Latin Americans celebrate putting brakes on neo-liberal agenda
The Bolivarian countries have made great advances in fighting poverty, inequality and racial and gender discrimination as well as improving schools, health care and housing for their people.
Letter from China: "Hello teacher"
"What are public schools like in China; are they very strict; what subjects do they teach at different levels; how do they compare with American schools?"
Posts from Paris: Unions act on climate change
This morning I joined the international union movement and 10,000 others to form the Human Chain for the Climate.
"Paris, a beacon of hope": Words of solidarity as COP 21 opens
Leaders from all over the world gathered today in the suburb of Le Bourget for the opening of the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 21).
After Keystone XL: Why the Paris climate summit could be different
For the first time, leaders from the advanced capitalist countries and those of the emerging economies seem to be on the same page when it comes to the urgency of slowing climate change.
Argentina Elections: Right wins presidency, struggle goes on
In a blow to the left, right wing candidate, Mauricio Macri, beat Daniel Scioli, the candidate of the ruling leftist Front, by 51.4 percent to 48.6 percent.
Today in history: International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women
A staggering one in three women have experienced physical or sexual violence in their lifetime - a pandemic of global proportions.
Portugal: Socialist government takes power with Left support
Antonio Luis Santos da Costa of the Socialist Party, forms a government with the support of the Communist, Ecologist (Green) and Left Bloc deputies in the national parliament.
Restraint and cooperation needed in the fight against terrorists
It's time for justice, peace, and a heightened appreciation of the preciousness of life.
Saudi Arabia is stumbling
Its first stumble was a strategic decision last fall to undermine competitors by upping oil production and, thus, lowering the price.
