Author: Bill Weinberg
Fukushima on the Missouri?
We sure hope not, but this isn’t looking too good. From AP, June 26: BROWNVILLE, Neb. — A berm holding the flooded Missouri River back from a Nebraska nuclear power station collapsed early Sunday, but federal regulators said they were… Read moreFukushima on the Missouri?
Congress and the Libya war: Orwellian logic on both sides
The Obama administration argues that the bombardment of Libya does not constitute "hostilities," to weasel out of the War Power Act restrictions—while anti-war commentators ignore the fact that Libya's rebels avidly support the bombing.
“Geo-engineering” scheme advances at Bonn climate talks
As the new UN climate summit opens in Bonn, advocates of the hubristic “geo-engineering” agenda appear to have won the ear of some on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
ANSWER thugs bar Libyans from Cynthia McKinney event: report
The website of the Libyan Youth Movement reports that members of the Libyan community in Los Angeles were barred entry to an ANSWER event on Libya featuring Cynthia McKinney, on grounds that they “seemed like they may cause trouble.”
WHY WE FIGHT
From the NY Daily News, June 17: 91-year-old Brooklyn man Milton Levine killed in hit-and-run A callous driver struck a 91-year-old man on a Brooklyn street Thursday – and sped away after he saw the victim hit the ground, sources… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Activists protest FBI raids in FARC-PFLP case
We noted last year the FBI raids on activists in the midwest over their alleged ties to the PFLP and the FARC. We’ve also noted the hardline proclivities of federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, whose harsh “anti-terrorist” measures have bottlenecked free… Read moreActivists protest FBI raids in FARC-PFLP case
Glenn Greenwald tells the left what it wants to hear on Libya
Glenn Greenwald hyperventilates about a WikiLeaks cable revealing that (gasp!) US oil companies didn’t like Qaddafi, as he betrays the Libyan rebels by portraying “regime change” as just a cynical conspiracy by Exxon & ilk.
Libya: mercenaries fighting on both sides?
Following recent charges that Israeli spook firms are recruiting mercenaries for Qaddafi come claims that the CIA is recruiting mercenaries for the Libyan rebels. Yet the rebel government had apparently arrested a team of these “mercenaries”…
Peru: populist prevails in presidential poll; plutocrat prognosis pessimistic
Peruvian voters elected the fiery populist Ollanta Humala to the presidency, dealing a defeat to neoliberal candidate Keiko Fujimori—and precipitating a plunge in the Lima stock market.
US judge allows Colombian paramilitary victims to sue Chiquita, in landmark ruling
A federal court in Florida issued a ruling in the case in re Chiquita Brands, allowing lawsuits brought by some 4,000 Colombians seeking compensation for violence by armed groups the company backed to move ahead.
Central American integration —and militarization
Talks on a Mexico-Central America free trade zone wrapped up as long-standing regional political disputes were officially resolved. But increased integration comes with stepped-up “anti-crime” military efforts.