By Bill Wilson, Net Right Daily. Iceland is free. And it will remain so, so long as her people wish to remain autonomous of the foreign domination of her would-be masters – in this case, international bankers.
Continue reading →By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Twelve police officers pumped over 100 rounds on Monday May 30, 2011 into Raymond Hérissé, who had turned 22 on March 1. Raymond Hérissé was the son of a hardworking Haitian woman.
Continue reading →By Toluwa Olusegun, IPS. Lagos, Nigeria – The sectarian crisis and recent violence by extremist groups, like the June 16, 2011 bomb blast on the Nigerian Police Headquarters, were borne out of anger at prevailing economic conditions rather than religious frustration.
Continue reading →By Jean-Guy Allard, Argenpress | Translated by Natasha Mann, Watching America | Haiti Chery. Six youths from segregated neighborhoods in Miami have become victims of fatal police shootings within the last 10 months, without even one investigation report having been filed, or one police officer accused, even of criminal negligence.
Continue reading →By Staff, Raw Story | Wayne Madsen, Russia Times. Two former Blackwater employees were sentenced to 30-37 months in prison for killing Romal Mohammad Naiem, an unarmed Afghan civilian.
Continue reading →By Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report. After so many injuries to Haiti over so many years, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) now insults the living and the dead with a report that questions how many people died in the quake, and how many remain in camps for the displaced.
Continue reading →By Staff, Dominican Today | Radio Rebelde | |Ian James, Valley News. A recently-instaled Venezuelan-Cuban undersea cable will begin operating in July. The cable connects Cuba to the Internet via both Venezuela and Jamaica. An extension is planned to reach Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Continue reading →By Dan Coughlin and Kim Ives, The Nation. Contractors for Fruit of the Loom, Hanes, and Levi’s worked in close concert with the US Embassy when they aggressively moved to block a minimum wage increase for Haitian assembly zone workers, the lowest-paid in the hemisphere, according to secret State Department cables. (English | French)
Continue reading →Press Release, Oakland Institute. “The same financial firms that drove us into a global recession by inflating the real estate bubble through risky financial maneuvers are now doing the same with the world’s food supply.”
Continue reading →By Staff Writers Terra Daily Veterinarian Belinda Burwell, on one hand, counsels people about how to treat lost or hurt animals they find in the wild. On the other, she takes in orphaned animals as patients at her rural rehabilitation … Continue reading →
By William Blum, Consortium News. The U.S. government’s half-century campaign to discredit and destroy Cuba’s experiment with socialism has had many ruthless aspects, but perhaps none more so than efforts to disparage and damage the Caribbean island’s widely admired health-care system.
Continue reading →Editorial, Granma. In the war against Libya, Washington is simultaneously pursuing several objectives: taking control of oil, protecting the safety of Israel, preventing the liberation of the Arab world, hindering African unity, and setting up NATO as Africa’s watchdog.
Continue reading →By Dan Coughlin and Kim Ives The Nation Préval’s dramatic inauguration day oil deal won high marks from many Haitians, who had demonstrated against high oil prices and the lack of electricity. But it ushered in a multiyear geopolitical battle … Continue reading →
By Suvendrini Kakuchi, Inter Press Service | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. In Japan, the convergence of interests for humans and the natural world make interesting food for thought.
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