Coffee Brigade will harvest peace, justice and coffee in Colombia
Alliance for Global Justice, at the invitation of the Astracatol agricultural workers union of Tolima, Colombia, is organizing a Just Peace Coffee Brigade to help farming families bring in their coffee harvests.
Communists join Nepal government
After weeks of negotiations, Nepal has a government in which the Communists are equal partners with the leading centrist political party and top vote getter.
Major media manipulates Venezuela coverage
The big demonstrations and counter demonstrations in Venezuela have been covered in the U.S. and international press and media, but how they are covered is a major issue.
Is Ukraine one “regime change” too many?
Broader issues than Ukraine are at stake; like it or not, the United States can benefit from a cooperative relationship with Putin's Russia.
“Giant” Fernando Gonzalez, Cuban Five prisoner, is home
At the airport, Gonzalez' wife Rosa Aurora, mother Magali Llort, and two sisters were the first to greet him. Cuban Five prisoner Rene Gonzalez, in Cuba since 2013, was also there.
Ukrainian ultra-rightists given major cabinet posts in government
The Svoboda Party has scored six cabinet ministries in the government of Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Thursday. Svoboda is an ultra-right, anti-Semitic, Russophobic party with its base of support in the Western Ukraine.
Ukrainian Communists: Defend constitution vs. ultra-right, privatizers
Demonstrators in Kiev and other areas of Ukraine have apparently succeeded in ousting President Victor Yanukovych from the presidential mansion.
EU promises loans to Ukraine for Greek-style austerity
Several European foreign affairs ministers are promising to help Ukraine obtain a loan from the International Monetary Fund.
Canadian right trying to copycat U.S.-style voter suppression
The right-wing Conservative Party government of Stephen Harper is trying to push through U.S. Republican-style voter suppression legislation in Canada.
Ukraine: Arrest warrant issued for fugitive President Yanukovych
Ukraine's coup government issued an arrest warrant for Viktor Yanukovych yesterday, holding him responsible for the deadly clampdown on fascist violence in Kiev.
