Hamid Karout is a Syrian cartoonist. This cartoon was first published in Tishreen on 8 August 2011; it is reproduced here for non-profit educational purposes. Cf. . | Print
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Cuba: A Tireless Defender of Gay Rights
Francisco Rodríguez Cruz is a Cuban journalist and activist who for over a year has maintained a controversial blog committed to advancing the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in Cuba. This is a community that has experienced a difficult history of discrimination on the island. Paquito, as he is […]
Why TWU Local 100 Is Supporting Occupy Wall Street
The Transport Workers Union Local 100 applauds the courage of the young people on Wall Street who are dramatically demonstrating for what our position has been for some time: the shared sacrifice preached by government officials looks awfully like a one-way street. Workers and ordinary citizens are putting up all the sacrifice, and the […]
CCR Condemns Targeted Assassination of U.S. Citizen Anwar Al-Awlaki
CCR Cites a Lack of Adherence to Constitutional and International Laws That Afford Due Process Today, in response to the news that a missile attack by an American drone aircraft had killed U.S. citizen Anwar Al-Awlaki in Yemen, the Center for Constitutional Rights, which had previously brought a challenge in federal court to the legality […]
Brazil: GDP Growth Slows amid Surging Imports and Flat Manufacturing
Brazil’s GDP grew at a 2.5 percent annualized rate in the second quarter, down from 5.4 percent in the first quarter, and somewhat lower than its year-over-year growth of 3.2 percent. GDP is now 7.8 percent above its pre-recession peak. By Sector Brazil continued its trend toward services and away from industry. While services contributed […]
Bank Transparency
“The cleaner they look . . .” “. . . the more shit is hidden inside.” Jorge Alaminos Fernández is a graphic artist and designer in Spain. This cartoon was first published in Litoral Gráfico on 12 September 2011 under a Creative Commons license. Translation by Yoshie Furuhashi (@yoshiefuruhashi | yoshie.furuhashi [at] gmail.com). | […]
How Can We Be Silent on What’s Happening in Bahrain?
Yara Kassem is a cartoonist in Cairo, Egypt. This cartoon was circulated via her Twitter account on 25 September 2011; it is reproduced here for non-profit educational purposes. Cf. “PHR denounces sentences for #Bahraini medics & protestors, calls for #Bahrain to set aside verdicts — http://ow.ly/6IvOt” (Physicians for Human Rights, 29 September 2011). | Print
There Must Be Coherence between What We Do and What We Say
President and Brother Evo Morales, Since 2006, Bolivia has shown leadership to the world on how to tackle the most profound challenges of our time. We have achieved the approval of the Human Right to Water and Sanitation in the United Nations and promoted a vision for society based on Vivir Bien (Living Well) […]
Can BRICS Help Europe?
Last week Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega proposed that the BRICS countries offer help to Europe, either through the International Monetary Fund (IMF) or by buying up European bonds. I can understand the sentiment: The European authorities have created a financial crisis that is already slowing the world economy and could potentially have even worse […]
Troy Davis Lives Forever
They still lynching from plantations to the prisonsMethods changed but it’s the same systemWhite robes used to burn a crucifixNow black robes sign a death sentence Rebel Diaz, an acclaimed Bronx-based political rap duo, will soon be releasing their debut album, The Radical Dilemma. Produced by Agent of Change. var idcomments_acct = ‘c90a61ed51fd7b64001f1361a7a71191’; var idcomments_post_id; […]
The Women of OccupyWallStreet
“What this is about for me most is exercising our long-sleeping democracy muscle.” — Marina from Brooklyn Video by Naomi Less. Music by Glenn Grossman. For more information, e.g. <anonops.blogspot.com>; <occupywallst.org>. | Print
House Prices Have Another Strong Increase in July
The Case-Shiller 20-City index rose 0.9 percent in July after rising by 1.1 percent in June. It has now increased at a 13.1 percent annual rate over the last three months; although it is still down by 4.1 percent over the last year. Eighteen of the 20 cities had prices increases, with only Phoenix and […]
Bahrain’s al-Wefaq, Pressured by Regional Players to Compromise
Bahrain’s largest opposition group is resisting grassroots demands for renewed full-scale street protests amid regional pressure to strike a compromise solution with the regime. Al-Wefaq and other Bahraini opposition groups boycotted the country’s parliamentary by-elections last Saturday. But al-Wefaq did not support the latest calls for demonstrations at Pearl Square and may be pushing […]
The Military Intervention in Libya and the Growing Threat against Syria
Address to the 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York, 26 September 2011 Excerpt: As early as the 21st of February, Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz had warned that NATO was inexorably preparing a war against Libya. Since then, Cuba has indefatigably engaged in the defense not of a government […]
Mohamed Hussein Tantawi
Carlos Latuff is a Brazilian cartoonist. Cf. Yasmine Fathi, “The Curious Case of Tantawi’s Civilian Suit” (Ahram Online, 27 September 2011). | Print
María Corina Machado: One-Dimensional Woman
Congresswoman María Corina Machado’s Speeches:“I hate communism, I hate communism, I hate communism, I hate communism, I hate communism, I hate communism, I hate communism, I hate communism, I hate communism, I hate communism, I hate communism, I hate communism, I hate communism, I hate communism, I hate communism, I hate communism, I hate communism, […]
Remembering and Representing: Vietnam, East Germany, and Daphne Berdahl
Daphne Berdahl. On the Social Life of Postsocialism: Memory, Consumption, Germany. Edited by Matti Bunzl. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2010. xx + 166 pp. $65.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-253-35434-1; $24.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-253-22170-4. On the Social Life of Postsocialism; Memory, Consumption, Germany is a posthumous collection of Daphne Berdahl’s essays, written over the course of […]
Turkey: Protest against the Missile Shield in Kürecik
“The ‘Initiative against the Missile Shield in Kürecik’ carried their struggle against the Early Warning Radar System as part of the NATO Missile Shield to the heart of Istanbul. About 500 people joined the protest march from Taksim to the Galatasaray Square on Sunday (25 September). The action alliance demonstrated against installing the radar in […]
Elections in Bahrain: The Latest Ruse to Feign Democratic Change and Cover Up Continuing Repression
Elections held in Bahrain over the weekend are the latest ruse by the regime to feign democratic change. While the charade of ballot box rituals is taking place, the trial of health workers expected to appear in court this week is a fresh reminder that repression in the kingdom is far from over. It […]
3 Videos about NYPD Violence against #OccupyWallStreet
24 September 2011 For more information, e.g. <anonops.blogspot.com>; <occupywallst.org>. var idcomments_acct = ‘c90a61ed51fd7b64001f1361a7a71191’; var idcomments_post_id; var idcomments_post_url; | Print
