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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

Louise Michel and the Paris Commune of 1871

Paris, March 18, 1871. The National Guard, the workers’ militia that was defending Paris from the besieging Prussian Army, rang…

March 17, 2016

German voting — Who won, who lost?

Berlin Bulletin No. 108, March 16 -- Although readers in the United States and elsewhere are watching voting results there…

March 17, 2016

Marching on International Women’s Day: Women globalize struggle for equality

Solidarity and struggle form the essence of International Women’s Day, as intended by its European socialist founders in 1910. Although…

March 17, 2016

Rallies demand freedom for Aafia Siddiqui

In Boston on March 8 and in New York City on March 11, the first two of four national rallies…

March 16, 2016