Journal of Peace and Freedom

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. [...]

By Jim Smith
Down (abajo) goes the economy. In comes Barack Obama. Can he charm the economy into reviving? Is he embracing Corporate America while turning his back on the left-leaning people who elected him? Is it a trap that the rich have cleverly lured him into?
Half way through his first hundred days in office, [...]

With a link to the podcast of the discussion on this topic:
http://tinyurl.com/anfllz
By Jim Smith
In the days to come, Barack Obama may look back on his election victory as a mixed blessing if the economy continues its nose dive.
At least, readers of the Free Venice Beachhead who heeded my article, last year, on the economy [...]

by Dan La Botz
The world appears to be on the verge of an economic crisis and, if it turns out to be as serious as some think, one that could rival or exceed the great panics of the late nineteenth century and the decade-long Great Depression. The crisis began with unscrupulous mortgage lending on [...]

By Jim Smith
Slavery existed long before capitalism. As primitive tribes, which once roamed the earth, grew larger they developed a social division of labor. Some of the tribal members became rulers and priests and others became full-time hunters and/or fighters. When members of competing tribes were captured, they often became slaves.
What we call the “ancient” [...]

By Dr. Osvaldo Martinez Martinez
Speech delivered by Dr. Osvaldo Martinez Martinez, member of the National Assembly of People’s Power and Director of the Center for Research on the World Economy, at the International Meeting of Workers Against Neoliberalism and Globalization.
Havana Convention Center, Cuba
August 6, 1997
Comrades of the presidium, comrades participating in the International Meeting of [...]