International – Page 257

Class conflict surfaces at climate summit

December 14, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Half way into the 15th UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen on December 7-18, 100,000 demonstrators from 500 different organizations were in the streets protesting.

Obama’s Nobel Prize: world wants peace surge

December 10, 2009 By Susan Webb

Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, President Obama acknowledged "considerable controversy" over the award, while others said the prize signals the world's hopes for peace.

Two Cuban Five prisoners are resentenced

December 10, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

A federal judge in Miami has reduced the jail time of two more of a group of five Cubans who were given draconian sentences in a controversial and highly politicized 2001 trial.

Polish president attempts ban of communist symbols

December 9, 2009 By Communist Party of Poland

Anticommunist hysteria in Poland crossed the boundaries of common sense long, long ago. Recently it has crossed the boundaries of absurdity.

Thousands pay homage to Victor Jara

December 8, 2009

In Chile this weekend, thousands paid tribute to legendary folksinger Victor Jara who was brutally murdered in 1973 by the military coup regime led by dictator Augusto Pinochet.