Poet Sunni Patterson is one of New Orleans' most beloved artists. She has performed in nearly every venue in the city, toured the US, and frequently appears on television and radio, from Democracy Now to Def Poetry Jam. When she performs her poems in local venues, half the crowd recites the... » read this article

AGUA FOR HAITI It has been 3 months since we launched the appeal for our new project, Agua for Haiti. The response from many of you has been wonderful. Our first objective (financial) for this project is to raise $4,000 which will enable us to send a full truckload of potable water... » read this article

WASHINGTON — A convicted triple murderer in a high-profile death row case had his execution date thrown out Wednesday when the governor of Ohio commuted his sentence to life in prison due to unanswered questions in the case. The move by Governor Ted Strickland comes two weeks after a parole... » read this article

The Venezuelan Government is taking concrete steps to combat a rise of criminal activity and insecurity in the country by also addressing the root cause of violence: Poverty The New York Times mistakenly headlined last week that violence in Venezuela is worse than Iraq. The sensationalist and distorted article, authored... » read this article

Dear Friends, Who are these people at the White House?? Every time there is a new US president, we have to go through farcical Arab/Israeli “peace” summits “mediated” by the US.  Both the US and Israel are in dire need for a good photo op to boost their shattered image... » read this article

August 27, 2010 - The US is attempting to extradite a 9/11 FEMA Videographer who says that the September 11 bombings of the Twin Towers (9/11) are an inside job.... » read this article

After seven years and $53bn of US reconstruction money, Baghdad still relies on slabs of ice to keep cool.On a pot-holed backstreet in eastern Baghdad, Saad Turki is sweltering under a corrugated tin roof, manning a giant pulley. The grime of yet another merciless summer day has stained his shirt... » read this article

1 September 2010 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released findings Monday on inspections carried out in late August of the facilities of two egg companies at the center of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened thousands in the US in recent months. The companies have issued recalls of more... » read this article

Originally Published on August 16, 2010 Editor's Note: His name is "Holly Wood". The State of Alabama plans to kill him on September 9. He has an IQ of about 70. In other words, he is mentally retarded. If you are thinking, "Well, there's nothing I can do." - then... » read this article

Editor's Comment: The author of the article below, James Petras, is one of those rare intellectuals in the world who understand the ubiquitous, corrupting power of Zionism within the social fabric and political life of the United States. There are many who mouth harsh words of Israel as necessary for leftist credentialing... » read this article

31 August 2010 The French government is seeking to win support from official European institutions for its racist policy of rounding up and deporting members of the Roma community. At a meeting of ambassadors held at the Hotel Matignon last week, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon announced that he had... » read this article

"Humanity must preserve itself in order to live for thousands of years," Fidel responded to Russian writer Daniel Estulin, author of the Bilderberg Club trilogy, who is visiting Havana. He stated that in relation to the visitor’s belief that in order to solve many of its problems, humanity will have... » read this article

The “Rebuild America: Jobs, Justice and Peace” march held in Detroit August 28, had nothing to do with rebuilding the devastated city, creating jobs, or achieving peace. The event, called by UAW President Bob King and the Reverend Jesse Jackson, was little more than a campaign rally for the Democratic... » read this article

“We live in paradise. Look, the people are very tranquil, the kids are growing, and we cultivate food without contamination because we know how to produce natural fertilizer from worms. And now, with solar electricity, it’s like a dream,” said the Venezuelan farmer Ramón Dávila with a smile, his solid... » read this article

Preliminary Census data is now coming out showing the effects of the recession on a macro scale.  The 2008 Census figures don’t highlight the deep capital loss that was experienced by middle class families over the last two years.  We now have data showing how deep the recession has gotten. ... » read this article

Once again, what we don't know about the erosion of rights in this country can be as bad as what we do While Americans debate and litigate the Arizona law authorizing search and seizure of anyone police "reasonably suspect" to be an illegal immigrant, U.S. immigration officials on trains and... » read this article

August 29, 2010 ROCHESTER — The Lake Shore Limited runs between Chicago and New York City without crossing the Canadian border. But when it stops at Amtrak stations in western New York State, armed Border Patrol agents routinely board the train, question passengers about their citizenship and take away noncitizens... » read this article

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 Sunni Patterson, poet and performer, gives us a heart-stopping message in verse about the injustices committed by the state in New Orleans and the strength and resolve of the people to fight for their dignity and human rights. Sunni is from the Lower Ninth Ward, but like thousands of the city’s residents has been forced... » read this article

28 August 2010 A major environmental scandal has featured in the German media since the spring of this year. In Dortmund transformers were dismantled and recycled by the company Envio Recycling GmbH & Co. The recycling process resulted in setting free highly poisonous PCB chemicals in what amounts to a... » read this article