The Emir from Afghanistan
Current international realities have repeatedly posed the question of the relationship of the peace movement and the left to clearly reactionary regimes that have fallen victims to aggression by the United States and its proxies.
Wal-Mart's Environmental Problems
With more than 6,000 stores spread out across the globe--Wal-Mart is the world’s biggest retailer, hands down, and also a magnet for criticism for its low wages, inadequate health coverage and effect on struggling downtowns. Wal-Mart has also had its share of environmental problems.
5 years since 9/11 prove war cannot get rid of terrorism
The revised 'National Strategy for Combating Terrorism' that the U.S. government released on September 5 concluded: 'America is safer,' and 'We have liberated more than 50 million Afghans and Iraqis from despotism, terrorism, and oppression.' The reality, however, is the opposite of this.
BOOK Review: Hadi Never Died
HADI Saleh was the International Secretary of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions. He visited Britain as part of a trade union delegation last year. A month later, he was dead, murdered in his home by former members of Saddam Hussein's secret police.
Quantifying Genocide in Darfur: Implications and Limitations of a Recent Study
This writer believes that an assessment of all data available, from all sources, yields a figure of approximately 500,000 deaths from disease, malnutrition, and violence over the past 43 months of conflict in Darfur.
A day in the life of an ordinary Iraqi
hese are tough times for Mustafa Kubaissy, a 48-year-old shopkeeper in Baghdad. He has been leading a troubled life for the past three years since the US-led invasion of Iraq which ousted former president Saddam Hussein.
Food crisis looms in North Darfur
Rampant insecurity in North Darfur State is preventing aid agencies from distributing food and stopping many farmers from planting crops. The result is very precarious food security, aid workers warn.
IAEA qualifies U.S. report on Iran as outrageous and dishonest
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) qualified as outrageous and dishonest a report presented by a U.S. congressional intelligence committee on Iran’s nuclear program, according to diplomatic sources.
FBI agents say US using wrong interrogation methods
FBI agents responsible for getting a confidant of Osama Bin Laden to betray Al Qaeda's innermost secrets say the Bush administration's rough interrogation tactics employed against other captives since 9/11 are the wrong approach.
United for Peace and Justice Wins Permit to March to U.N.
On Thursday United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ), the nation's largest antiwar coalition, learned it would be given a permit for a peaceful antiwar protest march in New York City to coincide with President Bush’s visit to the United Nations.
