Drawing on archival findings and recently declassified documents, the filmmakers critically examine U.S. history, from the atomic bombing of Japan to the Cold War, to the fall of communism, and continuing all the way through to the Obama administration.
Read MoreAt least 28 Palestinians, among them children were killed this week by Israeli attacks targeting the Gaza Strip this week While Egypt sends its Prime Minter to the coastal region to mediate a truce. These stories and more follow.
Read MoreIsrael is threatening to launch a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip after breaking an informal ceasefire with an ongoing series of deadly attacks. At least 13 Palestinian civilians have been killed, including a baby and a mother pregnant with twins, in addition to more than 100 wounded.
Read MoreA general strike is underway across Europe today as millions are protesting spending cuts and tax hikes they say have deepened the region’s economic crisis. Spanish and Portuguese workers are coordinating their strike with work stoppages underway in Greece, Italy, France and Belgium.
Read More“Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God,” a new documentary by Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, investigates how a charismatic priest in Milwaukee abused more than 200 deaf children in a Catholic boarding school under his control.
Read MoreCuban President Raul Castro will not be attending the 22nd Ibero-American Summit to begin on Friday in Cadiz, Spain, confirmed on Monday Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Jose Manuel García-Margallo.
Read MoreCIA director David Petraeus has resigned following revelations of an extramarital affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, a married U.S. Army reservist.
Read MoreThe AZCUBA sugar industry business group and the British firm Havana Energy Ltd, have created a company to build the first 30 megawatt electric generating plant in Cuba running off of biomass. This information emerged last week during the Havana International Trade Fair.
Read MoreThe Russian government is seeking to create a new Russian-Cuban airline based at Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport, said the Russian Deputy Transportation Minister Sergey Aristov in a report by Russia Today.
Read MoreAn unprecedented move by internationalists and activists for human rights and justice, one that could inspire controversy among left oriented governments and peoples’ solidarity committees, will take place next spring.
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