Opinion

Groups oppose Bushs anti-immigrant drive

January 19, 2007

NewsAnalysisNow that the Democratic majority 110th Congress is seated, the immigrant rights movement has an opportunity to move forward on several fronts. In the first half of 2006, millions of undocumented immigrants and their allies marched...

Yugoslavia past, present and future

January 17, 2007

When the term “balkanization” is used, it has long meant to break a territory or a region up into hostile, unmanageable parts. The Balkans have long been portrayed in imperialist ideology as a region filled with...

Venezuelans contemplate unitary party of the left

January 12, 2007

NewsAnalysis After a resounding re-election victory on Dec. 3, in which leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias defeated his right-wing opponent by 63 percent to 37 percent, Chavez has called for the consolidation of all political...

Time to unite against Bush administrations anti-immigrant surge

January 11, 2007

News Analysis Now that the Democratic majority 110th Congress is seated, the immigrant rights movement has an opportunity to move forward on several fronts. In the first half of 2006, millions of undocumented immigrants and their...

Another Virginia politician goes ape

January 4, 2007

Virgil Goode is the congressman for Virginia’s 5th district, a large swatch of inland territory that extends from around Charlottesville to the North Carolina border. It is conservative and mostly rural, unlike the more liberal population...