In his weekly address posted to YouTube.com, President-elect Barack Obama discussed the economic crisis and the need to invest federal dollars in creating new jobs.

Right now Bush is pushing to open up thousands more acres in sensitive areas around three national parks in Utah to more oil and gas extraction.

The Bush administration struck a new note of irony and hypocrisy this week – if that is possible. In a press briefing, State Department spokesperson Scott McCormack told reporters Nov. 20 that "I would put the record of this administration up against any American administration..."

There are times in history when you and I must take action. This is one of those times. An Obama Presidency and a Democratic Congress gives us the best chance yet to win a national, single-payer healthcare system in the US.

The people of Cuba’s Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth) thanked a group of power line workers from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines who have been helping in the reestablishment of the electrical system in the area, which was severely damaged by hurricane Gustav.

They "should be shot; should be thrown out of there goddamn jobs," Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus said last month about business leaders who do not oppose the Employee Free Choice Act.

Venezuelan citizens and institutions have donated more than four million dollars to Cuba to help in the ongoing recovery efforts after the devastation caused by three hurricanes in recent weeks.

We hail the 10’s of millions who came to the polls and registered an historic defeat of the ultra right. These voters saw through the direct and indirect appeals to racism and voted for Obama. We salute those who rejected the Republican anti-communist, anti-immigrant attacks and numerous other slanders and voted their hopes and not their fears.

Qurban-Bibi and Nahil Abu-Rada are two women, one Afghan and the other Palestinian, who made news with similar tragedies. But their losses also helped further delineate the plight of millions of women in war zones and poor countries.

The UN is asking for a record US$7 billion to help 30 million people in Africa and the Middle East. "The money is being used to keep people alive," said John Holmes, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, at the Consolidated Appeals Process launch in Geneva on 19 November.

Seven years of British involvement in the US-led illegal occupation of Afghanistan have brought no benefit to the people of either country. Afghans have been slaughtered in their tens of thousands, for identifying with the "government" of Hamid Karzai.

Kulavivaksha Vyatireka Porata Sangham (KVPS -- Struggle Committee Against Caste Discrimination) in Andhra Pradesh recently completed 10 years of its existence.

Resolution Passed Unanimously by the New York State Alliance of Higher Education Unions, November 14, 2008. In light of the financial crisis facing the nation and higher education, we affirm the following

Emerging nations need their own stabilization funds, independent of the IMF, and its parent – the US Treasury which provides most of its financing. That was the conclusion of two experts at a seminar sponsored by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) this week in Washington, D.C.

Economic news continues to worsen. Unemployment has risen sharply. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) dropped of one percent, the sharpest drop in its 51-year history.

The leaders of 20 countries met in Washington, D.C. last week to discuss how to respond to the current global financial crisis that broke out in the United States and how to prevent the recurrence of such a crisis.

Testifying before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee this afternoon, UAW President Ron Gettelfinger didn’t mince words about the auto industry’s need for Congress to approve a bridge loan.

Humanitarian conditions have continued to deteriorate due to the acute shortages in food and medical supplies needed by approximately 1.5 million Palestinian civilians living in the Gaza Strip.

What will be impact of the Wall Street bankruptcies, bailouts and blunders on working people in this country and worldwide? What's the solution to the crisis?

The election of Barack Obama as US President symbolizes the hope and expectation sweeping the American public for a real political change. The Communist Party of Australia welcomes this movement for change.