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Mexico’s Struggle for Freedom: The Three Transformations

February 26, 2025 Ellen Mass

by Ellen Mass – This article is part two of a series on Mexico’s history and economic development – The presidency of Andreas Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) made large public investments in energy, transportation, technology and human resources, transforming life for the people of Mexico. […]

World Balance Conference, Havana, Cuba, January 2025 Photo: Cuban Institute if Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP)

Sixth Conference for World Balance in Havana, Cuba: A Better World is Possible

February 12, 2025 Merri Ansara

by Merriam Ansara “I have lived in the belly of the beast and I know its entrails; mine is the sling of David…[my duty is] of preventing the United States from spreading through the Antilles as Cuba gains its independence, and from overpowering with that […]

Mexico leads Economic Progress in the Americas

February 12, 2025 Ellen Mass

by Ellen Mass This article is part one of a series on Mexico’s history and economic development — In Mexico astounding nation-wide changes are transforming the daily life of toiling workers and their families. Deeming this historic economic development as either inferior or unworthy of […]

This Winter is a Great Time to Travel to Cuba

December 18, 2024 Merri Ansara

By Merri Ansara You have an invitation to join me at the International Conference for World Balance, January 28 to 31st in Havana Cuba. This will be an extraordinary conference for peace activists and an opportunity for them to get to know what the rest […]

Massachusetts Shelter Crisis: Housing is Still a Right for All

August 27, 2024 Silas Nahan

by Silas Nahan On August 1, 2024, in a bid to lessen the strain on the emergency shelter network, major changes were implemented in how homeless families access the state Emergency Assistance (EA) shelter system. Four overflow sites in Chelsea, Lexington, Cambridge and Norfolk, referred […]

The U.S. should focus on Democracy at home, not in Venezuela

August 13, 2024 Brian Garvey

By Brian Garvey There is now widespread controversy surrounding the Venezuelan presidential election on July 28th. The National Electoral Council says that current President Nicolás Maduro was reelected with a 51% majority. The opposition, led by Maria Corina Machado, claims that its candidate, Edmundo González, […]

Killing Asylum

January 22, 2024 Sunny Robinson

by Sunny Robinson As we cross into 2024, hundreds, if not thousands of migrants daily attempt to cross the Southern border of the United States. Similarly, hundreds if not thousands, attempt to cross the Mediterranean into Europe. The welcoming rhetoric of the Biden-Harris Administration is […]