International
Global health care, Cuban-style
June 29, 2007Movie REVIEW Salud Directed by Connie Field New Paradigms, 2006 93 minutes Against a backdrop of ratcheted-up Bush attacks on Cuba and the devastating contradictions afflicting U.S. health care, the documentary “Salud!” by Medical Education Cooperation...
Read moreThe price of occupation: Israeli society pays a heavy price for occupying Palestinian lands
June 29, 2007Israel is paying a heavy price for the continued occupation of the Palestinian territories, one that is sorely felt in most households. The Palestinians, as is well known, are paying a much heavier price, but this...
Read moreIraqi labor leaders visit Haymarket memorial
June 29, 2007CHICAGO — Two leaders of Iraq’s labor movement placed a plaque at the Haymarket Memorial here June 23 as leaders of major U.S. labor organizations looked on. The presentation was the Iraqis’ way of remembering both...
Read moreFilmmaker Ousmane Sembène, lifelong radical
June 22, 2007His films tackled the most contentious issues in Africa, frequently provoking the indignation of the ruling class of both his home country and its former colonizer.
Read moreThe victims of capitalism
June 22, 2007The Victims of Communism Memorial at the intersection of New Jersey and Massachusetts Avenues NW in Washington, D.C., was finally unveiled, June 12. It’s a small, 10-foot bronze replica of the “Goddess of Democracy” carried around...
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