Snow drifts reaching up to rooftops kept tens of thousands of villagers prisoners in their own homes Saturday as the death toll from Europe’s big freeze rose past 550. More heavy snow fell on the Balkans and in Italy, while… Read More ›
International
Translations, Party Statements, and News from Around the World.
US-Funded Textbooks Teach Afghan Children Whitewashed History
The curriculum in Afghan schools intentionally excludes four decades of war in an effort to “bring people together” by John Glaser Afghan children are being taught with U.S.-funded textbooks explicitly written to exclude four decades of war in an almost… Read More ›
Marines pose with Nazi symbol in Afghanistan
SAN DIEGO (AP) – The U.S. Marine Corps confirmed Thursday that a sniper team in Afghanistan posed for a photograph in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS. Use of the SS symbol… Read More ›
In Iraq, 65 Executions in First 40 Days of 2012
State executions are just one measure of repression that continues with US support by John Glaser, February 08, 2012 Less than two months into 2012, the Iraqi government has executed at least 65 prisoners, as the country continues to slip… Read More ›
Cuba Embargo Turns 50
by PETER ORSI HAVANA — When it started, American teenagers were doing “The Twist.” The United States had yet to put a man into orbit around the Earth. And a first-class U.S. postage stamp cost 4 cents. The world is… Read More ›
Cuba’s Cure
Why is Cuba exporting its health care miracle to the world’s poor? by Sarah van Gelder Cubans say they offer health care to the world’s poor because they have big hearts. But what do they get in return? They live… Read More ›
Lung cancer vaccine given to 2,000 Cubans
Iris de Armas Padrino THE Cuban CIMAVax-EGF vaccine, the only one of its kind in the world for the treatment of advanced lung cancer, has been administered to 2,000-plus Cubans, almost 5,000 of them within the Primary Health Care (APS)… Read More ›
Antiwar Activists Across the Country Protest War Against Iran
by John Glaser, February 04, 2012 In a national “Day of Mass Action,” Americans protested a seemingly imminent U.S. war against Iran in over 60 cities and towns across the country. In San Francisco, about 600 people participated in the… Read More ›
Chaos and carnage as Europe freezes – Death Toll from Freeze Reaches 175
THE big freeze gripping Europe has claimed the lives of 175 people – with forecasters warning: “It’s only going to get colder.” Temperatures have tumbled below -10C in most capital cities, with 38 people dying from frostbite in Ukraine and… Read More ›
Michael Parenti: An Opinon About the Opinion-Makers
Jill Pletcher and Mary Magnuson (two of my favorite FB people) were speculating as to what might be my opinion of Chris Hedges. I think Hedges makes a valuable contribution. He goes over issues and topics that some of us… Read More ›
Reagan’s Hand in Guatemala’s Genocide
By Robert Parry Guatemala is taking steps to hold an ex-dictator accountable for genocide committed against Maya-Ixil Indians in the 1980s, even as the United States continues to honor the American president — Ronald Reagan — who helped make that… Read More ›
47 Killed as Former Libyan Mercs Fight Mali Military
Tuareg Spokesman Rejects Claim of Major Military Victory by Jason Ditz, January 19, 2012 The Malian military is reporting that at least 47 people were killed [on Jan. 19th], including 45 rebels, as fighting between troops and ethnic Tuareg fighters… Read More ›
Homeless hard hit as death toll from severe cold spell in eastern Europe hits 58
By Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine — Dozens of homeless people have died in an Eastern Europe cold snap, and some analysts blame a Soviet-era legacy of viewing the homeless as those who need to be punished instead of helped. Temperatures… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 