foreign policy

Western leaders belittle legitimate Russian concerns about fascism

March 11, 2014 By Emile Schepers

In Russia the memories of the Nazi invasion of 1941, of the war that followed and of the activities of local Nazi collaborators, including Ukrainian ones historically linked to the present crowd of extremists in Kiev,...

Saber rattling over Ukraine needs to stop

March 4, 2014 By PW Editorial

Columnists and U.S. senators alike have called upon the Obama administration to come up with billions of dollars to bolster an unelected government in Kiev that is led by various stripes of ultra rightists, including fascists.

Closing wealth gap tops Obama’s State of the Union

January 29, 2014 By John Wojcik

President Obama, in his 2014 State of the Union speech here last night, defined narrowing of the unprecedented wealth gap in America as a major task facing the nation.

After 55 years, time to end embargo against Cuba

January 2, 2014 By PW Editorial

We can do it! Let's get this done this year! ¡Viva la Revolución Cubana! ¡Viva Cuba Socialista!

Obama-Castro handshake has meaning

December 20, 2013 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Attending a memorial for former South African President Nelson Mandela, President Obama shook hands with Cuban President Raul Castro. The encounter was surely revealing about the past, and maybe about the future.