Some 10,000 members of the Section 22 teachers union and the Popular People’s Assembly of Oaxaca (APPO) marched in Oaxaca City Sept. 1 to demonstrate their rejection of Mexico’s President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, the same day he delivered his first… Read moreMexico: more protests in Oaxaca —amid growing violence
Speaking at the end of a visit to Ethiopia, US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer issued the strongest threat yet that Eritrea could be officially labeled a sponsor of terrorism. Frazer said the presence of exiled… Read moreState Department: Eritrea joins jihad
Trade unions in Algeria are calling on members to rally Sept. 9 to denounce suicide attacks that have claims dozens of lives in recent days. (BBC, Sept. 8) Workers at Algeria’s ports have also threatened with a series of rolling… Read moreAlgeria: unions stand up to terror —and privatization
Voters in Morocco deprived the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) of an expected parliamentary victory, handing it instead to the secular conservative Istiqlal party that is a member of the ruling coalition. In a surprisingly strong showing, Istiqlal won… Read moreIslamists charge fraud in Morocco
The last time this happened, there was evidence of sabotage. From Reuters, Sept. 7: NEAR ZHEZKAZGAN, Kazakhstan — Kazakhstan, home to Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome, accused Moscow on Friday of not doing enough to ensure the safety of its space launches… Read moreKazakhstan protests over space crash
A Sept. 6 suidice bombing in Batna, southeastern Algeria, left 22 dead and over 100 injured. The attack came just 40 minutes before a visit to the town by President Bouteflika. (North Africa Journal, Sept. 7) The attack came a… Read moreMore terror in Algeria
This Sept. 7 report from AP notes what seems to be a growing trend—and vindicates our observation of a strategic tilt to the Sunnis on the part of the US. US and Iraqi troops backed by attack aircraft clashed with… Read moreIraq: US bombs Shi’ites —again
This Sept. 6 report from Computer World hails a victory for the privacy rights of cyberscenti, but as we have noted, this also concerns us old-school types who go to libraries and read books. (We know, how quaint.) Judge: Court… Read morePatriot Act provision ruled unconstitutional
The Indo-Asian News Service is justly proud of Bhairavi Desai of the New York Taxi Workers’ Alliance in this Sept. 5 account. New York City is fast becoming a laboratory for the new surveillance state, and the heroic taxi drivers… Read moreNYC: taxi drivers resist Big Brother
Sri Lanka’s government is dividing districts in the east to prevent a Tamil homeland being created, potentially spoiling chances for a peace settlement, charged R. Sampanthan, parliamentary leader of the Tamil National Alliance party. The aim is to create an… Read moreSri Lanka: districts redrawn to exclude Tamils?
Twenty Burmese security officials taken captive for several hours by Buddhist monks were released unharmed Sept. 6. The officials had arrived at the monastery in the town of Pakokku to apologize for injuries caused during a protest on the previous… Read moreBurma: Buddhist monks challenge dictatorship
The Secretary of the Navy Sept. 5 handed down letters of censure to three US Marine officers for improper performance of duties in the reporting and investigation of the killings of 24 Iraqi civilians at Haditha in November 2005. A… Read moreMarine officers censured in Haditha probe
