G8 words will not relieve world poverty
'The leaders of the capitalist countries can never adopt policies that would undermine the economic system of capitalism of which they are the captains. They will never act against their system. It is their system that creates poverty... They have failed, their policies have failed, their system is a failure.'
US economy grows moderately in difficulties
The biggest challenge facing the US economy this year is the continuing increase in world oil prices. The world petroleum prices hit many records since the beginning of this year and are now hovering at about 60 US dollars a barrel
Argentina-Brazil Relations: Urgent Challenges Come to the Forefront
If Buenos Aires and Brasilia fail to improve on their cooperative efforts, they would not only inhibit the potential success of both of their respective countries, but also undermine the diplomatic leadership of the new autonomy movement which is attracting more and more Latin American countries to its roster.
Giuliani : 'Prince of Whose City?'
Siegel calls his book The Prince of the City, the title of a famous 1990s crime film. Actually, what Giuliani represented for New York, at least from my vantage point in New Jersey, could be summed up in a line from a much greater crime film of the 1970s, The Godfather Part II. I am thinking of the scene on the hotel balcony in Batista’s Cuba shortly before the revolution when, as the gangsters are cutting up a cake with the map of Cuba on it, Hyman Roth (Lee Strasberg) tells Michael Coreleone (Al Pacino) “we have here what we have always looked for – a government we can really work with.”
Catholic Cardinal Gets it Right on Evolution
Ultimately the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than the life of an oyster-- David Hume
Two pieces in the Times last week finally resolve, for me at least, the question of the relation between a scientific outlook on the world and the outlook of the Catholic Church.
Cuban 5 : Conclusion of the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions (Human Rights Commission)
The Working Group notes that it arises from the facts and circumstances in which the trial took place and from the nature of the charges and the harsh sentences given to the accused, that the trial did not take place in the climate of objectivity and impartiality which is required in order to conclude on the observance of the standards of a fair trial, as defined in Article 14...
British Left Demands Blair Resign
The imperialist wars of conquest are waged to safeguard US control of scarce energy resources and to enhance Washington's global hegemony... Those who respond by attacking soft civilian targets are ruthless, reactionaries who are out of step with all decent human beings... Tony Blair must answer for his role in fanning the flames of this disastrous conflagration
Haiti - As U.S. Envoy Charges “Terrorism” : Lavalas Renegades Prepare to Enter Occupation Elections
Many in the Haitian bourgeoisie have accused the U.N. troops - led and dominated by Brazilian, Argentinian, and Chilean contingents - of being ineffective and not repressive enough against rebellious slums in the capital like Belair and Cité Soleil, where resistance to last year’s coup d’état against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide runs deep
Palestinian National Authorities Petitions UN to Stop Building of Apartheid Wall
Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser al Kidwa said that the countries must not recognize the illegal status result[ing] in the construction of the apartheid wall and should ensure the Israeli compliance with the international humanitarian law in the letter of the Geneva Convention and the United Nation...
Statement by the Communist Party, USA on attacks in London
We convey deepest sorrow and solidarity with the British people and all those who suffered from the terrorist attack. We applaud the heroic rescue workers and individual working people who have banded together to aid each other in this time of need.
