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What’s Missing From Black History Month
by JON HOCHSCHARTNER In honor of Black History Month, I’d like to briefly highlight two courageous black socialists, Lucy Parsons and A. Phillip Randolph, whose commitment to justice should inspire a resurgent Occupy movement. Lucy Parsons (c. 1853-1942) Lucy Parsons was born in antebellum Texas, likely into slavery, according to a number of historians. In…
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Marines pose with Nazi symbol in Afghanistan
SAN DIEGO (AP) – The U.S. Marine Corps confirmed Thursday that a sniper team in Afghanistan posed for a photograph in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS. Use of the SS symbol is not acceptable, and the Marine Corps has addressed the issue, Lt. Col. Stewart Upton…
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In Iraq, 65 Executions in First 40 Days of 2012
State executions are just one measure of repression that continues with US support by John Glaser, February 08, 2012 Less than two months into 2012, the Iraqi government has executed at least 65 prisoners, as the country continues to slip into dictatorship with continued support from the U.S. Many aspects of the government in Baghdad…
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Cuba Embargo Turns 50
by PETER ORSI HAVANA — When it started, American teenagers were doing “The Twist.” The United States had yet to put a man into orbit around the Earth. And a first-class U.S. postage stamp cost 4 cents. The world is much changed since the early days of 1962, but one thing has remained constant:…
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Cuba’s Cure
Why is Cuba exporting its health care miracle to the world’s poor? by Sarah van Gelder Cubans say they offer health care to the world’s poor because they have big hearts. But what do they get in return? They live longer than almost anyone in Latin America. Far fewer babies die. Almost everyone has been…
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Lung cancer vaccine given to 2,000 Cubans
Iris de Armas Padrino THE Cuban CIMAVax-EGF vaccine, the only one of its kind in the world for the treatment of advanced lung cancer, has been administered to 2,000-plus Cubans, almost 5,000 of them within the Primary Health Care (APS) network. Developed by the Molecular Immunology Center (CIM), this vaccine has been used within the…
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Feeling death at our heels: An update from the frontlines of the struggle
from the NCTT Corcoran SHU “Death is impossible for us to fathom; it is so immense, so frightening that we will do almost anything to keep from thinking about it. Society is organized to make death invisible, to keep it several steps removed. That distance may seem necessary for our comfort, but it comes with…
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Menominee Seventh Grader Suspended for Saying “I Love You” in her Native Language
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges. SHAWANO, WISCONSIN – What’s love got to do with it? Not much, especially if you say the words “I love you” in the Menominee language in front of a certain Wisconsin teacher. Seventh grader Miranda Washinawatok, Menominee, found this out. Miranda speaks two languages: Menominee and English. She also…
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Stephon Watts, Autistic Teen, Fatally Shot By Police In His Home
The mother of a 15-year-old boy with autism who was fatally shot by police in his home Wednesday is facing off with suburban Chicago police officers who say the officer acted appropriately. Stephon Watts, 15, who was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome when he was 9, had had 10 previous interactions with Calumet City, Ill. police…
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Michael Parenti: An Opinon About the Opinion-Makers
Jill Pletcher and Mary Magnuson (two of my favorite FB people) were speculating as to what might be my opinion of Chris Hedges. I think Hedges makes a valuable contribution. He goes over issues and topics that some of us have dealt with for many years. It is familiar terrain but also nice to have…
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