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Why World War II ended with Mushroom Clouds 0
Post Views: 6 65 years ago, August 6 and 9, 1945: Hiroshima and Nagasaki “On Monday, August 6, 1945, at 8:15 AM, the nuclear bomb ‘Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima by an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, directly
Read MoreHIV and AIDS: Trade Unions Press for Rights-based approach to combat pandemic 0
Post Views: 3 The international trade union movement is calling for governments to push ahead with a rights-based approach to tackling the HIV and AIDS pandemic, following the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna at the end of July. “While
Read MoreUS: Protect Families in Deportation Cases 0
Post Views: 9 An undocumented immigrant is escorted at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility before being deported in Phoenix on May 6, 2010. © 2010 Reuters (Washington DC) – The ruling by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Read MoreBanned, Censored, Harassed, and Jailed 0
Post Views: 6 Hellman/Hammett Grants Honor 42 Writers for Courage Facing Political Persecution (New York) – Human Rights Watch announced Hellman/Hammett grants today for 42 writers from 20 countries in recognition of their commitment to free expression and courage in
Read MorePre-election attacks on Rwandan politicians and journalists condemned 0
Post Views: 4 Paul Kagame, President and leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front © APGraphicsBank Amnesty International has condemned attacks on politicians and journalists in the run-up to the presidential election on August 9 and calls on the government
Read MoreColombia’s new government must guarantee an independent justice system 0
Post Views: 9 Juan Manuel Santos won a landslide victory in a second round of elections © APGraphicsBank Colombia’s new government must ensure the independence of the country’s justice system, allowing it to bring to justice those responsible for human
Read MoreAn Avoidable Depression 0
Post Views: 4 Land of Squandered Opportunity The economy has gone from bad to worse. On Friday the Commerce Department reported that GDP had slipped from 3.7% to 2.4% in one quarter. Now that depleted stockpiles have been rebuilt and
Read MoreIraq. The Anatomy of a Massacre 0
Post Views: 10 Twenty years ago, the Middle East was an entirely different entity from the area of today. No U.S. troops were stationed in Arab countries. Iraq and Iran had just finished a bloody eight-year war. Iraq was rebuilding
Read MoreHungría desafía al FMI 0
Post Views: 8 Hungría, que ostentará por seis meses la presidencia de la UE (Unión Europea) a partir del primero de enero, sufre intensamente las consecuencias de una crisis financiera que no acaba. A pesar de no estar tan alejada
Read MoreCapitalist Crisis, Radical Renewal? An Interview with Leo Panitch, Sam Gindin, and Greg Albo 0
Post Views: 50 by Sasha Lilley: Liberals and leftists alike argue that the economic crisis was caused by a lack of state regulation over the banks and financial markets. Consequently, they conclude that we just need new regulation to keep
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