International

Exxon, Bush fiddle while planet burns

February 9, 2007 By Susan Webb

On Feb. 1 Exxon Mobil announced the largest profits ever earned by a U.S. company — $40 billion in 2006. A day later, the UK Guardian reported that the Exxon-funded Bush-connected American Enterprise Institute sent letters...

World Social Forum spotlights inequalities

February 2, 2007

NAIROBI, Kenya (IPS) — The 7th World Social Forum wound to a close here after five days of dialogue, art, poetry, dance, drama and protests led by participants from around the globe who believe “another world...

CIA, Congress intervening in Venezuelas affairs

January 31, 2007

CIA chief Michael Hayden recently assured a congressional intelligence committee that the Hugo Chavez government in Venezuela is of prime agency concern. Outgoing intelligence head John Negroponte testified that Washington had a “good position in terms...

Womens rights are a vital issue in Iraq

January 26, 2007

This is an edited version of a presentation on Iraq’s constitution organized by the Iraqi Centre for Legal Studies last month in London. The constitution was approved in a national referendum Oct. 15, 2005, with a...

Communist Party leader appears On the Money

January 25, 2007

Watch New York Communist Party Chair Elena Mora on CNBC’s “On the Money.”