The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others. Friedrich Nietzsche
A young girl in India longs to be in school. She watches through the window and the gracious teacher calls her in. But when she sits down, the boys shift over to one side to be away from her.
(9th October 1967)
Che Guevara was gone
Brussels 08.02.2010 –This week, European Parliament will vote on the resolution on Copenhagen summit results, but expectations with COP16 go lower, and alternative summit in Bolivia gains more supporters.
"The real cause of climate change is the capitalist system. If we want to save the earth then we must end that economic model” declared President Evo Morales when he presented the Peoples’ World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth’s Rights, to be held from 20th to 22nd April 2010 in Cochabamba, Bolivia. >MORE>
All the people should have the right to their own language, culture and identity; should have the right to exist. But many do not have. The Kurds do not have it yet...
It was to ask for Kurdish people rights’ that politicians, human rights... more
The founder of the political party the Palestinian National Initiative Mustafa Barghouthi was designated for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize by Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate and co-founder of Peace People in Northern Ireland. In her letter to... more
The journalistic ideal has always been associated to the search of the truth, to the commitment with democracy and freedom of speech.
We know that a serious economic and social crisis, as the one that we live today, reaches all sectors of... more
After years of debates, reports, national and European initiatives, one question remains: Does gender equality is really effective in European Union countries?
A public hearing to report and recommend actions and initiatives for the new EU gender... more
Tekel workers completed the 44th day of their protests yesterday, in front of Türk-İş headquarters, in Ankara, despite the special police forces’ violence and the intolerable governments’ position.
Minister Şimşek alleged that the government... more
Oskar Lafontaine, Germany’s former finance minister who has been leading Die Linke for the past years, is to retreat from the national political stage.
He announced it in an enthusiastic speech in his home state of Saarland, and that is where he... more
“It's better to have Turkey inside the EU than to leave it standing before the door," Spanish foreign minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said in an interview with German paper Die Welt on last Sunday.
Because of its strategic geography and common... more
17% of EU citizens still have limited resources and cannot afford the basic needs. This means that more than 80 million Europeans live at risk of poverty, even if the European Union is one of the richest areas in the world.
Poverty is often... more
The party of European Left expresses deep sorrow and full solidarity with Haitians.
Up to hundred thousand Haitian have been killed by the earthquake, and millions of people are wounded and become homeless.
This is a time to... more
Two MEP’s from the Party of European Left have just returned from the largest delegation of parliamentarians ever to visit the overwhelmed Gaza strip, witnessing the consequences of last year’s attack and the slow pace of reconstruction since... more
Today, the first round of Commissioners auditions came to an end. A week of regular and even weak performances disappointed many Europeans who feel that the next years need a strong union to combat economic and social crisis.
Rumiana Jeleva's is... more
The President of EL and GUE/NGL met the President Rafael Correa, in Brussels, to discuss further intensification of the cooperation process
"Green Thing has produced a Quick Recipe for a Successful Copenhagen with diplomacy illustrated through the medium of cookery. Watch it but don't try to cook it. And remember, as Chef says: It does not have to be pretty, it just has to work."
