‘Blood and Fire’ in Honduras: An Interview with Mel Zelaya
As peace accord negotiations continue, the ousted president speaks from his Brazilian Embassy refuge.
As peace accord negotiations continue, the ousted president speaks from his Brazilian Embassy refuge.
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A young Honduran activist was almost certainly tortured and killed by the military.
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The global justice movement evolves.
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Every powerful state relies on specialists whose task is to show that what the strong do is noble and… more
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Netanyahu's coalition begins to govern, as the world awaits a two-state solution.
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Activists successfully oppose a Pentagon radar base plan in the Czech Republic.
Naomi Klein and Rabbi Arthur Waskow debate whether divestment will bring peace to the Middle East.
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New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof--like many of his American colleagues--is applauding the International Criminal Court's arrest order… more
Mixed results for 'el frente' in the country's congressional elections.
Heralded for its Orange Revolution five years ago, Ukraine is coming apart at the seams