From the Santa Barbara Independent, Feb. 15: Ignoring the restrictions imposed by the mere geometry of UCSB’s curbs and sidewalks, students marching today in protest of the University of California’s involvement with military efforts stepped across the newly installed roundabout… Read moreWar protesters shut California’s Highway 217
From Military.com, Feb. 1: President Bush and his new military chiefs have been saying for nearly a month that they would “surge” an additional 21,500 troops to Iraq, in a last, grand push to quell the violence in Baghdad and… Read moreThe real “surge”: 48,000 troops?
We noted earlier this week signs of an emerging ethnic insurgency in Iran’s eastern province of Baluchistan. Now news reports make reference not only to bombs, but “insurgents.” We didn’t expect to vindicated so quickly. From AP, Feb. 16: TEHRAN… Read moreBlast, clashes in Iran’s Baluchistan
We’ve noted before that the laws against Holocaust denial are counter-productive, as they muddy the moral waters, showing “democracy” as the “real” totalitarianism. They serve as effective propaganda precisely for those they seek to silence. Unfortunately, here we go again…. Read moreZundel gets five years for Holocaust denial
President Bush has approved plans to create a Pentagon command for Africa, a move that reflects increasing US strategic interests in the continent. Bush said in a Feb. 13 statement that he had asked Defense Secretary Robert Gates to get… Read moreAfrica Command: “Follow the oil”
Canada is considering withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan, according to an interim report by the Canadian Senate committee on national security and defence. The report demands more money for the operation and a bigger commitment from other NATO countries within… Read moreCanada to withdraw from Afghanistan?
From AFP, Feb. 14 (links added): WASHINGTON – The Pentagon announced plans to maintain some 27,000 US troops in Afghanistan — the most since it went to war there more than five years ago — to try to crush a… Read moreMore US troops to Afghanistan
From AP, via the Carlsbad Current Argus, Feb. 15: Salt Lake City – Officials fear a backlash against the Bosnian community, while family friends suggested a Bosnian teen’s experiences as a refugee may have fueled his deadly rampage through a… Read moreBosnians fear backlash in Salt Lake City killings
Don’t say we didn’t warn you. From the The Missoulan, Feb. 8: WHITEFISH – British Columbia’s top mining minister stepped down this week amid outrage at his anti-American sentiments, and Montanans who have been negotiating with the province over controversial… Read moreMontana flashpoint for looming US-Canada war
It barely rates a headline these days, but things are sure looking good in the long aftermath of another US military adventure, eh? From the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, Feb. 12: Hundreds gathered on Sunday, February 11, in the centre… Read moreDeadly riots in Kosova
We’ve noted before in the US anti-war movement’s factional jockeying, how the sectarian-controlled International ANSWER has used Palestine as a “wedge issue” against the more legitimate United for Peace & Justice (UFPJ) coalition—which really has been timid around the question…. Read moreUFPJ joins Palestine mobilization
From the Calgary Sun, Feb. 18: OTTAWA — A Liberal MP has accused the Conservatives of trying to keep the public in the dark about the state of three terrorist suspects on a hunger strike in a prison derisively known… Read moreHunger strike at “Canada’s Gitmo”
