Reasons to challenge Veolia

I. History of bribery, corruption and embezzlement Once part of the massive and financially troubled Vivendi Universal empire, in 2002…

October 16, 2013

Political roots of the shutdown/debt-ceiling crisis

Oct. 15 — Articles in the capitalist press say that big business is losing its sway with the Republican Party.…

October 16, 2013

El significado del Proceso de Paz colombiano

Este último año, Colombia ha ­estado repleta de eventos históricos. Paros agrarios, negociaciones de paz, consultas populares, grandes manifestaciones estudiantiles,…

October 16, 2013

Hundreds attend funeral to honor political prisoner Herman Wallace

New Orleans — Amid tears as well as laughter, family, friends, comrades and former Black Panthers at the Tremé Community Center…

October 14, 2013

U.S. raids in Africa spark protest

U.S. military forces intervened in the African states of Libya and Somalia on Oct. 5 under the guise of waging…

October 14, 2013

Food poisoning & gov’t shutdown

After eating chicken dinners, at least 317 people have been hit by nausea, headaches and fevers in a 20-state salmonella…

October 14, 2013

Atlanta march demands: ‘End deportations!’

Thousands of immigrants and their allies rallied in front of the Georgia state Capitol on Oct. 5 to take part…

October 13, 2013

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 20

Did communal society survive Europe’s Agricultural Revolution? Was there a golden age of woman-centered peace and plenty during the Neolithic…

October 13, 2013

NICE says ‘Pay us our wages!’

Immigrant workers at Well-S Inc. construction company, who are owed $94,000 in back wages and damages, have been fighting their…

October 13, 2013

The crime at Lampedusa Island

A boat crowded with 500 refugees that had left from a port in Libya foundered off Italy’s Lampedusa island, located…

October 11, 2013