World

U.S.-Mexico border garners much attention from White House

March 28, 2009

In response to highly publicized wave of turf battles among drug cartels along the U.S.-Mexico border, the Obama administration issued an ambitious multi-agency $700 million plan this week to combat the violence. The on-going problem has...

Venezuelan and Chicago leaders discuss creating peoples power

March 28, 2009

CHICAGO – In an effort to share experiences led by grassroots struggles, leaders from Venezuela and local community groups here on the Southwest Side of the city came together to talk about what it takes to...

Make the rich carry the load

March 28, 2009 By Louise Nousratpour

Union leaders called on ministers to tax the super-rich and clamp down hard on tax dodgers on Thursday as thousands prepared to join Saturday's G20 march for jobs, justice and climate.

Okinawa’s administrator of land for U.S. military use decides to refuse to renew lease agreement

March 28, 2009

(Akahata is published by the Communist Party of Japan) The organization administering land for U.S. military use in the Igei District of Kin Town, Okinawa, on March 22 unanimously decided not to renew the land-lease agreement...

Converting water into a commodity is the dominant trend

March 28, 2009

(l'Humanite) Translated by Anatoli Ricardo Petrella, Secretary General of the International Committee for the Global Water Contract, condemns transnational business groups trying to grab the vital asset. Q: What do you think of the United Nations’...