Worldnotes - May 31, 2008
Venezuela: Solidarity = medical education Iraq: U.S. military jails children, report charges Philippines: Activists see less role for coal Italy: Green light for persecution Niger: Report highlights disparities Cuba: Energy revolution bears fruit
Worldnotes - May 24, 2008
Cuba: International Day Against Homophobia South Africa: Protecting water rights Israel: Different health outcomes Brazil: Environment takes a hit Canada: Victims confront multinational giant Australia: Coal mine canary dies
Worldnotes - May 17, 2008
Nicaragua: Emergency food summit India: Food protests planned Turkey: May Day police violence Somalia: U.S. and Ethiopia blamed Cuba: Cuban Five remembered
Worldnotes - May 10, 2008
UN: World hunger is top priority Afghanistan: U.S. troops tortured prisoners Chile: Strike riles copper giant Morocco: Factory fire kills workers Japan: Court rejects military role in Iraq
Milton Wolff, last Lincoln Brigade Commander
Milton Wolff, a perennial symbol of U.S. working-class internationalism, died Jan. 14 in California at age 92. Born in Brooklyn of immigrant parents, the last commander of the Washington-Lincoln Brigades that fought fascism in Spain was a man of charisma and intelligence.
Tribunals examine U.S. role in Colombia
In Colombia, four million people have been forced from their homes and land. Poverty is rampant: almost 24 percent of Colombians earn less than two dollars a day; 65 percent, less than three dollars daily; 40 percent of the children don’t attend school.
India's Communists decontaminate a radioactive deal
On Oct. 12, India’s Congress Party threw in the towel. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the leader of the United Progressive Alliance, Sonia Gandhi, said they would step back from the U.S.-India nuclear deal.
Iraqi Communist Party Mourns Dr. Naziha al-Dulaimi
The Central Committee of the Iraqi Communist Party has mourned the passing away of the prominent patriotic Iraqi woman, comrade Dr. Naziha al-Dulaimi, who died on Tuesday morning, 9 October 2007, in hospital in Germany.
Key civil liberties case on trial
DALLAS — One of the most important civil liberties trials in recent times has been under way here since July 26. Each day, government prosecutors inundate the jury with evidence of the Holy Land Foundation’s involvement in providing assistance to the suffering people of Palestine without any mention of actual crimes.
