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This morning, at the National Press Club, U.S. News and World Report held a press event to announce the release of its list of "America's Best Leaders 2005." By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman

To understand just how tenuous the U.S. position in Iraq is at the moment, we have only to look at the way Basra, Iraq's second largest city, in the solidly Shiite South slipped out of the control of occupation forces last month. By Gareth Porter

The Visible Hand of Uncle Sam. Bby John Embry and Andrew Hepburn

World Food Day, which was celebrated on Saturday, is a time of year to reflect on where our food comes from, on the abundance of food for some, and the lack of access for so many others. It is a time to reflect on the history of food, and the future of food. By John Hepburn

No one knows if or when an avian flu pandemic will hit the world. But we do know that this is a serious possibility, and that the consequences could be catastrophic. By Stephen Soldz

Kasim Tirmizey interviews David Barsamian

The major difference between the October 15 vote and the January 30 election in Iraq as is now confirmed has been the -- uneven but nevertheless important -- Sunni participation. It is interesting to have a close look at this development. By Gilbert Achcar

Başkan W. Bush , "Bizimle birlikte değilseniz, bize karşısınızdır." demişti. O, ayrıca "Dünyanın en tehlikeli silahlarının, en tehlikeli bulduğumuz dünya liderlerinin elinde kalmasına izin vermeyeceğiz" ifadesini de kullandı. Tamamen doğru! Hemen aynaya bakmalısın ahbap... Bu sensin! Harold Pinter

The antiwar movement is back. The quarter-million marching past the White House on September 24 heralded its reemergence, and none too soon.

Not for nothing was the opening chapter of Marx's Capital entitled "Commodities," for commodification is among the defining characteristics of capitalism. First was land and labor; now, everything is a commodity; everything is for sale. By Doug Dowd

The money trail and the future of reform. By Manabu Hara

Whereas the citizens of Cambridge and their representatives on the Cambridge City Council have a strong tradition of upholding principles of democracy and respect for all peoples, and...

The Chicago City Council Wednesday passed a resolution demanding the removal of US troops from Iraq. By Carl Davison and Michael Lynn

The last weeks and days have seen intensive campaigning by the Saudi Kingdom on the issue of Iraq, preceding US decisions on cooperation with the Kingdom. By Gilbert Achcar

I regret being unable to attend the antiwar demonstrations in Washington D.C. today. It's important to make visible large-scale American dissent from the American government's bloody, illegal, immoral, and brazenly imperialist occupation of Iraq. By Paul Street

Growing public dissatisfaction; rumblings in Congress against indefinite occupation; expressions of organized resistance. These three factors represent the pillars of opposition to the war in Iraq. By Mark Engler

The Catastrophe on the Gulf Coast was the most widely anticipated "natural disaster" in U.S. history. Yet the response of the U.S. government was universally condemned as a failure. What happened? By Mike Davis

The number of Latin American and Caribbean students from countries in South, Central and North America graduating from the Latin American School of Medicine, together with the young Cubans who graduate here today, amounts to 3,515 new doctors who will be at the service of our peoples and the world.

A Revolution That Allows You To See Hope In The Eyes Of Millions. By Andy Goodall

The original intention of this meeting has been totally weakened. We have been prevailed upon, as center of our debate, to consider some badly named "reforms". By Hugo Chavez

Heavily armed paramilitary mercenaries from the Blackwater private security firm, infamous for their work in Iraq, are openly patrolling the streets of New Orleans. By Jeremy Scahill and Daniela Crespo

Since the 1970s the United States has become increasingly captive to consumeristic frenzy and religious zeal at home and to an arrogant and bloody militarism abroad. As we do so, has not the following description come to fit us as a people? By Douglas Dowd

It may seem self-indulgent to talk about the fears of white people in a white-supremacist society. After all, what do white people really have to be afraid of in a world structured on white privilege? By Robert Jensen

By the time of his death, which occurred on August 31, 2005, Joseph Roblat was a revered figure. A top nuclear physicist, Rotblat received -- among many other honors and awards -- a British knighthood and, together with the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

Japanese Police Crush Peace Protestors. By David McNeill

In this article we look at how just because developed economies are not suffering like they did during the 1970s that the oil crisis has not already begun. The final oil crisis has begun, silent to us, but dangerously there. By James Howard

In his weekly Alo Presidente TV programme, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez announced that some 136 closed factories are being surveyed with the aim of expropriating them. "This is like the case of idle land. In the same way that we cannot allow idle land we cannot allow it with companies".

Les Evenchick, an independent Green who lives in the French Quarter of New Orleans in a 3-story walkup, reports that 90 percent of the so-called looters are simply grabbing water, food, diapers and medicines, because the federal and state officials have refused to provide these basic necessities.

In a desperate effort to seek a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has signed a deal with the United States. By Devinder Sharma

Most of the news, since I became literate at least, has been negative. In recent years it has only gotten worse. Torture, war, repression, abuse-these words have become standard fare for Americans reading the paper or tuning in to the evening broadcast. By Gabriel Thompson