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South Africa commemorates National Women’s Day

August 9 was the anniversary of the 1956 Women’s March on Pretoria, an event that attracted 20,000 women to protest…

August 18, 2013

‘U.S.-Russia’ confrontation more than rhetoric

After President Barack Obama cancelled the summit meeting set for September, he explained it by saying that since Vladimir Putin…

August 15, 2013

Imperialists struggle to restore ‘stability’ in Egypt

After military’s fascist crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood Aug. 5 — U.S. and European diplomats, along with emissaries from Saudi Arabia,…

August 8, 2013

Zimbabwe defies West

Africa’s ZANU-PF wins in landslide Zimbabwe held national harmonized elections on July 31 that returned President Robert Mugabe to office…

August 8, 2013

Russia grants Snowden asylum

Despite U.S. threats to retaliate, the Russian Federation government on Aug. 1 granted whistle-blower Edward Snowden temporary sanctuary. Snowden left…

August 7, 2013

Henri Alleg: 1921 – 2013

Henri Alleg was a journalist’s journalist. Of French-Algerian ancestry, he witnessed the horrors and brutalities of the Algerian War personally.…

August 1, 2013

Mass demonstrations, strikes follow political assassination in Tunisia

Tunisian workers and youth shut down the North African country on July 26, when the largest trade union federation and…

July 31, 2013

Syria: U.S. war policy at a crossroads

Despite CIA coordination of training operations in Jordan and safe havens in Turkey and despite countless reports in the corporate…

July 31, 2013

U.S.’s Syria policy at crossroads as ‘rebels’ near collapse

Despite CIA coordination of training operations in Jordan and safe havens in Turkey and despite countless reports in the corporate…

July 29, 2013

Report from 60th anniversary celebration of Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea

Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea -- Even on normal days, this magnificent city proudly wears its history on its…

July 29, 2013