Federal Workplace Laws
Labor was elected 12 months ago with high expectations that it would get rid of the Howard government’s repressive, anti-union, anti-worker industrial relations laws, WorkChoices.
Cuba Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Cuba has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by almost 3.5 million tons since the implementation of the Energy Revolution program, an idea of Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
Iraq in a Global Context
The global financial crisis, with its enormous proportions that is storming capitalist economies today, is an expression of the internal contradictions of globalized capitalism, revealing once again the inability of the system to resolve these contradictions.
Climate Change: Save the Planet from Capitalism
Today, our Mother Earth is ill. From the beginning of the 21st century we have lived the hottest years of the last thousand years. Global warming is generating abrupt changes in the weather...
Auto Bailout: 'We're Gonna Own Your Ass'
As the Big Three executives return to Congress to plead for new loans to bail out the auto industry, political debates erupted again this week over whether or not the federal government has managed the economic crisis adequately.
