CNN's Vice President of Racism and Associates - by Stephen LendmanMove over Bill, Chris, Michelle, Rush, Sean, & Company. Make way for a worthy challenger to the title of leader of the racist rant pack holding court weekday evenings on his hourly show on CNN. Who would have thought back in the days when this... Continue Reading →

Courage and Resistance in Oaxaca and Mexico City - by Stephen LendmanIt began on May 15 this year when teachers belonging to the 70,000 strong National Union of Education Workers in Oaxaca, Mexico took to the streets for the first time to press their demands to the state government to address their long-neglected needs. They... Continue Reading →

Cuba Under Castro - by Stephen LendmanHaving just turned 80 on August 13 and undergone major surgery for what may have been stomach cancer at the end of July, a transitional time may be near in Cuba with Fidel Castro Ruz beginning to hand over power to his brother Raul and/or others in the months... Continue Reading →

Alternatives To the Collapsed WTO Doha Round Talks - by Stephen LendmanOn July 24, 2006, World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy was forced to halt the five years of negotiating of the so-called Fourth WTO Ministerial Doha Round that began in Doha, Qatar in November, 2001 and ended (for now, at least) in Geneva,... Continue Reading →

Wall Street Journal Rhapsodizes Over Sham UN Resolution to End Lebanon War - by Stephen LendmanOn its editorial page at least the Wall Street Journal is consistent. It never fails to disappoint or miss an opportunity to misinform its readers. The August 16 article by the right wing Hoover Institution George Shultz Senior Fellow and... Continue Reading →

Venezuela Leading the Race For the UN Security Council Seat - by Stephen LendmanIn October, elections will take place for five non-permanent UN Security Council seats to be held in 2007. One of them will be for the Latin American seat now held by Argentina. The two leading regional contenders vying to fill the opening... Continue Reading →

Mexican Electoral Fraud Wins Round One - Round Two Now Begins - by Stephen LendmanIt was no surprise on Sunday that the Mexican Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) ruled its partial recount of about 9% of the ballots cast in the disputed presidential election held on July 2 showed ruling National Action Party (PAN) candidate still... Continue Reading →

Sham UN Resolution Guarantees No End To Israel's War of Illegal Aggression - by Stephen LendmanOn August 11, the UN Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 1701 jointly proposed by the US and France and with all provisions in it signed off on by Israel before it was put to a vote. Neither Lebanon nor Hezbollah... Continue Reading →

Three Cheers for Ned Lamont - Maybe Not When You Know Where He Stands - by Stephen Lendman Ned Lamont just beat incumbent US Senator Joe Lieberman in the August 8 Connecticut primary election to be the Democrat candidate for that post in November. Anti-war believers and activists are ecstatic as Lieberman is George Bush's... Continue Reading →

Israel Must Be Held Accountable For Its International Law ViolationsOn June 25, the Palestinians responded to continued, unrelenting and unjustifiable Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) attacks against them by striking at an Israeli military post near Kerem Shalom crossing, southeast of Rafah, killing two IDF soldiers, injuring several others, and capturing (not "kidnapping) a third. It... Continue Reading →