Twenty six out of the 37 U.S. meat packing facilities that have been given licenses to export to Japan repeatedly violated in 2004 and 2005 the U.S. BSE regulations such as the removal of risk material and determining the months-old age of cattle.

Such behavior by the U.S. military involves dehumanizing the enemy and anyone who resembles them and eliminating them as easy as one would a cockroach...[and] race plays a crucial role in discrediting the opponent’s claims to humanity.

Actually, Mad Cow Disease, technically known as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), was first detected in North America in January 1993, when a beef cow that had been imported from Britain to the Canadian province of Alberta tested positive.

...So let's get this straight: there was no justification for bombing that house. The U.S. military had Zarqawi in a perfect trap. He was surrounded. There was nowhere to run.

The Cuban government decided not to accept any economic, political or social conditions that lead to intrusion in Cuban domestic affairs or go against the principles of the Revolution, nor[a condition] that favors one sector of the population

It is important to unmask the position of the Sudanese government, to demand that it cooperate with efforts to hold accountable those responsible for violations of human rights in Darfur, including through the International Criminal Court.

The car companies charge the same for a model whether it was built in Mexico, the U.S. or Canada, despite the differences in pay and benefits between the plants. The claim that lower wages mean lower prices does not stand up — all they do is make more profits off the lower wages.

A final declaration issued by the Foreign Ministries of 116 countries met in Malaysia in late May called on the US government to respect Puerto Ricans’ right to self-determination and independence

For quite some time now, the post-war welfare state has been on the retreat in France as in many other nations in Europe, giving way to neo-liberal politics and economics. However, this is for the first time that a massive student movement erupted against the neo-liberal reforms.

At hearings in Geneva May 5-8, a panel of 10 independent experts examined U.S. compliance with the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. This is the first time U.S. compliance has been examined by the UN committee since 9/11.

The most watched tournament in the universe, the World Cup, opens today amid fears that an open and violent racism could upstage the games, humiliate its German hosts, and provide an international platform for Neo-Nazi swill.

June 1 marked the two-year anniversary of Tony Saca's inauguration as El Salvador's President. Social movement and religious leaders around El Salvador marked the day by protesting the social and economic policies enacted under Saca Administration.

This year marks the 10th Anniversary of our beloved constitution and already some of its sections are torn apart for selfish and desperate reasons... Individuals and organisations have donned upon themselves divine responsibilities so sacrosanct that they believe that they are above the constitution.

The film was not endorsed as the official Venezuelan entrant at international film festivals, including the Academy Awards, despite the fact that the producers claim that it is the highest grossing film in Venezuelan history.

The death toll in a security guard strike, now running for more than two months, rose to over 20 in the central Gauteng province....The strike[was] called to demand better salaries and conditions.

Guinea, despite vast natural resources, is one of the world’s poorest countries. With inflation at nearly 30 percent...the cost of a 50-kilogram sack of rice is spiralling out of control to over US $25 – more than half of a civil servant’s monthly wage.

When the House and the Senate pass similar but not identical bills, they create a conference committee to work out the differences.

Elected officials, medical workers, and activists gathered at events nationwide on June 07, 2006, to demand Universal Health Care for all Americans which would build upon the success and effectiveness of the Medicare Program.

Israeli combat helicopters bombed a number of sites in the Gaza Strip, while Israeli occupation forces continued their arrest campaigns throughout the provinces of the West Bank.

"Yes I Can" is --above all-- a program of social inclusion which offers the traditionally excluded sectors the best tool to fight against exploitation, because those who do not know how to read of write are condemned to the worst form of slavery"