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• Record number of nations oppose US embargo of Cuba in UN vote

  By Editor-in-Chief on November 1, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  In an overwhelming UN vote, 188 countries have called on the US to lift its 53-year trade embargo on Cuba. Havana has slammed the financial sanctions as a flagrant violation of human rights and said they are tantamount to genocide…. Read More ›

• Georgia to enforce ban on communist symbols

  By Editor-in-Chief on November 1, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is planning to fine the use of communist symbols with 1 000 lari (USD 600). The use of communist symbols was prohibited by the previous government, but it failed to define the sanctions that apply, and the law… Read More ›

• George Zimmerman Left Wife, Shellie, Bullet-Riddled Target As Threat

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 31, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  The estranged wife of George Zimmerman says he nailed a bullet-filled target to the wall of her home as a “subliminal message.” Shellie Zimmerman, 26, filed for divorce in September, less than two months after George Zimmerman was found not guilty of second-degree murder… Read More ›

• ‘It was obviously a policy not to report them’: New research finds at least 3,000 confirmed Indian residential school deaths

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 31, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  by Colin Perkel, Canadian Press TORONTO — At least 3,000 children, including four under the age of 10 found huddled together in frozen embrace, are now known to have died during attendance at Canada’s Indian residential schools, according to new unpublished… Read More ›

• 10-Year-Old Boy Kicked Off NYC Bus, Called “Terrorist” For Saying Brief Arabic Prayer, Now Suing Transit Authority

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 30, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By Jonathan Vankin A 10-year-old boy who thought he’d lost his Metro Card was kicked off a city bus when he said a quick prayer in Arabic to help him find it. Now the boy’s family is suing the driver of… Read More ›

• Rebels conduct new chemical weapons attack in Syria near Turkish border – report

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 29, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  The rebels used chemical weapons in north-eastern Syria near the border with Turkey on Tuesday, a Lebanese TV channel Al-Mayadeen reported. The toxic shell exploded near a Kurdish defense forces’ checkpoint close to the border with Turkey in the city… Read More ›

• “Riots always begin typically the same way”: Food stamp shutdown looms Friday

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 28, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  The head of the largest food bank says the $5 billion annual cut will take a week of meals off millions’ plates BY JOSH EIDELSON Food stamp recipients face a massive benefit cut set to kick in when stimulus funds expire… Read More ›

• Ron Paul’s Campaign Manager Died of Pneumonia, Penniless and Uninsured

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 28, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  by SETH ABRAMOVITCH At CNN’s Tea Party-indulging debate on Monday, Ron Paul, a medical doctor, faced a pointed line of questioning from Wolf Blitzer regarding the case of an uninsured young man who suddenly found himself in dire need of intensive health care…. Read More ›

• Almost 30 million people worldwide live as slaves – report

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 27, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Nearly 30 million people across the globe live as modern-day slaves, according to a new report. Many are forced into being child brides, child soldiers, prostitutes, or laborers. India accounts for nearly half of the worldwide total. The Global Slavery… Read More ›

• The Bangladesh poor selling organs to pay debts

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 27, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Kalai, like many other villages in Bangladesh, appears a rural idyll at first sight. But several villagers here have resorted to selling organs to pay back microcredit loans that were meant to lift them out of poverty. Journalist Sophie Cousins… Read More ›

• Al-Nusra denies leader’s death reported by Syrian TV

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 26, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  According to Syria state television the leader of al-Nusra Front – an Al-Qaeda affiliated fighting force in Syria – has been killed. The group however has issued a statement denying the report and saying their leader is “in good health.”… Read More ›

• Outrageous arrest of Palestinian activist in Chicago

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 25, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  The American Party of Labor is reprinting and disseminating the following communiqué from the Fight Back News Service. We fully endorse and support the Committee to Stop FBI Repression and stand in complete solidarity with Rasmieh Odeh and with other… Read More ›

• US Invasion of Grenada: A 30-Year Retrospective

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 25, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By Stephen Zunes It has been exactly 30 years since US forces invaded Grenada, ending that Caribbean island nation’s four-year socialist experiment. The island nation no bigger than Martha’s Vineyard, with a population that could barely fill the Rose Bowl, was… Read More ›

• Cuba to open tax free Special Economic Zone

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 24, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Rules for the first development of its kind on the communist island take effect in November, but critics are worried. by Chris Arsenault Communist Cuba is the latest country to plan a “Special Economic Zone”, part of an economic model blasted… Read More ›

• Venezuela: More hoarded products discovered in Opposition Warehouses

  By Editor-in-Chief on October 24, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By News Bulletin. Translation & commentary by Axis of Logic La Iguana TV. Axis of Logic Monday, Oct 21, 2013 Editor’s Comment: The corporate media in the United States and Europe are fond of reporting “shortages” of essential goods available… Read More ›

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