By Jean-Pierre Lemaire
I would like to make some comments on the recent strike movement, then try to draw some political conclusions that are valid for the present and the future. First, we have witnessed the first phase of a movement that is
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Thousands of West Papuan villagers have rebelled against the giant Freeport gold and copper mine in the Indonesian-occupied western half of New Guinea. The uprising caused extensive damage to the mine and forced its closure for
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On March 5, the US Senate voted 74 to 22 in favour of a final compromise version of legislation tightening the US embargo on Cuba and punishing other countries that trade with Cuba. The US House of Representatives passed the package, known as the
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Beijing and US threaten war in TaiwanBeijing has launched another series of missile "tests" and military exercises near Taiwan, using live ammunition this time and endangering air and sea transport in the area. The US
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Looking from the tall hill called "El Cerro" on the western side of Montevideo harbour, you can see the destruction which neo-liberalism has brought to Uruguay. Wealth has been orientated towards speculation rather than
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By Jennifer Thompson The immediate costs of the four suicide bombings carried out in the last fortnight by groups in the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) are plain to see. While the Israeli political establishment has
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AIDS: Is the Cuban strategy working? By Karen Wald [This article is a response to a letter in GLW #215 from Ken Davis, criticising an article by Karen Wald in issue 214.] I wish I had time to answer individually and promptly all the people, like Ken
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President Ernesto Samper of Colombia is struggling to hold on to power amidst increasing evidence that his 1994 election campaign was financed by the drug cartels. LUIS AUGUSTO GARCÍA GUERERO of the Camilista Union — National Liberation Army
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On February 26, Cuban Television interviewed JUAN PABLO ROQUE, a pilot from the anti-Cuban US group Brothers to the Rescue. The following transcript of the interview was translated by MERRI ANSARA. Question: In the last few hours the Cuban Foreign
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By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — International outrage is spreading following the February 6 arrest of Russian environmental activist Alexander Nikitin on charges of "betraying the motherland by espionage". A former naval captain, Nikitin was employed in
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By Norman Solomon The news should have caused a national uproar. In a decision with momentous implications, the new World Trade Organisation ruled that the US law known as the Clean Air Act is unacceptable because of restrictions it places on
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By Norm Dixon The premier of South Africa's North West Province, Popo Molefe, signed an agreement with leaders of Cuba's Santiago de Cuba province on February 26 that will lead to exchanges in the fields of education, health, culture, sport,