Documentaries critical of the Iraq war have been coming out for some time now, most of them made by independent filmmakers. But now Hollywood is getting into the act with… Read more »
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Partitioning Iraq – a U.S. “solution” that would spell disaster for the region
The U.S. Senate voted in September in favor of subdividing Iraq into ethnic/sectarian regions. Ignoring condemnation from Iraqis, even U.S. cohorts in the puppet government, the legislators crowed over their… Read more »
Victory for the First Amendment: Palestinian immigrants thwart 20-year effort by U.S. to deport them for their radical views
On Oct. 31, 2007, the LA 8 scored a hard-earned and long sought victory for the First Amendment rights of immigrants when the Board of Immigration Appeals dropped all deportation… Read more »
Pakistan: the only solution is workers’ power
Ever since last summer, when Pakistani dictator General Pervez Musharraf stepped up arrests of political opponents, each round of increased repression has been met with greater resistance to his abuse… Read more »
Israel’s genocidal siege of the Gaza Strip stokes fires of Palestinian resistance
Spirits lifted last January when most of an 8.5-mile wall between the Gaza Strip and Egypt came tumbling down and Palestinian women led the way across the border — to… Read more »
Oct. 11 actions: new anti-war leadership coming to the fore
October 11. It’s a fine day for everybody opposed to war to come out and be counted! The date marks six years since Congress authorized invading Iraq. And seven years… Read more »
Iran: what’s the real goal of U.S. saber-rattling?
Threats of war against Iran rise and fade by the hour. Aircraft carriers and destroyers and submarines steam toward the Persian Gulf. Congress almost passes House Resolution 362, whose added… Read more »
Israeli invasion of Gaza appalls the world
Israel reached new depths in its 60 years of murder and maltreatment of the Palestinian people on Dec. 27. The first day of aerial bombardment was its most lethal attack… Read more »
Labor Weather Report: a glance at how some workers and their unions are faring in the class struggle
February 2009: Ukraine: plant takeover Combine builders occupy a factory to get back wages. A workers’ council forms and demands nationalization of the plant without compensation to the owners, as… Read more »
La relación entre Israel y los Estados Unidos: ¿Quién manda? ¿Puede la cola menear al perro?
La blitzkrieg de Israel en Gaza el invierno pasado, como todas sus otras agresiones contra los palestinos, fue posible gracias al enorme apoyo financiero de EEUU para Israel, aproximadamente $3,000… Read more »
