The End Game of Israel’s Offensive
Three years after the U.S. invasion to change the Iraqi regime, Washington’s strategic regional ally, Israel, has launched a massive military operation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory to force another regime change in the Middle East, with an end goal to incapacitate the Palestinian Authority and rule it out as a negotiating partner.
Union Members Prepare for Pride at Work Convention
Union members are preparing to journey to San Diego for the 2006 Pride at Work (PAW) convention. Scheduled to begin September 7th, the national convention of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trasngendered (LGBT) constituency affiliate of the AFL-CIO is titled 'No Turning Back in 2006.'
North Korea's 'brinkmanship' brings instability into Asia: CP Japan
Which way is North Korea heading? Is it taking a path to oppose peace and stability in Asia or the path to return to the Six-Party Talks and to create peace as well as mutual cooperation and prosperity in this region?
No Walk in the Ball Park for Dwight Gooden
Watching the Mets / Red Sox series this week I noticed they replayed clips of Dwight Gooden in his golden years as a star pitcher. I could not help think about how is life has now turned towards tragedy when he was sentenced to jail this April.
Communist Party Statement on Crisis in Palestine
The Communist Party, USA strongly condemns the latest acts of aggression by the Israeli government against the Palestinian people.
And Israel Shall be Safe Again
The June 25 Palestinian fighters’ raid on an Israeli military post near the Gaza-Egypt border has sent Israel 'scrambling to defend itself,' the voice of a BBC news reporter declared on the evening news.
East Timor: A very Australian coup
From the earliest days of its formation in 2002 as an independent state with a government led by Fretilin, the Australian government has been seeking ways to undermine the elected government of East Timor.
'The Imperial Temptation of America' is an Apology for Imperialism
The USSR held the US 'in check' while the US was the 'guarantor of freedom, democracy and prosperity.' This is what makes the book so inane. Freedom for whom?
Jordan: For many students, summer break means begging
The recent explosion in begging comes in the wake of a bruising couple of years for the national economy...some 15 percent of Jordanians live below the poverty line, meaning that they subsist on the equivalent of US $140 a month or less.
Sudan: Violence worsens in Darfur IDP camp
'There has been an increased radicalisation of youth inside the camp...Many people don’t accept the Darfur Peace Agreement or the security mechanisms of the DPA.'
