From The New Times, Kigali, Nov. 12 via AllAfrica: An unprecedented public inquiry into France’s role in the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda held hearings in Kigali last week, where the French army was accused of complicity in the massacre of… Read moreRwanda probes French link to genocide
The election results from the Democratic Republic of Congo are in—and predictably contested. The incumbent Joseph Kabila (and son of the late Laurent Kabila, leader of the 1996 revolution) has been declared victor, while supporters of contender Jean-Pierre Bemba, a… Read moreAussie mining company implicated in Congo massacre
It was inevitable, but that doesn’t make it any more probable. How can the GWOT propagandists buy this thesis while Tehran’s agents and al-Qaeda’s local franchise are locked in a death struggle for control of Iraq? Maybe it’s because they’re… Read moreNext: Iran-al-Qaeda link?
From the AP, Nov. 14: ISTANBUL — Turkey warned Tuesday that allowing Iraq to split apart would force its neighbors to act and would usher in “an unbelievable new era of darkness.” Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul was responding to predictions… Read moreIraq: “new era of darkness” if country fractures
From the Capital Times of Madison, WI, Nov. 8: Organizers of a movement to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq are lauding success at the ballot box from Wisconsin to Massachusetts. Nine Wisconsin communities weighed in on measures calling for… Read moreAnti-war referenda pass in heartland, New England
Classes resumed at Oaxaca’s state university Nov. 13, even as 1,700 delegates of the leading coalition of protest groups emerged from a “constitutive congress” vowing to step up their actions. The Popular People’s Assembly of Oaxaca (APPO) announced that its… Read moreOaxaca: APPO pledges renewed resistance
From EFE, Nov. 12 via Chiapas95 (our translation): OAXACA – A group of 250 indigenous from the community of Acteal in Chiapas state marched today in the city of Oaxaca and held a religious ritual in support of peace for… Read moreLas Abejas arrive in Oaxaca
From El Universal, Nov. 14 (our translation, links added): OCOSINGO, Chiapas — The organization Maderas del Pueblo [Timber for the People], which has a presence in the Selva Lacandona, confirmed that up to nine campesinos were assassinated in the comunity… Read moreEthnic warfare in Chiapas rainforest?
From AP, Nov. 12 (links added): OAXACA, Mexico — Four youths wearing masks tossed gasoline bombs at a McDonald’s restaurant in the conflict-torn city of Oaxaca on Sunday, damaging the windows, seats and play area, police said. Security personnel at… Read moreOaxaca: McDonalds fire-bombed
From El Universal, Nov. 9 via Chiapas95 (our translation): GENEVA, Switzerland – The Federal Prosecutor of the Republic [PGR] admitted that following the police operation of this past May in San Salvador Atenco, sexual abuses and torture were committed against… Read moreMexico admits torture in Atenco case
Campesinos organized by the National Front of Struggle for Socialism (FNLS) blocked four central highways in Mexico’s southern Chiapas state Nov. 10, including the Panamerican Highway and the coastal frontier highway, in solidarity with the Popular People’s Organization of Oaxaca… Read moreChiapas campesinos again block roads for Oaxaca
From El Universal, Nov. 10 via Chiapas95: One of the most horrific crimes in recent Mexico City history – the 2004 beating and burning to death of two federal police officers by a mob of residents in the Tlahuac district… Read moreEPR guerillas behind Mexico City police lynching?
