On the heels of talk about forming an an anti-Obama “underground,” the right-wing talk radio set is now broaching actual secession from the union. The liberal blog Think Progress Nov. 25 posted an audio link from a recent broadcast by… Read moreAnti-Obama backlash: right-wingers broach “secession”
The army is patrolling the streets of Jos, in central Nigeria, after four days of violence between Muslims and Christians left hundreds dead. A Muslim charity says it has collected more than 300 bodies that had been brought to local… Read moreNigeria: hundreds dead in sectarian clashes
Bolivia’s government said Nov. 30 it is preparing “terrorism” charges against Branko Marinkovic, a leader of the autonomy movement in the country’s four hydrocarbon-rich eastern departments, in connection with a wave of strikes and protests earlier this year in which… Read moreBolivia: terrorism charges for autonomy leader?
Electronic Journal & Daily Report THE NEW TEXAS GAS WAR Fort Worth Communities Confront Corporate Colonization by Peter Gorman, Fort Worth Weekly FELTON FLOWS ON A California Town Beats Back the Water Cartel by Rachel Aronowitz, Terrain, Berkeley, CA COLOMBIA:… Read moreIssue #152, December 2008
James Bond Saves Evo Morales from the CIA! by Juan Cole, Informed Comment The reviews of director Marc Forster’s Quantum of Solace have complained about the film’s hectic pace (reminiscent of Doug Liman’s and Paul Greengrass’s Bourne thrillers), about the… Read moreA QUANTUM OF ANTI-IMPERIALISM
Continue ReadingA QUANTUM OF ANTI-IMPERIALISMby William Wharton, CounterHegemonic Yes, “nationalize the banks!”—the thoughtless slogan advanced by any number of ultra-left groups engaged in gross public displays of political masturbation. Yet, like the old saying goes, even a broken clock is correct twice a day…. Read moreNATIONALIZE THE BANKS!
Continue ReadingNATIONALIZE THE BANKS!Mexican President Felipe Calderón, speaking at last week’s APEC summit in Lima, warned US President-elect Barack Obama against following through on his campaign pledge to consider revising the North American Free Trade Agreement, saying it would send more Mexicans across… Read moreMexico: Calderón warns Obama on NAFTA revision
Twenty people were killed in apparent narco-violence Nov. 28—mostly in the border cities of Ciudad Juárez and Tijuana. The single bloodiest incident occurred when a group of hooded gunmen opened raided on a party at Juárez seafood restaurant, singling out… Read moreMexico: Ciudad Juárez violence escalates
Peru’s President Alan García Nov. 27 blamed his country’s recent rash of guerilla attacks on Mexico’s drug cartels, saying their inroads have sparked violent turf wars. “Mexican cartels are capturing, or trying to capture, the Peruvian market. This is the… Read morePeru: García blames Mexican cartels for Sendero violence
In the prelude to last week’s APEC summit in Lima, the leaders of Canada and Colombia met in the Peruvian capital to sign a free trade agreement. “In a time of global economic instability free trade is more important than… Read moreColombia signs free trade agreement with Canada
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez announced on live television Nov. 27 that he would not permit “foreign commandos” to be contracted by opposition politicians, in response to rumors that the newly elected governor of Miranda state, Henrique Capriles Radonski, is planning… Read moreVenezuelan opposition contracting Israeli mercenaries?
In a ceremony capping the first visit of a Russian president to Venezuela, Hugo Chávez met with Dmitri Medvedev aboard a Russian warship moored off the port of La Guiara Nov. 27, four days before joint military exercises between the… Read moreMedvedev, Chávez meet on eve of naval maneuvers
