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U.S. and British military public relations, and their embedded media, focused on Taliban laws and attitudes about same-sex love to agitate for the October 2001 invasion and justify occupation.... Posted Dec 16, 2007





































































































Myanmar is the most ethnically diverse state in mainland Southeast Asia.... Posted Nov 1, 2007















Stop a minute and consider this: socialist Cuba has survived against all odds. It inspires people around the world, and for millions revolutionary Cuba represents a David vs. Goliath victory against the greatest enemy of humankind, U.S. imperialism.... Posted Oct 22, 2007



























































Sam Marcy's "The Bolsheviks and War: Lessons for Today's Anti-war Movement" is a work that has gained greatly in importance since he wrote it in 1985.... Posted Sep 23, 2007









































A wide range of progressive community organizations and individuals participated in the 19th annual Garvey Day in Milwaukee, sponsored by Africans on the Move.... Posted Aug 27, 2007













"I want to bring the revolution's humanity to those aspects of life that it hasn't reached because of old prejudices," Mariela Castro Espin, who has worked hard to eradicate pre-revolutionary prejudices about same-sex love, transsexuality and gender variance in Cuba, said in summer 2006.... Posted Aug 18, 2007



Members of FIST and Workers World Party traveled to Cuba from July 18 to 28 to defy the travel ban and to witness the gains of the socialist revolution.... Posted Aug 16, 2007









In the capital of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the health of the people and of the environment is high on the agenda of the revolutionary process now underway.... Posted Aug 13, 2007















































































































Not too much has appeared in the U.S. media lately about the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. In this case, no news is good news.... Posted Jun 22, 2007











































































































































































































































































The first revolutionary step toward the liberation of sexuality, gender expression and oppressed sexes in Cuba was the dismantling of the sex-for-profit industry and interconnected gambling dens and drug-distribution networks.... Posted Feb 21, 2007

























































When Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez first declared he was a socialist during a news conference at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in January of 2005, his announcement initiated a political chain reaction both in his country and internationally.... Posted Jan 26, 2007
























































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