World

Bushs reckless, imperial foreign policy

October 13, 2006

A March 2006 Council on Foreign Relations task force report on Russia, co-chaired by Jack Kemp and John Edwards, recommended the United States adopt a Cold War approach toward Russia. According to the task force, Russian...

U.S. blocks medical exchange with Cuba

October 3, 2006

It is commonly believed that the U.S. blockade against Cuba, in force for over four decades, is limited to politics and economics. Cooperation for people's health is allowed, right? Wrong: For the second year in a...

Venezuelas Chavez says world faces choice between U.S. hegemony and survival

September 26, 2006

Speech of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to the U.N. General Assembly, New York, Sept. 20, 2006. Transcript provided by Venezuelanalysis.com. By President Hugo Chavez Frias Madame President, Excellencies, Heads of State, Heads of Governments, and high...

FROM THE PWW ARCHIVES, Sept. 5, 1998, European resistance to gene modification grows

September 24, 2006

The broadest political movement to be seen in Europe in recent decades has been taking shape in opposition to the development and production of genetically-modified food crops. Resistance is directed chiefly at the operations of the...

Oil pressure

September 22, 2006

“The oil belongs to the Iraqi people. It’s their asset,” declared President George W. Bush in a press conference on the White House lawn in June. He had just returned from a surprise visit to Baghdad,...