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Posted By: zephyr Posted On: Nov 29, 2010	The US Congress and the unemployed
The US Congress resumes its lame-duck session Monday with only one day remaining to take action before unemployment benefits begin expiring for two million jobless workers. It is more and more likely that nothing will be done, while congressmen and senators focus instead on negotiations about...... [view]

Posted By: yassirovich Posted On: Aug 31, 2010	Changemakers Poem (Yassir, ilyes & Hatim)
To celebrate the International Youth Day and the final day of the 5th World Youth Congress which took place, from July 31st till August 13th, 2010, in Istanbul (Turkey), we decided to write a poem in 4 languages (French, English, Spanish and Arabic) to reflect the cultural diversity that...... [view]

Posted By: zephyr Posted On: Aug 15, 2010	The politics of race in America
Claude Robinson NEW YORK — The election of Barack Obama as president of the United States was hailed by some as a signal that America was about to begin an era of post-race politics. It doesn't look so now. Indeed, as politicians and pundits go through the dog days of summer in...... [view]

Posted By: zephyr Posted On: Feb 6, 2010	Leonard Peltier and the notorious perversity of USA-style justice
By Elsa Claro TWO hundred years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court’s chief justice, John Marshall, ruled that the legal relationship of the land’s original inhabitants with the United States was not one of equals, but of "wardship," given that it dealt with people "completely lacking in...... [view]

Posted By: Prabaharan Posted On: Aug 3, 2009	Unbreakable Bondage Between Manmohan and Sonia
The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and the Congress party Sonia Gandhi are in the same wavelength. Both are cool headed and no knee jerk reacting people/ Despite the attempts by opposition and party to drive between them Manmohan and Sonia have maintained their relationship. This is extremely...... [view]

Posted By: zephyr Posted On: Apr 14, 2009	Cubans say Obama move will help families
By Jeff Franks and Pascal Fletcher: HAVANA/MIAMI (Reuters) -- President Barack Obama's lifting of US curbs on family travel and remittances to Cuba will bring divided families closer and supplement stressed budgets on the island, Cubans and Cuban Americans said on Monday. On both sides of...... [view]

Posted By: zephyr Posted On: Apr 11, 2009	News from Bolivia
(Taken from CubaDebate) FRESH news on Bolivia arrived this morning, April 9, via a Bolivian television channel and reflected tension in the country. Everything was going well. Important changes have been taking place. Evo’s prestige is growing in Bolivia and the world. He is steadily...... [view]

Posted By: zephyr Posted On: Apr 7, 2009	The seven Congress members who are visiting us
Reflections of Fidel AN important US political delegation is visiting us right now. Its members belong to the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) which, in practice, has functioned as the most progressive wing of the Democratic Party. The Congressional Black Caucus was founded in...... [view]

Posted By: zephyr Posted On: Mar 5, 2009	British PM calls for ban on tax havens
WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Wednesday took aim at tax havens suggesting they should be outlawed just a few weeks before he hosts the G20 summit in London. "You are also restructuring your banks. So are we," Brown said in a landmark address to the US Congress...... [view]