Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

By Jorge Gómez Barata Social revolutions respond to historical needs and their nature is determined by the tasks they perform, the forces that compel them, and the regimes they help…
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By Bill Press Oh, the Appalachian Trail. It's famous as the longest footpath in the nation -- but now we know it's even longer than we thought, stretching all the way from Maine to…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.org Regardless of who really won the Iranian election, the brutal reaction of the theocratic regime to peaceful protests has destroyed any legitimacy…
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By Saul Landau You know bad times have hit when Illinois budget cuts no longer permit the state to bury dead indigents. A letter to funeral homes from the Department of Human Services…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times (June 25, 2009) When it comes to domestic policy, there are two Barack Obamas. On one side there’s Barack the Policy Wonk, whose command of the…
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By Amaury Cruz Once more, the corporate media is giving voice to anti-Cuban-spy hysteria, as pro-embargo forces take to their battle stations and try to shoot down the plane of normal…
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The Iranian protests and the mainstream media By Jack Z. Bratich We can all remember a moment when we gazed up at the sky and used our imagination to make familiar shapes out of the…
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A message from the AMA And now a message from the American Medical Association. Who is the AMA? We’re your family doctor… who makes you wait two weeks for an appointment. We’re the…
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An editorial in La Jornada (Mexico) June 30, 2009 On the first day of the attempted coup that interrupted the rule of democracy in Honduras, unequivocal and emphatic international…
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Al’s Loupe Miami’s game of wheel of the fortunate By Alvaro F. Fernandez alfernandez@the-beach.net Miami is a great place to do business -- if you’re a politician or were one.…
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