World
Iraqi labor leaders visit Haymarket memorial
June 29, 2007CHICAGO — Two leaders of Iraq’s labor movement placed a plaque at the Haymarket Memorial here June 23 as leaders of major U.S. labor organizations looked on. The presentation was the Iraqis’ way of remembering both...
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Filmmaker Ousmane Sembène, lifelong radical
June 22, 2007His films tackled the most contentious issues in Africa, frequently provoking the indignation of the ruling class of both his home country and its former colonizer.
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The victims of capitalism
June 22, 2007The Victims of Communism Memorial at the intersection of New Jersey and Massachusetts Avenues NW in Washington, D.C., was finally unveiled, June 12. It’s a small, 10-foot bronze replica of the “Goddess of Democracy” carried around...
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The word and the deed
June 15, 2007President Bush is now mouthing words about wanting to do something about global warming, having finally been forced to admit it is at least a possibility. But many have noted that while Bush claims to be...
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Apologizing for slavery and segregation
June 15, 2007You may not know it living in the United States, but this year most of what historians call the Atlantic World is commemorating the 200th anniversary of the British abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.
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