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La OTAN pospone el fin de las patrullas aéreas en Libia.
(CBS/AP) BRUSSELS – NATO postponed a definite decision to end its bombing campaign in Libya as consultations continued Wednesday with the U.N. and the country’s interim government over how and when to wind down the operation. Last week, the alliance announced preliminary plans to phase out its mission on Oct. 31. NATO’s governing body —…
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Cáñamo industrial: una oportunidad útil
Practical Uses for Industrial Hemp Hemp is a form of cannabis that can be used for the benefit of the working class. Hemp can be used as a food product, clothing, body care, paper, textiles, fuel, an alternative to plastic, and much more. There are many myths concerning hemp, most of which are subject to…
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¡Vaya lucha de clases!
by Michael Parenti Over the last two decades or more, Republicans have been denouncing as “class warfare” any attempt at criticizing and restraining their mean one-sided system of capitalist financial expropriation. The moneyed class in this country has been doing class warfare on our heads and on those who came before us for more than…
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Declaración del Partido Estadounidense del Trabajo sobre el asesinato de Muamar Gadafi.
No the Colonization of Libya! With the victory of the NATO-backed rebels and the National Transitional Council, Libya has been colonized once again. Moammar Gaddafi, the leader of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, has been killed according to the country’s rebel government on October 20th, 2011. Gaddafi was murdered in his hometown of Sirte, a stronghold…
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Muamar Gadafi fue asesinado, ¿pero cómo?
Conflicting Stories Emerge Hiding in a spiderhole in his hometown of Sirte, former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was discovered by rebel troops and screamed “don’t shoot, don’t shoot” before the troops mowed him down. Celebrating troops kicked his body up and down the street while shouting “Allahu Akbar.” At least that’s one version of the…
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Muertes estadounidenses en Afganistán: Obama duplica el total de la era Bush.
Figures Show Overwhelming Increase in Military Casualties by Jason Ditz, October 17, 2011 A grim new milestone was reached in the US occupation of Afghanistan this week, as the death toll in less than three years under President Obama has now more than doubled the number of US soldiers slain during President Bush’s seven plus…
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Para Estados Unidos, la muerte de Gadafi es motivo de risa.
In the ultimate reflection of the Obama Administration’s carefree attitude toward entering wars, a chuckling Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared on television today mocking the death of long-time Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi, barely restraining her delight while declaring “we came, we saw, he died.” The remark was a modern take on the Julius Caesar…
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¡No es “corporativismo”, no es “capitalismo de amiguetes”, es capitalismo!
Chances are if you are reading this, you have spent a fair amount of time discussing the recent “Occupation” demonstrations which have sprung up all around the country. Anyone with a basic familiarity with the protests is aware that the demonstrators represent a broad spectrum of ideologies, beliefs and goals. Ordinarily, there is nothing inherently…
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Libia: asesinatos de africanos negros en nombre de la revolución y la democracia.
Libya: killing black Africans in the name of the revolution and democracy Boutros Hussein and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Reports for many months have stated that Libyan rebels have been killing and persecuting black Africans in Libya once areas came under their control. The number of reports highlighting this continues to grow and…
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Crítica: “El gran dictador” de Charlie Chaplin (1940)
Plot Summary The Great Dictator, written and directed by Charlie Chaplin, who also stars, is a compelling movie. The film begins in a setting that resembles World War I. Charlie Chaplin plays a private in the Tomainian military, and also a barber. Charlie is startled by a cry of help from Schultz, the military commander.…
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