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Reflections on the recent fire in Bucharest

By Jose Luis Forneo Bucharest, Romania Nov. 1 -- The fire two nights ago at Club Colectiv in Bucharest has…

November 5, 2015

Cuba: The CDRs at 55

By Ildefonso Gustavo Díaz Sandoval Artemisa, Cuba On Jan. 1, 1959, a very important event took place in Cuba: the…

November 4, 2015

Anti-immigrant law protested in North Carolina

By BlackGirlRedStar Raleigh, N.C. Activists gathered in front of North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s mansion on Oct. 29 to protest…

November 2, 2015

‘Escalate the flames’ of Palestinian Intifada

The following statement was issued Oct. 21 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in response to the…

October 26, 2015

Rainer Rupp about ‘Able Archer,’ his work in NATO headquarters, the Syrian War and the conflict with Russia

Sept. 19, 2015 In the early 1990s he was “most wanted.” The Attorney General at that time called it the…

October 16, 2015

NCEJN issues position on climate change for summit meeting

The North Carolina Environmental Justice Network issued the following statement in anticipation of its Summit meeting in Whitakers, N.C., on…

October 15, 2015

From a mariner, lessons of El Faro

Every merchant seafarer has, at one point or another, sailed on what we call a "rust bucket." It is pretty…

October 15, 2015

Honor Black history, not Confederate shrines

We publish here the statement of Ana Edwards, chair of the Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project of the Defenders for…

September 22, 2015

Pro-Cuba group calls on Obama to free U.S. political prisoners

Organizers of the “Days of Action Against the Blockade of Cuba,” which took place this past week in Washington, D.C.,…

September 21, 2015

Look to the heavens: A visit with communists of the Ghost Brigade

By Susann Witt-Stahl Junge Welt, Sept. 12 Ukrainian positions are just 500 meters away. "In the first light of dawn,…

September 18, 2015