World – Page 840 – People's World

Venezuela’s revolution achieves social gains

March 12, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

For the people, a revolution makes a difference.

World Notes: Europe, Afghanistan, S. Korea, Cuba

March 11, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Europe's attack on working class; Afghan police problems; anti-woman discrimination in S. Korea; Cuban health shakeup.

Big voter turnout in Iraq, undeterred by violence

March 8, 2010 By Susan Webb

Iraqi voters turned out heavily in Sunday's national elections, despite an upsurge of violence leading up to the balloting.

Memory, injustice, and the Cuban Five

March 8, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Question: with legal remedies exhausted, will the Cuban Five be forgotten? Answer: Never, as long as Gerardo, Ramón, Antonio, Fernando and René are not free.

MTA public hearing in Brooklyn erupts in a fit of anger

March 8, 2010

A recent NY public hearing on proposed cuts to the city's transit system was the site of considerable rage, with angry protest by the many students on hand as well as a series of others who...