Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta has won the presidential election in the East African nation of Kenya. Kenyatta, son of the first president of the country, Jomo Kenyatta, has come under fire from the International Criminal Court (ICC) as well as the governments of the United States and Britain. Kenyatta, representing the National Alliance Party [...]
Kenyatta wins Kenya elections: Pressure from U.S., Britain and ICC backfires
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Abayomi Azikiwe March 13, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Maduro sworn is as acting president of Venezuela
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Berta Joubert-Ceci March 12, 2013 » Add the first comment.
After the official ceremony in honor of Hugo Chávez on March 8, Nicolás Maduro was sworn in as acting president of the Venezuelan nation, just as President Chávez had stipulated last December when he informed the Venezuelan people that he had to undergo further surgery for cancer. The inauguration was held in the National Assembly [...]
New Chinese leader denounces Gorbachev
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Fred Goldstein March 11, 2013 » Add more comments.
But Xi continues dangerous policy of market ‘economic reform’ The new head of the Chinese Communist Party and president of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, is reported to have made a private speech to party leaders during a recent trip to southern China. In it, he denounced Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader who [...]
U.N. denies its troops brought cholera to Haiti
The United Nations took 15 months to contemplate a claim that a cholera epidemic, which killed more than 8,600 Haitians and sickened over 680,000, was caused by the U.N.’s “peacekeeping” force, Minustah, dumping excrement into the Meye River. The pollution eventually worked its way into the water supplies that millions of Haitians use for drinking, [...]
As imperialists pour in more funds, fighting intensifies in Syria
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David Sole March 10, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Ferocious fighting continues in many parts of Syria. Part of the Khan al-Assal police academy in Aleppo appears to have fallen into “rebel” hands after an eight-day battle in which over 200 combatants have died. Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, has seen street-by-street fighting since last July in a contest that has demolished much of the [...]
Palestinians protest torture and murder in Israeli prisons
Three thousand Palestinian prisoners carried out a one-day hunger strike on Feb. 24 to protest the torture and murder of Arafat Jaradat, who had been held by Israel’s infamous Shin Bet internal intelligence service. (Al-Jazeera, Feb. 24) They joined four other hunger strikers already protesting the inhuman conditions inside Israeli jails and detention centers. The [...]
Africa-South America Summit calls for cooperation
Some 63 governments from two continents took part in the Third Africa-South America Summit, held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, under the theme “Strategies and Mechanism to Promote South-South Cooperation.” Participants included 20 heads of state from Africa and five from South America. Earlier ASA summits were held in Nigeria in 2006 and Venezuela in 2009. [...]
International Women’s Alliance: Fight capitalism, imperialism
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The International Women’s Alliance is a global alliance of grassroots-based women’s organizations, institutions, alliances, networks and individuals committed to moving forward the liberation of women. For more information, go to internationalwomensalliance.wordpress.com. Read the entire Feb. 25 statement at workers.org. The International Women’s Alliance calls on women all over the globe to advance their ongoing struggles [...]
From Cuba’s revolutionary government on Hugo Chávez: Farewell, Commander
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Editor March 7, 2013 » Add the first comment.
The following statement was released on March 5, 2013. It was with profound and searing grief that our people and the Revolutionary Government learned about the decease of President Hugo Chávez Frías and are therefore preparing to pay a heartfelt and patriotic tribute to him, for he will go down in history as a Hero [...]
Hugo Chávez Frías ¡Presente!
Taken from a March 5, 2013, audio recording from prisonradio.org. He came from humble beginnings from among the teeming millions in Venezuelan poverty and joined the army as much to make a living as to serve the people. He and a group of mid-level military officers staged an unsuccessful coup in February, 1992 against the [...]
