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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 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 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 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.

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

September 29, 2015

Petraeus pushes for U.S. war against Syria

War criminal and former top general, David Petraeus, testified before Congress on Sept. 22, recommending that the U.S. military should…

September 29, 2015

Ayotzinapa one year later

On Sept. 26, the first anniversary of the forced disappearance of 43 students from Ayotzinapa, thousands marched in the streets…

September 29, 2015

Behind the media praise for Pope Francis

At a time when the U.S. capitalist political establishment is in crisis, how comforting it must have been for virtually…

September 28, 2015

Deception at Volkswagen

When the news broke Sept. 18 that Volkswagen was cheating on its diesel emission controls, the economic reaction was fairly…

September 28, 2015

Houston solidarity with Syrian refugees

Hundreds of people in Houston came out on Sept. 12 to welcome Syrian refugees arriving in the city. The large,…

September 27, 2015