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Jorge Risquet: Cuban revolutionary leader, ¡presente!Jorge Risquet: Cuban revolutionary leader, ¡presente!

Jorge Risquet: Cuban revolutionary leader, ¡presente!

Jorge Risquet Valdés-Saldaña, a leading figure in the formation of the Communist Party of Cuba and vital to numerous heroic…

October 8, 2015
Protesters denounce war criminal PoroshenkoProtesters denounce war criminal Poroshenko

Protesters denounce war criminal Poroshenko

Undeterred by rain, New Yorkers came out to protest a speech by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on the campus of…

October 8, 2015
INDONESIA 1965: Lessons of a catastrophic defeatINDONESIA 1965: Lessons of a catastrophic defeat

INDONESIA 1965: Lessons of a catastrophic defeat

Who wants to study defeats? It is much more satisfactory to study victories. To read about conquering heroes instead of…

October 7, 2015
TPP spells corporate greedTPP spells corporate greed

TPP spells corporate greed

Atlanta was the location for what was billed as the final, “make it or break it” negotiating session of an…

October 7, 2015
U.S. targeted, bombed Afghan hospitalU.S. targeted, bombed Afghan hospital

U.S. targeted, bombed Afghan hospital

Oct. 5 -- Two days after a U.S. airstrike targeted and destroyed a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, 10 patients and…

October 6, 2015
Russia, Iran give international assistance to SyriaRussia, Iran give international assistance to Syria

Russia, Iran give international assistance to Syria

Oct. 5 -- Does Syria have the right to defend its sovereignty from imperialist conquest and its population from the…

October 6, 2015
Syriza re-elected in Greece as EU runs economySyriza re-elected in Greece as EU runs economy

Syriza re-elected in Greece as EU runs economy

Shortly before the Sept. 20 national elections in Greece, it became clear that a European Union bureaucrat from the Netherlands…

October 4, 2015
FARC, Bogotá sign historic accordFARC, Bogotá sign historic accord

FARC, Bogotá sign historic accord

After more than two years of dialogue over ending the armed conflict between the FARC-EP revolutionaries and the Colombian government,…

October 1, 2015
U.N. summit fails world’s poorU.N. summit fails world’s poor

U.N. summit fails world’s poor

Imagine an international gathering at the United Nations reporting after 15 years of meetings that it had achieved none of…

September 29, 2015
In a first, Raul Castro speaks to U.N.In a first, Raul Castro speaks to U.N.

In a first, Raul Castro speaks to U.N.

On his first visit to the United States, Cuban President Raúl Castro’s full schedule at the United Nations General Assembly…

September 29, 2015