A speech delivered by Cynthia McKinney at Tripoli, Libya on October 22, 2009. We are the American delegation, now housed comfortably in Libya, looking past the beauty of the Mediterranean to a world in turmoil. A world in need of true democracy. At this historic moment it is appropriate to discuss anew forms of self-determination. [...]
By Glen Ford For the poor, the Olympics is like Russian roulette. If your city is chosen to host the games, it’s time for you to start looking for somewhere else to live. The people of Chicago dodged that bullet, last week, and now the poor residents of Rio de Janeiro have until 2016 to [...]

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