Whither Guantanamo inmates?
Debate is raging over the fate of 215 terrorism suspects being held at Guantanamo Bay, further illustrating the devisive nature of terrorism.
Last week, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that five al-Qaida suspects would be brought to the US to stand trial in New York, igniting bitter reactions from mostly Republican lawmakers.
How American Antiwar and Solidarity Movements in 60s Impeded an Effective Invasion of Cuba
Cuba is one of the countries that actively contributed to Namibia’s independence from apartheid South Africa. Apart from providing the much needed ideological and logistical support to Namibia during the west African country’s arduous struggle for independence, Cuba sent an estimated 371,000 troops to fight alongside South West African People’s Organisation combatants in Angola over a period of 15 years and provided refuge to Namibians displaced by the war. When the crimson curtain closed on that brutal conflict, Namibia managed to free itself from the shackles of coloninal dominance. Cuba is many things to many people and is seen differently in different parts of the world. Here is one such perspective from Bill Simpich, an antiwar activist in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Oil to impact global energy, food prices
SPECULATION over the exhaustion of oil supplies, also referred to as ‘Peak Oil’, has raised concerns over the sustainability of the oil dominated energy sector and affiliated farming and manufacturing industries as oil production figures indicate that global oil production is past its peak.
US warned against attacking Iran
A group of nuclear physicists, military experts and diplomats has warned the United States and its military allies against launching an Iraq-style pre-emptive war on Iran to cripple its purported nuclear arms programme, saying such an attack would escalate the global risk of a nuclear holocaust.