Analysis

Now that the Democratic majority 110th Congress is seated, the immigrant rights movement has an opportunity to move forward on several fronts.

When the term “balkanization” is used, it has long meant to break a territory or a region up into hostile, unmanageable parts. The Balkans have long been portrayed in imperialist ideology as a region filled with colorful, violent, backward people, the “hillbillies” of Europe.

El pasado año fue uno de lucha y victoria. Los derechistas republicanos, en su afán por ganar las elecciones y mantener control del Congreso, decidieron usar la cuestión de inmigración para ganarse el voto de los conservadores.

After a resounding re-election victory on Dec. 3, in which leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias defeated his right-wing opponent by 63 percent to 37 percent, Chavez has called for the consolidation of all political forces on the left into a “unitary party” to work for a transition to socialism.

Now that the Democratic majority 110th Congress is seated, the immigrant rights movement has an opportunity to move forward on several fronts.

Virgil Goode is the congressman for Virginia’s conservative 5th district. One would expect that it would elect conservative representatives to Congress, but there is no law requiring it to elect fools.

Murió Augusto Pinochet. Por 17 años él dirigió un de las dictaduras más sangrientas del mundo con miles de muertos, torturados y desaparecidos.

NEW YORK — “No justice, no peace! No justice, no peace!” protesters chanted Dec. 6 as they rallied in Manhattan’s Foley Square. The event was planned months in advance to bring attention to the issue of police brutality in New York City. But following the shooting death of groom-to-be 23-year-old Sean Bell, the event took on new meaning and urgency.

MINNEAPOLIS — The success of the Keith Ellison congressional campaign here was noteworthy from several perspectives.

So, let’s link two recent financial stories: household debt continues to climb, topping out at 24 percent of household; annual bonuses to the employees of five major investment banks will total $36 billion this year, or an average of over $200,000 a piece.