Depleted Uranium strikes friends and foes alike in Libya

International, Karl Abrams, Military/Industrial, Uncategorized - No Comments » - Posted on May, 11 at 5:32 pm

By Karl Abrams
High in the skies of Libya, NATO jets, equipped with uranium bullets and uranium-tipped missiles, are probably being used to assist Libyan rebels in toppling the regime of Muammar Gaddafy.
France, Great Britain and the US regularly employ concrete bunker-busting uranium weapons and have consistently blocked UN proposals to ban them. They won’t admit [...]

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Capitalism is the cause of climate illness! Global Movement begins the cure!

Environment, International, Military/Industrial, Ron Ridenour - No Comments » - Posted on June, 3 at 10:17 pm

By Ron Ridenour
Presenting the People’s Agreement—“mother earth does not belong to us, we belong to it”—worldwide was the first act of the Global People’s Movement for Mother Earth. This was carried out in May by Bolivia’s President Evo Morales and representative activists from five continents.
Representing 35,000 people from 147 countries, they presented the conclusions of [...]

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The crisis is not an anomaly of capitalism

Economy, International, Osvaldo Martinez, Socialism and Democracy - No Comments » - Posted on March, 25 at 7:49 pm

Interview with Osvaldo Martinez
Interviewed by Luisa Maria Gonzalez Garcia
March 18, 2009
2009 started off badly. The international economic crisis is top priority of governments, companies, international organizations and individuals whose worries have become having a roof to sleep under and food on the table.
The situation has taken by surprise many nations, but not so much Cuba. [...]

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Cuba – An Island of Mystery

International, Uncategorized - No Comments » - Posted on February, 22 at 3:59 pm

By Jim Smith
Many of us in Venice wish there were none of those developers in town who tear down perfectly good homes and bungalows just to make more money. If only all Venetians had affordable rent and lived without fear of landlords, speculators and developers.
Suppose I told you that there is a place on this [...]

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How Artists Survive In Cuba

International, The Arts - No Comments » - Posted on February, 22 at 2:56 pm

By Jim Smith
Venice is a city of artists, musicians and writers. Yet most of them get no encouragement when it comes to survival. A network of support for artists and writers exists in Cuba.
Most aspiring artists, musicians and writers go to art or music schools or major in art, music or literature at the universities [...]

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The Situation Tomorrow: A Critique of La Botz’s The Economic Crisis, the American Working Class, and the Left

International, Politics - No Comments » - Posted on March, 27 at 1:20 am

By Jim Smith
Dan La Botz’s article, The Economic Crisis, the American Working Class, and the Left: The Situation Today and the Situation in 1930, should be welcomed by socialists and labor activists. It’s easy to find fault with certain formulations and to have ideological differences with the article, but I believe its value is [...]

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