Translations, Party Statements, and News from Around the World.
JERUSALEM — Israeli prison officials say that hundreds of Palestinian prisoners who declared a hunger strike two weeks ago are continuing to refuse food as they demand better conditions. Sivan Weizman of Israel’s prison authority said Monday that 1,450 remain… Read More ›
Presidential Proclamation — Loyalty Day, 2012 LOYALTY DAY, 2012 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION More than two centuries ago, our Founders laid out a charter that assured the rule of law and the rights… Read More ›
The grisly photographs of American soldiers posing with the body parts of Afghan insurgents during a 2010 deployment in Afghanistan were the source of a dispute between The Los Angeles Times and the Pentagon lasting weeks. Two of the 18… Read More ›
After the Los Angeles Times publishes two pictures, American officials denounce the actions of troops photographed with dead insurgents and their body parts. By David Zucchino and Laura King From the White House to the American Embassy in Kabul, American… Read More ›
Today we celebrate May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, a holiday celebrated by working people worldwide. This day began in commemoration of the 1886 Haymarket Massacre in Chicago, where police fired upon workers striking for an eight-hour-day. Since… Read More ›
By Holly Wallis BBC News Secret files from British colonial rule – once thought lost – have been released by the government, one year after they came to light in a High Court challenge to disclose them. Some of the… Read More ›
DAKAR. Africans say they have little hope that Europe will ever become civilized, after a week in which Spain’s King Carlos went on an elephant-killing spree and the Swedish Culture Minister was entertained by a racially offensive cake. “You can… Read More ›
By Ewan Robertson Mérida, 9th April 2012 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuela’s national minimum wage is to increase 32.25% in 2012, announced Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Saturday. In a televised address from Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Chavez explained that the… Read More ›
Join Occupy, union, immigrants rights, community and other activists to organize a March and Rally on May Day 2012 in Chicago. Get involved in a committee: Media, Outreach, Logistics, Education, Program, Fundraising….. … For more information visit: May Day Facebook… Read More ›
The Taliban clearly has broad support from Afghan people. Conscientious objection is a right and obligation in a failed war Recent attacks in Kabul confirm the occupation is falling to pieces. Claims about “decisive years” and “turned corners” are little… Read More ›
An urgent public health campaign must be launched as rates are dangerously high, warn experts Russia’s number of suicides has reached nearly a million since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Although the rate has dropped from 42 per 100,000… Read More ›
ISTANBUL, Turkey: Hundreds demonstrated in Istanbul’s central Taksim square on Tuesday to commemorate the 97th anniversary of the Armenian genocide by Ottoman Turks during World War I. The large group of Turkish, Armenian and Kurdish protesters staged a sit-in, holding… Read More ›
A New Record for Military Spending By Lawrence S. Wittner On April 17, 2012, as millions of Americans were filing their income tax returns, the highly-respected Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released its latest study of world military spending…. Read More ›
A British writer has been sacked by a leading American magazine after writing an article, inspired by reactions to Trayvon Martin’s killing, that appeared to urge white children to avoid black people. John Derbyshire was dismissed by The National Review… Read More ›
By Charles Davis More than three years into the presidency of Barack Obama, it’s almost a cliché now to ask: What if George W. Bush did it? From dramatically escalating the war in Afghanistan to institutionalizing the practice of indefinite… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 