The tenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq has been duly noted in the news media. Despite inescapable reference to Washington’s lies about Saddam Hussein’s WMDs and his ties to al-Qaida, the deaths of at least half a million Iraqis and thousands of US soldiers, the hundreds of billions of dollars wasted, and the lack of resolution to the ( Read more... )

Libya, unlike the other Arab states rocked by popular uprisings, is a major oil producer. Moammar Gadhafi has also been seen as an anti-imperialist. In that light, Fidel Castro’s comments aren’t as surprising as they might seem. Here’s the gist of what he said:

“One can agree with Gadhafi or not. […]  One has to wait the necessary length of time in ( Read more... )

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100920/ap_on_re_us/us_cuban_foreign_minister_3

The story is about the fiftieth anniversary of a meeting between Fidel Castro and Malcolm X. The Cuban leader was in New York to address the UN General Assembly. No date is given for the meeting but the speech was delivered September 26th, so we’re probably pretty close to ( Read more... )