Bush keeps silent about his responsibility for his lawless war
In his final State of the Union address to Congress on January 28, U.S. President George W. Bush devoted much of his time to the Iraq issue and said that the deployment of an additional 30,000 U.S. troops last year brought a success to the military operation in Iraq.
The Lies Behind Free Trade
Rich countries preach free markets and free trade to the poor countries in order to capture larger shares of the latter's markets and preempt the emergence of possible competitors.
Geopolitical Rebirth against Imperialism
Solidarity flourishes the more adverse our external reality gets. Somehow during hardship, as humans we have an innate intuition which draws us closer to each other. Sure, it seems unreal in a time of such consequential conflict in the global society we are constructing, to be talking about fraternal unity.
The 'Mission' – Canada's Afghan Adventure
In 'The Grand Chessboard' Brzezinski (Jimmy Carter's national security advisor, and star consultant to several US Administrations) boasts of how he lured the Soviets into Afghanistan in order to bleed them in their own version of Vietnam.
Stop Subservience to U.S. in Dealing with Financial Crisis
The global stock market meltdown occurred in the wake of the U.S. sub-prime mortgage meltdown that begun last summer, followed by the U.S. real economy gradually entering a recessionary stage since late last year.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Calls Suitcase Scandal 'Absolutely Rigged'
Venezuela's Foreign Minister, Nicolas Maduro denied on Saturday that a Venezuelan lawyer, Moisés Maionica, who pleaded guilty to being an 'unregistered foreign agent' in a Miami federal court, was acting on behalf of the Venezuelan government.
Israeli Restaurant Workers Strike for Union Rights at Coffee Bean
Israel's national labour center Histadrut is giving full support to workers at Tel Aviv's Ibn Gvirol street branch of the international coffee roaster and restaurant franchiser Coffee Bean, where workers have been on strike since January 22.
