Chavez Swears-In New Cabinet for “Venezuelan Path to Socialism”
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez swore in 15 new and 12 continuing members of his cabinet today. The cabinet shake-up comes as Chavez is about to renew his own oath of office on Wednesday, at the start of his second full term as President of Venezuela.
Memo on Congressional Legislative Outlook on Iraq War
The Peace and Solidarity Commission prepared this memo for the National Board discussion on legislative priorities. Out of necessity, it is also an assessment of the Iraq Study Group (ISG) report released on Dec 6, 2006.
Judgment of the Juiced: Why Mark McGwire Wasn't Elected to the Hall of Fame
Pity the poor baseball writers! To read their words, the very fate of our republic has been resting in their trembling hands.
Mr. President, Surge This
Here's the situation we're in. President Bush and his gang lied us into a war. The occupation of Iraq has nothing to do with weapons of mass destruction or 9-11 or Saddam Hussein or democracy or making Americans more safe.
Antiwar Movement Launches National Surge of Opposition to War Escalation
Under the banner of 'America Says NO to More Troops! End the War!' the antiwar movement will launch a national surge of protest within 24 hours of Bush's announcement of plans to send more troops to Iraq.
New Year Brings No Resolution to Worsening Darfur Crisis
As violent attacks increase across Darfur, and as the humanitarian crisis that forms part of the genocide continues to escalate, Africa Action today condemned the lack of progress by the international community in realizing the necessary United Nations (UN) peacekeeping force to protect the people of Darfur.
The Plan for Economic Strangulation of Iran
It is said that there is more than one way to skin a cat. It seems that United States is trying to skin this cat –Iran- in anyway that it can, including economic strangulation.
Women's Liberation Movement in Iran
Iran's women's liberation movement, with a century of struggle history, steadily and confidently open its way in the society. Decades after Constitution Revolution (1906) hundreds of periodicals and books and tens of web sites and web logs and women's columns in printed media, challenge the anti-women regime of the Supreme Leader and patriarchal society in various forms.
Incipient Democratic Backbone-Formation and a New Campaign for the Antiwar Movement
We’ve had so much hype about the proposed “surge” of troops in Iraq, for weeks now, that when President Bush finally releases the details of the plan, perhaps as early as Wednesday, they will likely come as a surprise to no one.
Living the American Dream in 2006
In the waning days of 2006, the reality of institutional racism and aggressive imperialism were laid bare again in the U.S. The police shooting of African American Sean Bell and his two friends in Brooklyn, New York on the morning of November 25 were followed on December 6th by a report from the Iraq Study Group convened by the US government to, as the authors of the report note, 'solve the problem of Iraq.'
