World

Professor says award should go to Mexico’s electrical union

November 23, 2009

Professor John Womack, an expert on Mexican labor history, has given up a prestigious prize, asking that it instead be awarded to the embattled Mexican Electrical Workers' Union.

Copenhagen or bust?

November 21, 2009 By Marc Brodine

Much sheer speculation has been written about the upcoming Copenhagen climate negotiations, and we will see much more over the next few weeks. What is this conference about?

India farmers stop price freeze on sugar cane

November 21, 2009 By Scott Marshall

NEW DELHI- Over 12,000 sugarcane farmers demonstrated in New Delhi on Thursday (Nov. 19) to demand higher prices for their crop.

Workers, left parties meet on global economic crisis

November 20, 2009 By R.K. Sharma

NEW DELHI -- There could not be an agenda more significant for the communist and workers parties' 11th international meeting than global capitalism's deep and ongoing economic crisis.

Rome Food Summit is a flop

November 20, 2009 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

There was little good news for the world's billion hungry people at the UN World Food Organization (FAO) Summit held November 16 - 18 in Rome.