HONDURAS: Raul Castro Speech to the Rio Group, June 29, 2009

GRANMA
June 29, 2009
The fascist coup d’état against President Zelaya
is an insult to all the peoples
Speech by President Raúl Castro Ruz
in the extraordinary session of the
Rio Group Summit, Managua, June 29, 2009.
Distinguished presidents and ministers:
I shall be brief; there are many heads of state and high-ranking representatives of our governments here who also wish to speak.
A [...]

HAITI (video): Footage Shows UN Shooting at Crowd in Haiti

Video footage shows UN shooting at crowd in Haiti
June 24, 2009
HIP- Port au Prince- Haiti’s largest privately owned TV station, Radio Tele-Ginen, released video footage today that contradicts denials by the UN that they only fired shots into the air during a funeral for Catholic priest Father Gerard Jean-Juste on June 18.
The footage obtained [...]

HAITI (video): Wyclef Jean – MIA During Priest’s Burial and UN Murder of Haitian Mourner

Where is Wyclef Jean when you need him?  Apparently, in a New York studio composing a song for the upper class protesters in the streets of Iran.  Too bad.  The people of Haiti could have used his solidarity last week.  Last Thursday, Haitians laid to rest their beloved priest, human rights advocate, and political prisoner, [...]

HAITI: UN Shoots into Funeral Procession, Population Demands Preval Resign and Aristide Return

The UN Peacekeeping mission has never been a force for peace in Haiti for the same reason that Israel has never been a force for peace in the Middle East– it is not to their advantage AND murdering Haitians/Palestinians has not been to their disadvantage.  The more that Israel can justify the threat from Palestinians, [...]

PERU: Videos – Garcia Race Hatred Policy at Work – Police Massacre Bagua Indians

I have seen a lot of footage from the Indian uprising in Peru’s Amazon, primarily in the town of Bagua, but I have found nothing quite like this.  The following videos were taken by an independent film crew which places the viewer in the middle of the police siege as it unfolds.  Not only do [...]

Che Guevara(videos): His Legacy on the 81st Anniversary of His Birth

This coming Sunday, June 14, is  the 81st anniversary of Che Guevara’s birth and it is a good occasion to review various parts of his life and missions.

In late 1964, after making a speech before the UN General Assembly, Che Guevara embarked on a lengthy tour of Africa that began and ended in Algeria. [...]

“CHE GUEVARA: The Economics of Revolution” Book by Helen Yaffe and Review by Diana Raby

This review was published in the journal
Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism!
no. 209 (June/July 2009)
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A MASTER CLASS IN SOCIALIST ECONOMICS
Helen Yaffe, Che Guevara: The Economics of Revolution
(London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009)
Reviewed by Diana Raby
http://www.walterlippmann.com/docs2471.html
Helen Yaffe has produced a very important book which can only be described as essential reading for all socialists. Ernesto “Che” Guevara has been justly [...]

FIDEL CASTRO: “OBAMA’S SPEECH IN CAIRO”

http://www.walterlippmann.com/fc-06-08-2009.html
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Reflections by Comrade Fidel
OBAMA’S SPEECH IN CAIRO
On Thursday the 4th of June, at the Islamic University of Al-Azhar in Cairo, Obama gave a speech of special interest to those of us who are closely following his political actions given the enormous might of the superpower he leads. I cite his very own words to indicate [...]

Peru: Garcia Gov’t. Committing Massacres of Indigenous in Resource Rich Amazonas

Since April 9th communities in the Peruvian Amazon have been protesting new laws passed by President Alan Garcia’s government that usher in the Free Trade Agreement with the United States and authorize an unprecedented wave of extractive industries into the Amazon Rainforest.

Over 30,000 indigenous people have been blockading roads, rivers, and railways to demand the [...]

CUBA: Declaration of the Revolutionary Gov’t. – Regarding the OAS

Whomever is unclear about the OAS and Cuba should not remain so after reading this declaration.   The picture below, taken in 1962, shows Fidel ripping up the the OAS resolution #6 which expelled Cuba from its ranks.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2009/junio/lun8/Declaration…
SPANISH ORIGINAL:
http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2009/06/08/nacional/artic0…
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Havana. June 8, 2009
Declaration of the Revolutionary Government
IN an act of unusual historic significance, the OAS has [...]