April 14, 2009
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COHA: Dominican Republic – The Legacy of Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez
Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez, a Dominican national of dark skin and Haitian ancestry, who would eventually become revered as one of the most prominent and best loved Dominican political figures of the twentieth century. Continue reading
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COHA: The Cuban Who Won’t Be in Trinidad
While the Cuban leader has demonstrated flexibility and emerged as a harbinger of change, Obama has instead taken the most conservative approach possible towards modifying the U.S.-Cuban relationship Continue reading
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Video – The Georgian trap
Video: As thousands demand Saakashvili’s resignation, Paul Jay investigates roots of 2008 Russia-Georgia War Continue reading
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George Galloway writes to the Charity Commission
I have become increasingly concerned about the abuse of your powers displayed in your brazenly obvious political double standards. About your attempts, under the guise of regulating British charities, to police the democratic efforts of political activists in Britain in a way never envisaged by parliament. Continue reading
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Video: Lenine – Jack Soul Brasileiro
Video of Brazilian musician Lenine. Lenine e orquestra Jack Soul Brasileiro – Acústico MTV Continue reading
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Video: Paciência – Lenine
Clip com imagens da música Paciência de Lenine. Amazing Brazilian artist. Continue reading
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Elda Molina Díaz, “Cuba: Economic Restructuring, Recent Trends and Major Challenges”
One of the distinctive features of the process of adjustment and reform of the Cuban economy carried out by the government was that even during the worst period of the crisis, the Revolution’s main social achievements in education, healthcare and social security were preserved Continue reading
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No Coincidences in Iraq by Dahr Jamail
Following George W. Bush’s example of keeping war funding off the books, President Barack Obama is seeking $83.4 billion in additional “emergency” funding for the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which, if approved, would bring the 2009 funding to around $150 billion and the overall costs of the two wars to nearly $1 trillion. Continue reading
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Sudan: Alex de Waal, "Saviors and Survivors"
Mamdani sees the Darfur war less as the outcome of the immediate political grievances of Darfurians and the Sudan Government’s specific objectives, but rather as the product of long encounter between the colonial and neo-colonial powers and Africa. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 