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U.S. sanctions aim to starve Zimbabwe into submission

President Barack Obama’s administration, utilizing the Office of Foreign Assets Control, announced on March 2 the extension, for another year,…

March 25, 2016

Women and the Nicaraguan Revolution

Thousands of women fighters transformed gender roles within the context of the Nicaraguan Revolution and the Sandinista National Liberation Front…

March 24, 2016

Hillary Clinton has blood on her hands

On March 15, just days after the assassination of Indigenous leader Berta Cáceres, news surfaced that one of her comrades,…

March 23, 2016

U.S. atop NATO’s chain of command

March 15 -- There is a new supreme allied commander in Europe, U.S. Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, chosen according to…

March 23, 2016

Palestine supporters protest AIPAC

By David Card and Colleen Gillan Washington, D.C. -- The American Israel Public Affairs Committee held its annual conference in…

March 22, 2016

17 years after war — Yugoslavia again protesting NATO

On March 24, 1999, the U.S. led its European NATO allies in a 78-day bombing campaign targeting Serbia in order…

March 22, 2016

Cuban foreign minister says blockade still intact

March 21 -- Despite positive steps, the U.S. blockade of Cuba continues intact. That’s how Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez…

March 21, 2016

China, U.S. and global warming, part 3: Coal miners in crisis

In this series, we’ve compared the response to global warming by the Chinese and U.S. governments. With roughly one-fifth of…

March 21, 2016

Hillary Clinton has Hondurans’ blood on her hands

On March 15, just days after the assassination of Indigenous leader Berta Cáceres, news surfaced that one of her comrades,…

March 19, 2016

Unable to prevail through ground war, U.S. bombs Somalia

On March 7, the Pentagon announced it had killed 150 members of the al-Shabab [“the youth”] guerrilla movement in a…

March 17, 2016