International
Translations, Party Statements, and News from Around the World.
Gaza: Thousands rally to commemorate PFLP 46th anniversary
Palestinians take part in a rally in Gaza City, marking the 46th anniversary of the founding of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a Palestinian Marxist revolutionary organization established in 1967. Source
Leonard Peltier on the Passing of Nelson Mandela: Apartheid Still Exists in America
COLEMAN, FLORIDA – Leonard Peltier, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, who has been imprisoned for the past 37 years, issued statement on the passing of former South Africa President Nelson Mandela. Peltier is serving a life sentence in the U.S…. Read More ›
Syria army seizes Israeli-made arms
The Syrian army says it has confiscated Israeli-made weapons in its latest operations against foreign-backed militants. A military source told the Syrian news agency SANA on Sunday that Israeli weaponry — including missiles — were seized in an operation in… Read More ›
R.I.P. Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013)
Today we mourn a great loss for humanity – the passing of Nelson Mandela, a hero of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa and the father of the modern South African state. As a member of the African National… Read More ›
‘Day of rage’: Police, protesters clash in Israel at plans to evict 40,000 Bedouins
Hundreds gathered in Israel on Saturday to rally against the government’s plans to resettle some 40,000 Bedouins. The proposal has triggered accusations of “discrimination” and “ethnic cleansing” from activist groups, also sparking a protest in the UK. The demonstrations were… Read More ›
Women Take on Fighting Role in Syria’s Kurdish North
Jamie Dettmer QAMISHLI, SYRIA — In Syria’s northeast, women are taking on unusually prominent roles in Kurdish security forces. On the outskirts of the Kurdish town of Derik, close to the Iraqi border, a billboard displays the photographs of more than… Read More ›
Is the US Exploiting Typhoon Suffering to Win Military Bases in the Philippines?
by John Glaser Last week I wrote about the potential for the Obama administration’s Asia-Pivot strategy to inflame anti-colonialist sentiment. I lamented that Washington tries simply to get around this popular opposition to the military surge in East Asia instead of acknowledging that… Read More ›
Butt-groping, bachelorette parties and rape threats: Rob Ford’s non-crack scandals
Yes, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s a crack-smoking, vicious, xenophobic, Tea Party hack. But it actually gets even worse JB STANIFORTH Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s admission yesterday that he smoked crack “in one of [his] drunken stupors” brings a long-awaited end… Read More ›
Armed men burn records of El Salvador war missing
By MARCOS ALEMAN SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Armed men broke into a nonprofit agency that works to locate children missing from El Salvador’s civil war and set fire to the group’s archives, national fire officials said Thursday. The intruders… Read More ›
Israel Agrees to Return Stolen Organs of Dead Palestinians
Palestinians carry the body of Jihad Aslan during his funeral at Qalandiya Refugee Camp near the West Bank city of Ramallah Aug. 26, 2013. (Reuters) Israel has agreed to return organs of dead Palestinians harvested by its forensic pathologists during… Read More ›
Clashes between residents and militia leave dozens dead, hundreds injured in Libyan capital
Libya’s prime minister has demanded that all armed militias leave Tripoli “without exception,” after clashes between militiamen and armed residents left dozens dead and almost 400 wounded. At least 43 people were reportedly killed in Friday’s street fighting, one of… Read More ›
On the 34th Anniversary of the Founding of the Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action)
On November 8, 1979 a group of comrades tempered and steeled in the battle against fascism, reaction and revisionism came together and formed what would become the Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action) – PC (AP). In the three decades that… Read More ›
5 reasons you should stay off the Pope Francis bandwagon
by Timothy McGrath This week GlobalPost showed why so many people are digging on Pope Francis. He loves the sick and the poor. He lives a simple life that reflects his values. He has criticized the Catholic church for its alienating obsession with… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 