Sometimes by examining what the corporate media cover and what they ignore, you can learn something useful about what the superrich want the workers to know. For example, news that Greek teachers called off a strike when the government threatened to put any teacher on strike in jail received some coverage in the U.S. big-business [...]
Former U.S. puppet convicted of genocide in Guatemala
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Gene Clancy May 22, 2013 » Add the first comment.
BULLETIN: On May 20, Guatemala’s highest court threw out Rios Montt’s conviction. Appeals are being filed. On Dec. 4, 1982, President Ronald Reagan met Guatemalan President Efrain Rios Montt in Honduras. It was a useful meeting for both. Reagan declared Montt to be “a man of great personal integrity and commitment.” Reagan said, “I know [...]
50 years of African Union commemorated
On May 25, 1963, 33 independent African states met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to form the Organization of African Unity. The purpose of the summit 50 years ago was to enhance cooperation between member states and to accelerate the liberation struggles of those countries that still remained under colonial and/or European-settler rule. In 1963, European-minority [...]
Solidarity conference with African Revolution
In Detroit, the Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice held a conference on May 18 entitled “Africa & U.S. Imperialism.” The event was a day-long gathering featuring lectures and reports on the 50-year history of the national liberation struggles and nation-building efforts in Africa. It coincided with the 50th anniversary summit of the African [...]
South Africa: Platinum monopoly threatens mining jobs
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Abayomi Azikiwe May 19, 2013 » Add the first comment.
A major struggle is unfolding in the Republic of South Africa with the recent announcement that the Anglo American Platinum Corporation (Amplats) will lay off thousands of workers. Amplats, whose parent company is the Britain-based Anglo American, is the world’s largest producer of platinum. South Africa has deposits of 80 percent of the world’s known [...]
Thousands in Haiti provide escort for Aristide
Haiti’s judicial police headquarters had banned demonstrations in support of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. So, on May 8, tens of thousands of Haitians marched alongside Aristide’s motorcade after he gave testimony in the courthouse in Port-au-Prince, the country’s capital. They escorted him home. Aristide provided testimony about Jean Dominique, a popular journalist who was assassinated [...]
Imperialists are behind escalated attacks on Syria
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David Sole May 13, 2013 » Add the second comment.
The reckless bombing by Israel near Damascus in early May has provoked a sharp response. Syrian state media quoted President Bashar al-Assad as saying he would turn the Golan Heights into a “resistance front,” allowing combatants to attack Israel from the area. (Reuters, May 11) The Golan is Syrian territory that was seized by Israel [...]
René González reunites with family in Cuba
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Cheryl LaBash May 12, 2013 » Add the first comment.
The global movement to free the Cuban 5 is feeling great joy. On May 3, Miami federal trial judge, Joan Lenard, signed an order allowing René González to remain in Cuba. The movement is now redoubling its demands on President Barack Obama to repatriate the other four members of the Cuban 5: Gerardo Hernández, Ramón [...]
Workers protest in Bangladesh, need solidarity
The death toll is more than 1050 in the calamitous factory cave-in on April 24 at Rana Plaza in Savar, Bangladesh. Those who perished were mainly young women. Many had traveled from poor, rural regions to find jobs in the garment industry. It is reportedly the deadliest disaster in clothing industry history. Anguished relatives have [...]
Autoworkers coordinate worldwide
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Martha Grevatt May 11, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Autoworkers around the globe, who work for General Motors, Ford, Fiat/Chrysler and PSA Peugeot Citroën, coordinated efforts on May Day. Their demands listed in their leaflets were for “no plant closings or cutbacks in workers’ rights, reduction of working hours with no loss of pay and save our environment from the profit system.” (sindmetalsjc.org.br) Autoworkers in [...]
