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Zimbabwe defies WestZimbabwe defies West

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 TunisiaMass demonstrations, strikes follow political assassination in Tunisia

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

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

Zimbabwe sets elections to end coalition rule

The Southern African nation of Zimbabwe will hold “harmonized elections” on July 31. Registered voters will select local and national…

July 25, 2013

Cuba, si! U.S. racism, no!

As the Black community and others reel still from the unjust and racist verdict allowing a killer to walk free,…

July 24, 2013

U.S. and British postal workers fight privatization

A British parliamentary spokesperson announced on May 13 that the world's oldest postal service would be privatized this fall.  Royal…

July 23, 2013