International
Benchmark No. 1: Privatizing Iraqs oil for U.S. companies
June 8, 2007On May 24, the U.S. Congress voted to continue the war in Iraq. The members called it “supporting the troops.” I call it stealing Iraq’s oil — the second largest reserves in the world. The “benchmark,”...
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EDITORIAL: 40 years later
June 8, 2007When Israeli Communist Meir Vilner co-signed Israel’s Independence Charter on May 14, 1948, he, and the Jewish/Arab Palestine Communist Party he was representing, stressed the promise contained within the charter: to help implement the United Nations...
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Villa Grimaldi: Chiles memorial to victims of torture
June 8, 2007Despite the restoration of many democratic freedoms in Chile over the past decade, the country is still saddled with the “Pinochet constitution,” a document that is skewed in favor of the interests of foreign corporations, big...
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U.S. food exporters: End Cuba blockade
June 8, 2007Three days of talks in Havana on U.S. food sales to Cuba between U.S. agribusiness representatives and leaders of Alimport, Cuba’s food importing company, ended May 30 with signed contracts worth $118 million and Cuban promises...
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50 years in Iraq?
June 8, 2007WASHINGTON — Disbelief greeted the White House admission that President George W. Bush envisions U.S. occupation of Iraq for 50 years, modeled on the more than half-century U.S. occupation of South Korea. Bush’s press secretary, Tony...
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