Canadian lawmaker urges government to bar Cheney
Canadian legislator Don Davies is asking his government to deny the entry of Dick Cheney into Canada because the former U.S. vice president enagaged in torture, genocide and human rights vioaltions.
British trade unionists come out for Cuba and the Cuban Five
From the vantage point of Cuban solidarity activists in the U.S., U.K. trade unionists deserve special credit because they've taken the lead in speaking out for the Cuba Five in Britain.
Mexican labor officials meet with Congress about worker abuses
Workers in Mexico are facing repression from the Mexican government and corporations, and more and more working people in Mexico are being driven into poverty.
With walruses on thin ice, Shell pursues Arctic drilling
As global warming threatens the wellbeing of Alaskan walruses, the government has exacerbated the issue.
Slovak government on anti-communist rampage
New legislation could end up sending members of the country's Communist Party and other leftists to prison for up to three years because of their beliefs and speech.
Mexico: New government attacks against electrical workers
The Mexican government under President Felipe Calderon, of the right wing National Action Party, has launched a new attack on the militant Mexican Electrical Workers Union.
Fight to end sex trafficking
One of the most significant scourges worldwide is the ongoing exploitation and sexual abuse of over 2 million girls, and sometimes boys, through sex trafficking.
Norway terror exposes Europe's far right
Breivik blames multicultural policies and "Marxists," as well as feminism and women in general for this coming catastrophe.
Amidst violence, Guatemala heads for Sept. elections
Guatemala is the second most violent country in the Western Hemisphere (after Colombia) and the election campaign is shaping up to be violent also. Iit is not clear to what degree poor and working class Guatemalans, or the 40 percent of the Guatemalans who are indigenous Mayas, can hope for a positive outcome.
Chile's right-wing president on the ropes
Right-wing President Sebastian Piñera's popularity rate is at 31 percent, down from 63 percent approval months earlier.
