Peace U.S.A. and the Obama election
Judith LeBlanc is the national organizing co-ordinator of United for Peace and Justice, the largest US national peace coalition, and a national vice-president of the Communist Party, USA. She is in Australia at the invitation of the Communist Party of Australia and the Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Coalition to take part in the protests against the Talisman Sabre joint US-Australian military exercises which are taking place at Shoalwater Bay near Rockhampton from July 6-26. While in Sydney on her way to Rockhampton Judith spoke to Anna Pha for The Guardian about the peace movement and the significance of Obama’s election.
Urging Congress to take action on Honduras, what you can do
The situation in Honduras may be coming to a head, as today is what may be the last mediation session in Costa Rica. The people on the streets of Honduras are staying strong and mobilized in support of the return of president Zelaya.
Pressure mounts to end Cuban travel ban
CHICAGO -- Pressure is mounting on multiple fronts to end U.S. government travel and trade restrictions against Cuba: the only country in the world American citizens cannot freely visit. The battle is increasingly centering in the halls of Congress.
Dueling resolutions in Congress about Honduras
While every day dramatic scenes are acted out on the streets of Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula and other cities in Honduras, pro- and anti-coup forces are also active in the United States, and even on Capitol Hill.
COMMENTARY A coup is a coup is a coup is a coup
The pre-Neanderthal characters who have taken control, at gunpoint, of the government of Honduras are telling us that this was not a coup d’etat, but an orderly legal proceeding against a president who had violated the constitution: A normal constitutional succession, as they are telling us.
EDITORIAL Zelaya must return as president to Honduras
The coup d’etat carried out against the legally elected president of Honduras last Sunday is meeting with worldwide resistance that is as strong as it is broad.
Workers Uniting condemns military coup in Honduras
Workers Uniting, representing 3.5 million workers in North America, the UK and Ireland, unequivocally condemns the military coup and kidnapping of the democratically elected President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya.
