colonialism

Eduardo Galeano, writer and journalist

April 21, 2015 By Len Phelan

If anyone consistently and courageously gave encouragement to those in struggle - particularly the indigenous populations of Latin America - it was Galeano.

Thankful for Thanksgiving

November 26, 2014 By Elena Mora

While I don't care much about Columbus Day (except that there's no school, which when my kids were younger was a pain), I do like Thanksgiving.

Today in labor history: end of the “Vietnam era”

May 7, 2014 By Special to People’s World

On May 7, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford formally declared an end to the "Vietnam era."

South Sudan facing famine crisis

April 11, 2014 By Brian McAfee

Over 3.7 million people in this new African nation of 11 million are at severe risk of starvation, and a UN official coordinating humanitarian aid in South Sudan says "we're in a race against time."

Sudan: Colonialism’s dead hand

February 11, 2014 By Conn Hallinan

Hopefully the recent ceasefire agreement between the warring parties in South Sudan will halt that country's downward spiral into civil war.