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Free the Cuban Five!

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Blogpost and Real News Video on the plight of the Cuban Five and US hypocrisy in protecting terrorists implicated in violence against Cubans. 

A Critique of the UNSC Resolution on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and disarmament

If the nuclear weapon state (NWS)-parties to the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty are at all serious about implementing Article – VI, at the 2010 NPT Review Conference they would have given binding unqualified negative security assurance to Non-NWS, consent to a no-first-use pledge between the NWS, agree to de-alert all deployed nuclear weapons, and take necessary steps to begin preparations for holding a nuclear weapons convention. Without these binding commitments, every other step would merely amount to an exercise in futility.

Health reform in the United States

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Commandante Fidel Castro continues his reflections on Barack Obama, the United States, its new healthcare system and other assorted issues. Article, courtesy Granma International. 

Can the Major Speak?

Vijay Prashad comments on the reactions to the Fort Hood massacre in the US, where more than a dozen people were shot dead by a US military man.

What’s Black and White and Bled All Over?

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"Looking back at state repression of Black people and their movements in the USA"

An article by Siddharthya Roy.

The Black Congressional Caucus and Israel

Only two members of the Congressional Black Caucus mustered the courage to oppose a House Resolution in support of Israel's savage assault on Gaza, last week. An additional seven CBC members sought cover by voting "present." The remaining 30 Black lawmakers (the delegates from Washington, DC and the Virgin Islands cannot vote on the House floor) gave their assent to a statement that could have been written by the Israeli government - and probably was,writes Glen Ford.

Saga of sleaze

The Blagojevich scandal is a reality check, a reminder of how widespread corruption has become in the United States,writes Vijay Prashad.

Former CIA agent tells: How US infiltrates "civil society" to overthrow governments

Philip Agee ,a former CIA covert operations officer,who now lives in Havana,writes about how United States imports subversion and civic unrest to overthrow Governments hostile to it.

Pakistani military and the Afghan problem

Current developments in the three-way equations involving the United States, Pakistan and India highlight that for the foreseeable future, they would need to factor in a “sleeping partner” — Afghanistan. India, in particular, needs to be cognisant of this strange coupling. Retired Indian Foreign Service official MK Bhadrakumar writes in The Hindu.

Obama: Ratify the Women's Convention Soon

Nearly 30 years after President Jimmy Carter signed the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the United States remains the only democracy that refuses to ratify the most significant treaty guaranteeing gender equality. One hundred eighty-five countries, including over 90 percent of members of the United Nations, have ratified CEDAW.