Slain 18-year-old Ferguson, MO resident Michael Brown was laid to rest on Aug. 25. The funeral was a local and national event with thousands in attendance. Brown was killed by a white police officer Darren…
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For the First Time in Canadian History from the Native Point of View, … This week’s anti-fracking protest has put Canada’s First Nations at the forefront of Canada’s political life, injecting spirit back into our…
Part I Global banks: a continuous series of scandals Despite some stabilisation in the financial markets by the time the first wave of the crisis had come to an end (2007-2009), global…
The 1963 Mass Struggles Advanced the Cause of Civil Rights: From Birmingham to Detroit and Washington, D.C., the people set the world stage In 1963, despite the tremendous campaigns aimed at breaking down legalized segregation and…
One of the few growth industries in the USA today are prisons. They are becoming money-making institutions, and profits are rising. New ones are being built and old ones expanded to hold all the new…
Economic downturns, imperialist militarism and labor unrest are a reflection of the world capitalist crisis Despite the claims by the capitalist governments internationally and their apologists in the corporate media, the world economic crisis is…
To Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a U.S. election is a race Israel should try to win. As someone who spent many of his young years in the United States, both as a student…
Why Americans Must End America’s Self-Generating Wars The most urgent political challenge to the world today is how to prevent the so-called “pax Americana” from progressively degenerating, like the 19th-century so-called “pax Britannica” before it,…
This year marks the 33rd anniversary of Black August, the annual commemoration of the liberation struggle of African people inside the United States. The month of celebration and reflection was initiated by political prisoners, many…
The Presidency of the General Assembly at the United Nations this year is held by the former Ambassador from Qatar, Nassir Abdulaziz al Nasser. On Thursday, April 5, the President (PGA) held an informal plenary…