Message of condolence to the NDP

On my behalf and on behalf of all the members of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada, I express deepest condolences to Jack Layton’s family – his wife Olivia, his children, his beloved mother and all others – and to all his colleagues and New Democratic Party members across the country.

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Venezuela: $US 20 million for subversion in 2012

BY EVA GOLINGER*

WASHINGTON is preparing funds to support the opposition’s campaign against President Hugo Chavez during the coming presidential elections in 2012Since Hugo Chavez won his first presidential elections in 1998, the US government has been trying to remove him from power. With multimillion-dollar investments, every year Washington’s agencies advise and aid anti-Chavez groups with their campaigns and strategies against the government. 

Why did Japan surrender?

US General Douglas MacArthur, as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, accepts the unconditional surrender document signed by the Japanese | Keystone/Getty Images

Sixty-six years ago, the US dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. Now, some American historians admit that’s not what ended World War II in Asia | GARETH COOK, Boston Globe

Quebec pushing forward with controversial proposal to define ‘professional’ journalists

THE Quebec government’s proposal to create legislation that would define who is a professional journalist is first going to have to undergo public scrutiny, reports the National Post and The Suburban.com.