Amid Haiti election dispute, ex-President Aristide under house arrest
There is a great degree of suspiciousness about how announced legislative elections for October 26 will be carried out.
Education counter-revolution in England sounds awfully familiar
The Conservative-led coalition government in the UK has embarked on a "shock therapy" deregulatory binge across the English education sector.
Targeted Ukrainian Communist cites right-wing terror, democratic collapse
The leader of the Ukrainian Communist Party, Petro Symonenko, was the target of a murder attempt by far-right militiamen on 16th May in Kiev.
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.
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela: 1918 - 2013
The world mouns the passing of elder statemen and freedom fighter, Nelson Mandela.
Sudan Communists call for push against Al Bashir
Grassroots protests against the despotic regime of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al Bashir continue, and the government is feeling its hold slipping.
U.S. influence figures in Honduran presidential race
Honduras chooses a president on November 24, and Xiomara Castro, candidate of the new Liberty and Refoundation Party (Libre) is running. Three U.S. congresspersons have some election advice for Secretary of State John Kerry.
Iranian mothers appeal for clemency for sons
Before the ink is even dry on the confirmation of Hassan Rouhani as the new president of Iran, the Islamic Republic continues to carry out barbaric and meaningless executions.
Labor a big part of protests in 77 Turkish cities
The Istanbul Gezi Park protests have been coordinated by a broad coalition called "Taksim Solidarity," which is composed of 117 different constituent groups, including trade unions.
U.S. must recognize Venezuela's elections
The facts surrounding the voting process and election outcome in Venezuela demonstrate that U.S. refusal to recognize Maduro has nothing to do with the U.S.'s alleged concerns for democracy, but rather, its complete disdain for it.
