NEW YORK (Mint) Up to 400,000 activists, organizations, and people from all over the world marched in New York City over the weekend to express solidarity in the fight against climate change. The People’s Climate March reportedly brought out the greatest numbers of people since opposition to the Iraq War hit its peak in 2003. The event, which collectively made no …
Chavez’s Life and Work Celebrated by Venezuelan Embassy in US
WASHINGTON, DC – A crowd of approximately 200 gathered at the Bolivarian Hall of the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, D.C. March 5 to pay their respects to deceased Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez at the first year anniversary of his passing. The event was part of a global commemoration called “Por Aquí Pasó Chávez” (Chávez was here), organized by the Venezuelan …
A New Game of Shared Interests: the US, Russia and the Middle East
With Zbigniew Brzezinski (former National Security advisor to President Jimmy Carter), Fyodor Lukyanov (columnist for Al-Monitor editor of Russia in Global Affairs), Seyed Hossein Mousavian (spokesman for Iran in its nuclear negotiations with the European Union), Vali Nasr (Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. and a Senior Fellow in foreign policy at Brookings Institution), …
Derailing Diplomacy: MEK Weighs in on Iran Nuke Talks & Tom Ridge Interview
Last week while the outlines of a historic interim deal were being hashed out between the P5+1 nations and Iran, a last ditch effort to derail diplomacy and garner support for regime change in the Islamic Republic took place on Capitol Hill organized by the People’s Mujahedin of Iran, also known as the the MEK. I attended the event, and …
“US-Iran Talks in Geneva and the Roles of Israel & Saudi Arabia” by NIAC: Highlights Reel
With Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, former director general of Al Mukhabarat Al A’amah, Saudi Arabia’s intelligence agency; Yossi Alpher, former advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak; Shireen Hunter, former Iranian diplomat under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi; and Aaron David Miller, an American analyst and negotiator who has advised six U.S. secretaries of state.
‘We Can’t Wait Anymore!’: Immigration Activists Knocking on Obama’s Door
WASHINGTON (VR) – Cynthia Díaz just wants her mother back home. “She was deported on May 2011 when ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] raided our home,” Díaz, an 18 year old Phoenix, Arizona native said. “ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] came to our home, my mom answered, and she had an order of deportation, and they took her just like …