We almost wet our pants laughing a few years back when Exxon took out an ad on the New York Times op-ed page praising the despotism of Kazakhstan’s Nursultan Nazarbayev as a “democracy.” But these days Bush is writing much… Read moreBush: Kazkhstan “free nation”
The New York Times Sept. 30 takes note of widespread conspiracy theories that the White House is manipualting oil prices: A gallon of regular gas now averages $2.33, after rising above $3 in August. But given that even the current… Read moreConspiracy theories in dropping oil prices
From BBC, Sept. 20: Israelis ‘train Kurdish forces’ The BBC has obtained evidence that Israelis have been giving military training to Kurds in northern Iraq. A report on the BBC TV programme Newsnight showed Israeli experts in northern Iraq, drilling… Read moreIsrael trains Iraqi Kurds: BBC claims video evidence
It looks like Nicaragua may be poised to once again become strategic to US interests in the western hemisphere—just as the Sandinistas seem poised to take the presidential elections. Can you say deja vu? From BBC, Oct. 4: Nicaragua has… Read moreNicaragua announces new canal plan
From Newsday, Oct. 3: Man run over on Queens Blvd. dies A Queens man run over by a hit-and-run driver Monday night while walking home from religious services died today, as police recovered the vehicle they believe was involved. Yakub… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Maybe we should thank al-Qaeda for prompting the authorities to carry out this survey. From AP, Sept. 22: WASHINGTON – Anti-terrorism officials conducted a helicopter survey of New York City’s radiation sources in preparation for a so-called “dirty bomb” attack… Read moreNYC radiological survey finds unexpected “hot spots”
Subcommander Marcos and other delegates from the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) returned to Mexico City from Chiapas Sept. 29 to continue their national tour. In October and November they are scheduled to meet with suporters in the states of… Read moreMarcos back in Mexico City; Zapatistas rally at Atenco
Secondary school teachers in Mexico’s conflicted southern state of Chiapas carried out a 72-hr strike in solidarity with the struggle in neighboring Oaxaca, and to support Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s challenge to the supposed fraud in the presidential election and… Read moreChiapas: teachers strike, Zapatistas end alert
Mexican rebel leader Subcommander Marcos is remaking himself as a writer of political pulp fiction in collaboration with famed crime thriller scribe Paco Ignacio Taibo II. Interesting how a genre that generally plays to the law-and-order right in Gringolandia plays… Read moreSubcommander Marcos unveils Osama bin Laden theory
Protesters fortified street barricades and prepared petrol bombs Oct. 1 as Mexican navy helicopters buzzed over Oaxaca City for a second day, sparking rumors that federal forces were planning to retake the city center, which has been occupied by the… Read moreOaxaca at the brink?
As Lynne Stewart awaits sentencing, the New York Times Sept. 29 portrayed her as uncharacteristically contrite… Lawyer in Terror Case Apologizes for Violating Special Prison Rules Lynne F. Stewart, the once brashly defiant radical defense lawyer who was convicted in… Read moreLynne Stewart denied “need to know” on warrantless surveillance
From the New York Times, Sept. 29: PORTOROZ, Slovenia — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld agreed Thursday to put 12,000 American combat troops in eastern Afghanistan under NATO command, possibly as soon as next month, officials said. The plan approved… Read moreNATO expands Afghanistan role
