“Arab Spring, Libyan Winter” has timely lessons for NATO summit
A timely new book, "Arab Spring, Libyan WInter," provides a short, information-rich guide to what the NATO controversy is all about.
Difficult days ahead for Afghanistan and U.S.
Without a new strategy - not the slow downsizing of the Afghanistan war over the next decade - there will indeed be difficult days ahead.
Portuguese government to unemployed: “There’s the door!”
Portugal's prime minister, Pedro Passos Coelho, of the right-wing Social Democratic Party, shocked many on Dec. 18.
Bring the troops home from Afghanistan
The American people know that to stop the killing in Afghanistan there is only one option: get all the U.S. troops out of there.
Iran, Israel and the U.S.: the slide to war
Wars are fought because some people decide it is in their interests to fight them.
What American workers can learn from Greek crisis
The situation in Greece is not unlike the dilemma facing workers in a multinational-owned factory that seems doomed to being moved overseas.
“A Separation”: revelatory film about life in contemporary Iran
The movie deserves its Oscar buzz as best foreign film. As with any good artistic experience, moviegoers are transformed as they watch.
Egypt's new labor movement comes of age
The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions has just announced to Egypt and the world that it has come of age.
Guantanamo anniversaries, sorrows and struggle
The United States is wrong on Guantanamo in two ways: The occupation of the base violates international law, and prisoners have been tortured and abused.
Cuban-style health care in America? Yes we can
Despite the valiant attempts by progressive Democrats to pass universal health care, we got the Affordable Care Act that still leaves several million uninsured.
