Category Archives: International

Raising Concerns about Chinese Students’ Mental Health

Posted on 11/14/2013 by Hong Cheng

Yongfei Ci is a 6th-year-PhD student in University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. While he is majoring in math here, this semester he went to Brown University to do research. But on September 28th, Ci returned to Urbana and murdered his ex-girlfriend … Continue reading →

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Media Hoax Launched Against Monsanto by Sin Maíz No Hay Vida

Posted on 10/03/2013 by Alex Cline

Last Thursday, an intriguing press release from “Monsanto Global” was sent out to to the email inboxes of media organizations all over the world, including our own Independent Media Center. According to the press release, Monsanto had received approval from … Continue reading →

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Brazilians marching on the street: what´s behind 20 cents

Posted on 08/21/2013 by admin

By Walênia Silva: Walênia Silva is an adjunt professor at the Music School at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, in Brazil. Dr. Silva completed her PhD. at the College of Education at UIUC. Last June, Brazilians decided to march in … Continue reading →

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Who’s the Bigger Scapegoat in Europe, Roma or Jew?

Posted on 05/24/2013 by Richard Esbenshade

On October 24 of last year, the Memorial to the Sinti and Roma of Europe Murdered under the National Socialist Regime was unveiled and dedicated in Berlin, Germany, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Joachim Gauck in attendance. Almost … Continue reading →

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Mobilization in Al Ma’sarah: “We Will Keep Coming Back”

Posted on 05/24/2013 by Sarah Lazare

“You must refuse to be in the army. Look into my eyes, we are all human,” declared Mahmoud Zwahre, popular committee leader in the West Bank Bethlehem district village of Al Ma’sarah, addressing dozens of M4 toting Israeli soldiers. “We … Continue reading →

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U.S. Seeks to Get Rid of Left Governments in Latin America

Posted on 05/24/2013 by Mark Weisbrot

  By Mark Weisbrot This article was published in Folha de São Paulo, Brazil’s largest circulation newspaper, on April 20, 2013. Recent events indicate that the Obama administration has stepped up its strategy of “regime change” against the left-of-center governments in Latin America, … Continue reading →

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Chávez’s Death, Like His Life, Shows the World’s Divisions

Posted on 04/03/2013 by Mark Weisbrot

By Mark Weisbrot This article was published by Al Jazeera English on March 17, 2013. The unprecedented worldwide response to the death of President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, and especially in the Western Hemisphere, has brought into stark relief the … Continue reading →

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Women Singing Not to Forget in Post-war Ivory Coast

Posted on 03/13/2013 by Carol Spindel

Defeated at the polls in November 2010, former president of Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo refused to step down and held onto power by force for over four months. About three thousand people died in the post-electoral violence. Gbagbo was arrested … Continue reading →

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Media Hate Fiesta for Venezuela Keeps on Keepen’ On

Posted on 02/24/2013 by Mark Weisbrot

By Mark Weisbrot (This article was first published in Al Jazeera English on January 29, 2013) Last week there was a real media hate-fest for Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, with some of the more influential publications on both sides of … Continue reading →

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Who Wants War with Iran?

Posted on 10/12/2012 by Dannel McCollum

By Dannel McCollum, Dannel McCollum, a former Champaign mayor and a Democratic candidate for the state Senate in 2002, is a historian and a freelance writer.     Increasingly, it looks like the neo-cons who gave us the Iraq and … Continue reading →

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Political Memory at Work in Latin America

Posted on 10/07/2012 by Richard Esbenshade

My recent trip to El Salvador and Argentina focused heavily on ‘sites of memory,’ locations where events of massive political violence had occurred and where attempts to learn from them are underway. These two countries have experienced extreme social conflict—military … Continue reading →

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MY EXPERIENCE IN CUBA: Installment II

Posted on 10/03/2012 by David Johnson

  For anyone who lives outside the United States, a trip to Cuba is no different than a trip to any Caribbean country like Jamaica, Aruba, etc. For those living in the U.S., this has not been the case. Three years … Continue reading →

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MY EXPERIENCE IN CUBA: INSTALLMENT I

Posted on 08/15/2012 by David Johnson

  By DAVID JOHNSON This is part one of a two-part series reflecting on my travels in Cuba IMPRESSIONS ON THE STREET   In many ways it seemed like things have been frozen in time since the 1950s or the 1970s—with the … Continue reading →

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The End of the European Union?

Posted on 06/28/2012 by Richard Esbenshade

Rick Esbenshade May 9 is officially proclaimed as “Europe Day” by the European Union (EU)—an official, symbolic holiday ignored by most Europeans. This year, any celebration was overshadowed by the May 6 election results in France and Greece, in which … Continue reading →

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NATO & G8 Imperialism

Posted on 04/24/2012 by John Kenealy

NATO (or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is, according to its website, a political and military alliance founded in 1949 to protect its member states from attacks by non-member states.  It “promotes democratic values and encourages consultation and cooperation on … Continue reading →

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Reduce the U.S. Military to a Defensive Force

Posted on 04/04/2012 by Belden Fields

Dannel Mccollom DEFENSE To say that I am unimpressed with the President’s latest announcement regarding the department of defense is a colossal understatement.  What is especially troubling is the suggestion that even with anticipated cuts, in the words of the … Continue reading →

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NATO & G8 Imperialism

Posted on 04/03/2012 by Marya Burke

NATO & G8 Imperialism   NATO (or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is, according to its website, a political and military alliance founded in 1949 to protect its member states from attacks by non-member states.  It “promotes democratic values and encourages … Continue reading →

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AsiaLENS: AEMS Documentary and Independent Film Series at the Spurlock Museum

Posted on 03/22/2012 by Public i

AsiaLENS is a series of free public film screenings and lecture / discussion programs — organized by AEMS in collaboration with the Spurlock Museum — presenting recent documentary films on issues reflecting contemporary life in Asia. Local and visiting experts … Continue reading →

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Learning the Lessons of Depleted Uranium

Posted on 02/15/2012 by Belden Fields

By Conrad Wetzel   One of the most significant wastes obtained from producing fuel for nuclear reactors and atomic bombs is depleted uranium. An isotope which can be fissioned is uranium U-235, the material used in civil and nuclear military … Continue reading →

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The End of a War for Whom?

Posted on 02/15/2012 by Sarah Lazare

On the day I heard that President Obama had officially declared the Iraq war over, I was at the Danville Veterans’ Administration hospital (VA) with my partner S, an Iraq War veteran. S is six months into a disability application, … Continue reading →

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