Pedro Pimentel Rios is fifth member of elite military force to be imprisoned for role in killings of 201 people in 1982 Agencies in Guatemala City A former Guatemalan special forces soldier has been sentenced to 6,060 years in prison… Read More ›
International
Translations, Party Statements, and News from Around the World.
Israel won’t co-operate with UN mission on settlements
Ruth Pollard JERUSALEM: Israel has described as ”hypocritical” a decision by the United Nations Human Rights Council to launch an investigation into the impact of its settlement construction on the human rights of Palestinians. About 500,000 Israelis and 2.5 million… Read More ›
Army: Soldiers diagnosed with PTSD return to war
SAN DIEGO (AP) — It is still not known if the soldier accused of killing 17 Afghans was ever diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder — but even if he had been, that alone would not have prevented him from being… Read More ›
Coal deals scandal robs India of billions
Mark Magnier, London March 24, 2012 DELHI: India’s parliament erupted in hoots and jeers after a draft report by government auditors estimated the national treasury lost 10,670 billion rupees ($197 billion) by selling coalfields to private excavation companies in sweetheart… Read More ›
Massacre suspect accused of 2008 drunken assault
Woman says Staff Sgt. Bales — accused of Afghan slaughter — thrust her hand to his crotch and fought with her boyfriend OLYMPIA, Wash. — A second incident involving alcohol and violence surfaced Thursday in the background of the Army… Read More ›
As details of massacre emerge, Afghan man who lost 11 relatives says: ‘We want justice’
By Richard Leiby and Sayed Salahuddin KABUL — The U.S. military’s decision to formally charge Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales in the killing of 17 Afghan villagers on Friday did nothing to dampen the anger of Mohammed Wazir, who lost… Read More ›
U.S. official: Bales to be charged with 17 counts of murder
From Larry Shaughnessy, CNN Pentagon Producer Washington (CNN) — Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will be charged with 17 counts of murder and six counts of assault and attempted murder related to a March 11 shooting spree in Afghanistan, a… Read More ›
Iraqis Hold Million-Strong Demo on Anniversary of War
ABOUT a million loyalists of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have rallied in southern Iraq decrying poor services and rampant graft on the ninth anniversary of the US-led invasion against Saddam Hussein. Protesters flooded the centre of the southern port city of… Read More ›
Robert Bales, Accused in Afghan Deaths, Hires Flashy Lawyer John Henry Browne
Before the public even knew the name of the Army staff sergeant accused of murdering 16 Afghans in cold blood, his lawyer John Henry Browne, a 6-foot-5 Seattle attorney who’s defended Ted Bundy and the ‘Barefoot Bandit,’ was busily trying… Read More ›
Massacre Fatigue in Afghanistan
by ALEXANDER COCKBURN In the wake of the lethal rampage by a US sergeant who killed 16 Afghans in the early hours of March 11, the Taliban have put a halt to talks with the Americans and President Hamid Karzai… Read More ›
Rush Limbaugh Defended Joseph Kony, Leader Of Rebel Militia Accused Of Atrocities
Joseph Kony, the African strongman who is suddenly a major villain thanks to a viral video about his atrocities, has a friend in Rush Limbaugh. In 2011, President Obama sent American troops to fight Joseph Kony, the leader of the… Read More ›
Lawyer describes talk with Afghan killings suspect
By GENE JOHNSON FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — The lawyer for the Army staff sergeant accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in a nighttime shooting rampage met his client for the first time Monday and said the solider has a… Read More ›
St. Patrick’s Day and the Irish Struggle
St. Patrick’s Day is typically portrayed as a day for drinking, festivities and revelry. However, we in the American Party of Labor believe that revolutionaries should set aside some time every year to remember the tragedy of discrimination the Irish… Read More ›
The World is a Ghetto: Global Slums – Out of Sight and out of Mind: Deterioration of the Human Condition
It has been estimated that more than one to two billion human beings live in slums or shanty towns all over the world. One in every three people in the world will live in slums in the next coming twenty… Read More ›
On Emotionalism
When we come together to discuss the problems of our world, their solutions and the means by which we can achieve these ends, it is often that emotions come to the forefront. This is understandable, since it is impossible to… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 