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Many observers and participants are calling the waves of demonstrations across the U.S. over the last two weeks the birth of the "new civil rights movement." By Chhandasi Pandya

When the hated despots of nations like Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan loot their countries' treasuries, transfer their oil wealth to personal Swiss bank accounts and use the rest to finance (in the House of Saud's case) terrorist extremists, American politicians praise them as trusted friends and alli

Members of the Ibdaa Health Committee are on tour in the US. They are educating Americans on the devastating health conditions of Palestinians and health care workers in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza. By Sonia Nettnin

Recent reports from Iraq indicate beyond doubt that the U.S. occupation army has embarked on a new "tactic" from its menu of atrocities, in an attempt to counter the burgeoning Iraqi resistance attacks against its soldiers. By Omar Barghouti

A Symposium with Oda Makoto, Pak Kyongnam, Tanaka Hiroshi, William Wetherall & Honda Katsuichi. By David McNeill

Once a synonym for war and revolutionary terror, we wonder at the rebirth of Cambodia as tourist destination of choice. By Geoffrey C. Gunn

The World Water Forum Comes to Mexico City. By John Gibler

Let us face this awkward question: Why is it that, being the Left a better option for humankind, we almost never succeed in getting support of the people? By Ezequiel Adamovsky

Sucking Communities Dry. By Joe Zacune

A Decisive Vote for Apartheid. By Omar Barghouti

Several days ago the Democratic Party put out "Real Security," what they call a "bold security agenda" that "stands in stark contrast to the dangerous incompetence of the Republican leadership. . . By Ted Glick

Israelis went to the polls this week with the hope of resolving the Israeli Palestinian conflict once and for all. By Neve Gordon

A Discussion of the Current State of Venezuela. By Maria Paez Victor

Each Palestinian has a special place in their heart for Rachel Corrie. She symbolized strength, perseverance, and self assuredness. By Remi Kanazi

A maroccan-born leader for the labor party, a new political party, the Kadima, the former labor leader Shimon Peres defecting to join the Kadima party, and general apathy on the part of Israeli Arab voters. By Adel Safty

"Death Row" Talks Back to Etan Thomas. By Dave Zirin

Will the U.S. lose its influence over countries that have paid off their IMF loans? By Mark Engler

Turkish Republic is not a country that has a good reputation for its attitude and discourse towards minority groups. One of the recent controversial problems about minority rights is the issue of displaced people. By Sinem Yılancı

"If we don't know history, then we are ready meat for carnivorous politicians and the intellectuals and journalists who supply the carving knives.

Forget about the iceberg. By Tal Ariel

Washington's hostile policy towards the government of Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez gains increasingly worrying momentum.

About 2000 women from La Via Campesina occupied the plantation of Aracruz Celulose, in Barra do Ribeiro, Rio Grande do Sul (sur de Basil), early this wednesday morning.

The militarization of America's youth is the U.S. military's strategic device for recruitment into the armed forces. By Sonia Nettnin

The western base was the young WASG, an acronym for its unwieldy name, Electoral Alternative for Jobs and Social Justice. It was formed by disgruntled Social Democrats, angry trade unionists, and a mixture of left-wing groups and grouplets. By Victor Grossman

by Ramzy Baroud

by John Riddell and Phil Courneyeur

Leonida Zurita Vargas, a Bolivian coca farmer organizer and alternate Senator, was planning to be in the US right now as part of a three week speaking tour on Bolivian social movements and human rights. By Benjamin Dangl

Like most Western countries, laws relating to the use of surveillance and military policing of the civil population are becoming increasing toughened. By Dale Mills

Notwithstanding a rosy picture of the Indian economy now and in the years to come painted by the just released Economic Survey: 2005-2006, there are a number perturbing aspects, glossed over by the media. By Girish Mishra

Humans have the capacity to control their own lives. We can think ahead and develop plans of action, to self-manage our own activity. This is the human potential for self-management. By Tom Wetzel