France

Charlie Hebdo, the free press and racism

How do we put in perspective the international media focus on the massacre of 12 journalists in Paris on Jan.…

January 13, 2015

Meeting in Harlem says Black lives matter, from Ferguson to West Africa

Harlem, N.Y. -- An all day rainstorm could not keep people from attending a Solidarity Rally Against Ebola, Stigma and…

December 18, 2014

Xmas 1914: When rank and file imposed truce during imperialist war

The “Christmas Truce of 1914” was a short-lived, unofficial lull in combat between two antagonistic rival forces, determined to exercise…

December 16, 2014

Imperialism and the Ebola epidemic

Despite the international media attention focused on the latest and most widespread Ebola Virus Disease outbreak, there are contradictory reports…

December 4, 2014

Protests over police violence sweep France

Rémi Fraisse was killed by an “offensive grenade” used by French cops Oct. 26 during a protest against a dam…

November 20, 2014

Europe anti-labor law threatens U.S. workers too

In a rare note of agreement, the Wall Street Journal and Novosti, a Russian newspaper, agree on the large size…

October 30, 2014

Haiti mourns loss of trial as ‘Baby Doc’ dies

Any Haitians with a progressive bone in their body regretted Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier’s Oct. 4 death. They would have preferred…

October 14, 2014

Haiti: A tenacious resistance arises

For over a month now, the residents of Petit Goâve, a small city on the southwest coast of Haiti, have…

September 27, 2014

U.S. forces Irish bank to accept Cuba blockade

“The banks are a tool of Wall Street rule!” Is this political accusation just an abstract, educational slogan? Not in…

September 1, 2014

An assassination that announced World War I

July 31 — One hundred years ago today a brutal assassination announced the outbreak of World War I. No, it…

August 8, 2014