A Rebirth of Hope in Colombia: The Return of the Patriotic Union Party
In Colombia’s congressional elections in early March, the name the Patriotic Union appeared on ballot sheets for the first time in over a decade.
Month: March 2014
The Showdown Begins in Palestine: Mahmoud Abbas vs Mohammed Dahlan
When late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was confined by Israeli soldiers to his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Mohammed Dahlan reigned supreme.
In Times of Government Surveillance, Whose ‘Security’ Is at Stake?
Officials claim the current state policy is necessary to preserve the public’s well-being.
The US Military Averages More Than a Mission a Day in Africa
The military has for years insisted that our presence in Africa is small scale, but the numbers say otherwise.
Australia Is Again Stealing Its Indigenous Children
Source: Truthout
The tape is searing. There is the voice of an infant screaming as he is wrenched from his mother, who pleads, “There is nothing wrong with my baby. Why are you doing this to us? I would’ve been hung years ago, wouldn’t I? Because (as an Australian Aborigine) you’re guilty before you’re found innocent.” The child’s grandmother demands to know why “the stealing of our kids is happening all over again.” A welfare official says, “I’m gunna take him, mate.”
Anglo American Workers Strike Against Contract Labor Conditions in Chile
Source: Corpwatch
Some 4,000 contract workers at Los Bronces copper mine in Chile went on strike against Anglo American, a UK-based mining multinational from South Africa. The strike is the latest in a series of protests against the Chilean copper industry, the world’s largest producers of the metal.
Copper is Chile’s most important product. One fifth of Chile’s gross domestic product is derived from copper and the metal makes up 60 percent of exports. As much as a third of global production of copper comes from Chile with the bulk shipped to China for manufacturing. (Copper is also extremely valuable in China, so much so that it is often used as a backing for bank loans)