Day: June 6, 2005

Watching the Shadows

David Duke Kiev confab: Deport the Jews

The following item ran in the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on June 6: Participants at an anti-Zionist conference in Kiev called for the deportation of Jews from Ukraine. The call came from one of the participants in the June 3 meeting… Read moreDavid Duke Kiev confab: Deport the Jews

Issue #. 110. June 2005

PLAN COLOMBIA’S SECRET AIR FORCE PROGRAM IN PERU A Father Waits for Justice as Deadly Accident Reveals Air-Interception Exercises by Peter Gorman COLOMBIA: CHEMICAL WARFARE EXPANDS Ecologists Warn of Disaster as U.S. Sprays Glyphosate in Threatened National Parks by Daniel… Read moreIssue #. 110. June 2005

IS GEORGE BUSH A SITH LORD?

And Does Ice Cube Save America from Donald Rumsfeld? Well, Duh! by Shlomo Svesnik In two of this spring’s Hollywood blockbusters, you have to wait until the very last of the final credits for the real punch line. “All characters… Read moreIS GEORGE BUSH A SITH LORD?

CENTRAL AMERICA: TERROR TARGETS ANTI-CAFTA RESISTANCE

from Weekly News Update on the Americas GUATEMALA: CAMPESINO LEADER KIDNAPPED An unidentified group of armed men intercepted and abducted Maria Antonieta Carrillo, a local leader of Guatemala’s Campesino Unity Committee (CUC), on May 28 in the village of La… Read moreCENTRAL AMERICA: TERROR TARGETS ANTI-CAFTA RESISTANCE

COLOMBIA: PARAMILITARY AMNESTY PASSES, NEW AID PENDING

from Weekly News Update on the Americas AMNESTY LAW PASSES On June 20, the last day of ordinary sessions for the Colombian Congress, the Senate approved the “Justice and Peace” law, which paves the way for a “demobilization” and amnesty… Read moreCOLOMBIA: PARAMILITARY AMNESTY PASSES, NEW AID PENDING

ECUADOR: STRIKERS SEIZE OIL WELLS

from Weekly News Update on the Americas On May 21, residents of the northern Ecuadoran provinces of Sucumbios and Orellana began an open-ended civic strike to demand improvements to roads, schools, housing and health care in the region, which borders… Read moreECUADOR: STRIKERS SEIZE OIL WELLS

PERU: COCALEROS, PEASANT ECOLOGISTS STAGE STRIKES

from Weekly News Update on the Americas HUALLAGA VALLEY: COCALEROS CLASH WITH COPS On May 29 in Tocache province, in the Huallaga valley of San Martin in north central Peru, at least 3,500 campesino coca growers (cocaleros) armed with sticks… Read morePERU: COCALEROS, PEASANT ECOLOGISTS STAGE STRIKES

BOLIVIA: GAS BILL PASSES, PROTESTS EXPLODE

from Weekly News Update on the Americas PREZ FAILS TO EASE PROTESTS Some 15,000 campesinos, students and other protesters filled the Plaza Murillo in La Paz on May 30 to demand nationalization of Bolivia’s natural gas resources and the seating… Read moreBOLIVIA: GAS BILL PASSES, PROTESTS EXPLODE

PLASTIC TOTALITARIANISM

Bankruptcy, “Anti-Terror” Laws Make Americans Captive Wards of Credit Industry by Chesley Hicks “Bankruptcy should always be a last resort in our legal system. If someone does not pay his or her debts, the rest of society ends up paying… Read morePLASTIC TOTALITARIANISM

INDONESIA: THE TSUNAMI’S DEADLY FALLOUT

Pentagon Exploits Humanitarian Mission to Rebuild Military Ties by John M. Miller In the immediate aftermath of the massive tsunami that swept through the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26, George W. Bush, safe on his Texas ranch, offered a paltry… Read moreINDONESIA: THE TSUNAMI’S DEADLY FALLOUT

COLOMBIA: PEACE INITIATIVES UNDER ATTACK

Uribe’s “Counter-Guerilla” Campaign Targets Indigenous Models for Demilitarization by Bill Weinberg The carnage in Iraq has pushed several other US military commitments from the headlines. Afghanistan, with 18,000 US troops, jumps to mind. But nearly forgotten is Colombia, where the… Read moreCOLOMBIA: PEACE INITIATIVES UNDER ATTACK

COLOMBIA: CHEMICAL WARFARE EXPANDS

Ecologists Warn of Disaster as U.S. Sprays Glyphosate in Threatened National Parks by Daniel Leal and combined sources In the past few months, the people of Quibdo, capital city of the Colombian Pacific coast department of Choco, have observed daily… Read moreCOLOMBIA: CHEMICAL WARFARE EXPANDS