55 Anniversary of the Moncada Assault (updated)

While Cuba celebrates its 55 anniversary of the Moncada Assault that mrked its revolution, Raul Castro addressed the country in a televised message. According to BBC,  during his speech Castro "warned that...

Eritrea: Isaias Afwerki on the Path to Chaos

"It is now official: the ruling regime has spilled Eritrean blood fighting all our neighbors: Yemen, Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti. In every case, the hot-headed and impulsive actions of the ruling regime harmed the interest of Eritrea and diminished its reputation. And in...

Tony Blair makes list of world's 100 most influential people

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influencial people.Current Prime Minister Gordon Brown did not make the list however."The former Prime Minister is one of the...

The Dalai Lama: What Richard Gere Won’t Tell You

OPINION: Tibet before the Maoists was not Shangri-la.  It was not a free, democratic and happy country and the Dalai Lama was not a wondrous, gentle, egalitarian leader of happy, smiling well-fed people. ...

40 Years After 1968: 'Where Has All the Rage Gone?'

As the U.S. death toll strikes its solemn bell of 4,000 soldiers killed in Iraq, with countless more Iraqis killed in the process, I have been asking myself this same question of late: where has all the rage gone?...

The $100,000 Lock of Hair

A hair lock snipped from Ernesto “Che” Guevara before his burial in 1967 sells for $100,000 at auction to a Houston-area bookstore owner who called the Marxist “one of the greatest revolutionaries of the 20th...

Orwell Today

"Then came Hitler, the Spanish Civil War, etc. By the end of 1935 I had still failed to reach a firm decision. The Spanish war and other events in 1936-37 turned the scale and thereafter I knew where I stood. Every line of serious work that I have written..."

Cuban migrants are landing in Honduras to get to the United States

Cubans are a favored nationality under U.S. law. If they step foot on U.S. soil, they can stay for as long as they like.

Warrantless Wiretaps Possible in U.S.

Secretly listening to the private telephone conversations of Americans is necessary because the United States is infested with al-Qaeda sleeper cells.

Over 500,000 copies are sold throughout the world EVERY YEAR

George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four". What is the secret of this book that makes people all over the world keep buying it, year after year, after year? That 500,000 copies sold every year, only counts the English language translation. This book is translated into...

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