International – Page 497

Unions demand: Release Colombian labor lawyer

September 28, 2006

Public Services International, a trade union federation of 640 public sector unions in 155 countries, including the U.S., demanded the release of Dr. Alberto Carvajal Salcedo, 70, a Colombian labor and human rights lawyer imprisoned recently

Venezuelas Chavez says world faces choice between U.S. hegemony and survival

September 26, 2006

Speech of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to the U.N. General Assembly, New York, Sept. 20, 2006. Transcript provided by Venezuelanalysis.com. By President Hugo Chavez Frias Madame President, Excellencies, Heads of State, Heads of Governments, and high...

FROM THE PWW ARCHIVES, Sept. 5, 1998, European resistance to gene modification grows

September 24, 2006

The broadest political movement to be seen in Europe in recent decades has been taking shape in opposition to the development and production of genetically-modified food crops. Resistance is directed chiefly at the operations of the...

Oil pressure

September 22, 2006

“The oil belongs to the Iraqi people. It’s their asset,” declared President George W. Bush in a press conference on the White House lawn in June. He had just returned from a surprise visit to Baghdad,...

Solar power in space, why not on Earth?

September 22, 2006

For years NASA insisted it couldn’t be done. Beyond the orbit of Mars, NASA said, solar energy could not be used to generate electricity for onboard power on space devices. So the agency used the extremely...