Here鈥檚 something you won鈥檛 hear from the corporate media: Cuba鈥檚 human rights record was examined by the United Nation鈥檚 Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and the country came out looking pretty good.
Tim Anderson
Cuba is the top-ranking developing country when it comes to protecting children聮s rights, according to a new Child Development Index (CDI).
The Blogging Revolution
By Antony Loewenstein
Melbourne University Press, 2008
294 pages, $32.95 (pb)
By Antony Loewenstein
Melbourne University Press, 2008
294 pages, $32.95 (pb)
As stock markets crashed and a global credit squeeze threatened global economies, Latin American governments pushed ahead with plans for a new financial architecture, to replace the current bankrupt system.
Cuban officials have produced letters that demonstrate 聯irrefutable evidence聰 of the channelling of funds from a convicted anti-Cuban terrorist to Cubans the US has termed 聯dissidents聰 and 聯independent journalists聰.
One of the last favours the Howard government will be asked to perform for the Bush regime will be to attempt to soften the crushing diplomatic defeat the US suffers every year at the United Nations over its ongoing economic blockade of Cuba.
The outcome of Timor Leste聮s parliamentary election could be seen as a political victory for former president, and now prime minister, Xanana Gusmao.
On May 7, New Matilda published an article by Antony Loewenstein, titled , in which he reports on his impressions of Cuba. Loewenstein describes Cuba as a 鈥減olice state鈥 with 鈥渘o freedom of speech鈥. He takes issue with Australian academic, Tim Anderson whom, he wrote, 鈥渙ught to know better鈥 for arguing that Cuba has more democracy than the US, (see ). Below is Anderson鈥檚 reply to Loewenstein鈥檚 article.
On May 7, New Matilda published an article by Antony Loewenstein, titled 鈥淐uba: Paradise Left鈥 in which he reports on his impressions of Cuba. Loewenstein describes Cuba as a 鈥減olice state鈥 with 鈥渘o freedom of speech鈥. (See < http://newmatilda.com/home/articledetail.asp?ArticleID=2229&CaA href="mailto:tegoryID=">.) He takes issue with Australian left academic, Tim Anderson whom, he said, 鈥渙ught to know better鈥 for arguing that Cuba has more democracy than the US, (see ), where the media is dominated by a handful of corporations. Below is Anderson鈥檚 reply to Lowenstein鈥檚 article.
A tiny group dominates Australian politics and Labor leader Kevin Rudd recently met them. He knows very well that the key to Labor聮s electoral success later this year is an accommodation with the Australian oligarchy.
The strong parliamentary vote of confidence in Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is a sign that the Howard government's Pacific intervention strategy is facing collapse.
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