By George Bialek “For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” — H. L. Mencken As an American living in Moscow I have often been a witness to concrete examples of how the Western… Read More ›
International
Translations, Party Statements, and News from Around the World.
Cuba has Eliminated Child Malnutrition, Highlights the UNICEF
HAVANA, Cuba.- Cuba is the only country in Latin America and the Caribbean that has eliminated child malnutrition, thanks to the government’s efforts to improve the diet of the most vulnerable groups, asserts an international organization. The last report of… Read More ›
Obama Notifies Congress of Troops Deployed to Libya and Yemen
President Obama has taken the formal step of notifying Congress that he has deployed troops “equipped for combat” to Libya and Yemen to defend U.S. citizens and property, pursuant to the War Powers Resolution. “Although these security forces are equipped… Read More ›
The Massacre at Sabra and Shatila, Thirty Years Later
A Never-Ending Horror Story by SONJA KARKAR It happened thirty years ago – 16 September 1982. A massacre so awful that people who know about it cannot forget it. The photos are gruesome reminders – charred, decapitated, indecently violated corpses,… Read More ›
Chinese ships breach Japan’s naval border
Six Chinese ships have entered Japanese waters near a group of disputed islets claimed by both Beijing and Tokyo, refusing to follow the Japanese coast guard’s orders to vacate its territorial waters. Currently, six Chinese ships are stationed in the… Read More ›
Aliyaar, Indian Laborer, Gets His Hand Chopped Off by his Boss After Asking For $3 in Wages to Feed his Family
A manual labourer has allegedly had one hand chopped off by his employers after asking bosses for his salary. The incident happened on Sunday when the proprietors of an illegal alcohol making unit in India punished the man – identified… Read More ›
Islamist Libyan Rebels Kill US Ambassador to Libya in Attack on US Consulate
By Matt Spetalnick and Hadeel Al Shalchi (Reuters) – President Barack Obama branded the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans an “outrageous attack” on Wednesday and vowed to track down the perpetrators, while ordering a… Read More ›
Political Cartoon: 39 years later, Chile remembers 9/11 terror attacks
Source Further Reading Remembering Chile’s 9/11 Cold War Killer File: Augusto Pinochet Augusto Pinochet & the Realities of the Free Market in Chile
Syrian rebels use kidnappings to raise funds
Common criminals also getting in on the game, with wealthy families being targeted An epidemic of kidnapping has broken out in Syria, with rebels using ransoms to fund their military operations and common criminals taking the opportunity to cash in…. Read More ›
UN outlaws praising Nazis (Baltic states disagree)
The United Nations General Assembly has passed a Russia-sponsored draft resolution against the glorification of Nazism and attempts to rewrite WWII history. The document states that any attempts to revise the history for war, the Nuremberg decisions and to whitewash… Read More ›
Why I Won’t Vote (1956) by W.E.B. Dubois
On October 20, 1956, W. E. B. Du Bois delivered this eloquent indictment of US politics and why he won’t vote in the upcoming Presidential election. Du Bois condemns both Democrats and Republicans for their indifferent positions on the influence… Read More ›
Turkish troops kill 26 PKK rebels in major offensive
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish soldiers have killed 26 Kurdish rebels in two days in an offensive involving over 2,000 troops, as well as F-16 fighter planes operating on both sides of the Turkey-Iraq border, security sources said on Friday…. Read More ›
FARC chooses Ricardo Palmera for peace negotiator
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) have chosen Ricardo Palmera as one of their negotiators for Colombian peace talks. Professor Palmer is a political prisoner held in solitary confinement by the U.S. government in the Florence, Colorado Supermax… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 