International

  • Many Armenians were disappointed when President Obama failed to use the word "genocide" in a statement last week. May 1, 2009

  • Stepping outside our hotel in Tbilisi one night, we encountered a pro-democracy occupation of the avenue in front of the Georgian parliament. April 29, 2009

  • The Mexican swine flu, probably conceived in the fecal mire of an industrial pigsty, is suddenly threatening to give the whole world a fever. April 27, 2009

  • The founding of the New Anti-Capitalist Party in France marks an attempt to meet the opportunities for socialists presented by the political situation. April 20, 2009

  • Red-shirted anti-government protesters in Thailand are confronting Army troops as demonstrations against the right-wing regime escalate. April 14, 2009

  • Serious issues loom about how the Obama administration made the decision to use lethal military force against Somali "pirates." April 14, 2009

  • Prominent South Asian activists are calling on the Sri Lankan government to end its latest assault on the country's Tamil minority. April 13, 2009

  • North Korea's rocket launch was condemned as a "provocative act" by American officials. But when it comes to Israel, the U.S. is silent. April 7, 2009

  • The G20 summit was supposed to find solutions to the crisis, but it was clear long before it ended that world leaders wouldn't rise to the challenge. April 3, 2009

  • The parents of a U.S. peace activist killed by Israeli forces describe what they saw on a trip to Gaza: the devastating consequences of Israel's war. April 1, 2009

  • A lawyer and antiwar activist describes what he saw as part of a National Lawyers Guild delegation to Gaza to investigate the impact of Israel's 22-day war. March 27, 2009

  • Canada has denied entry to left-wing activist and British MP George Galloway on "national security" grounds, but Galloway is vowing to be heard. March 25, 2009

  • General strikes in two French colonies in the Caribbean have won sweeping victories--and emboldened workers elsewhere. March 20, 2009

  • A mass movement has defied repression to force the restoration of Pakistan's chief justice--and has shaken the rule of President Asif Ali Zardari. March 17, 2009

  • Widespread anger over the economic and social decay opened the way for a party led by former leftist guerrillas to win El Salvador's top office. March 17, 2009

  • Something special took place when members of the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union refused to unload a ship carrying Israeli cargo. March 17, 2009

  • A resident of Gaza City describes conditions after Israel's 22-day war--and the message Palestinians want to send to the emerging global solidarity struggle. March 9, 2009

  • Pakistan has been rocked by angry protests since the Supreme Court ruled that the country's main opposition political leader is ineligible to hold elected office. March 5, 2009

  • The firing of a supermarket worker for allegedly stealing $1.63 has exposed the greed of Corporate Germany. March 3, 2009

  • Five years after a paramilitary coup in Haiti that toppled Jean-Bertrand Aristide, international intervention has meant more poverty and instability. February 27, 2009

  • Hugo Chávez won a national referendum to remove term limits, but will his Bolivarian Revolution be able to survive the crisis? February 25, 2009

  • The Sri Lankan military is intensifying its war on the country's Tamil minority--but the international media have focused on the violence of the resistance. February 18, 2009

  • Labor activists are calling on workers to show solidarity with Palestinians by supporting boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel. February 18, 2009

  • The reason Jamiu Omikunle was unlawfully detained and threatened with deportation wasn't so much the validity of his visa as the color of his skin. February 17, 2009

  • The financial turmoil that began in the U.S. has spread from country to country in Europe--and is sparking mass protest on a scale not seen in decades. February 13, 2009