From Ya Libnan, May 15: Beirut & Damascus — Prominent writer and democracy campaigner Michel Kilo was detained after calling for better relations between Syria and Lebanon. Syria detained Kilo days after he signed a petition calling for radical reform… Read moreSyrian dissident detained
Its about out way of life, remember? From Newsday, May 15: Fatal accident leaves grief on Mother’s Day It was a simple Mother’s Day gift: Alvin Johnson was going to surprise his girlfriend of 20 years, Emma Liverman, with a… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
From BBC, May 16. Maybe this will finally shut up the conspiranoiacs. (Yeah, as if…) Why Pentagon released 9/11 tape A non-profit government watchdog has succeeded in getting the US to release videotapes of a plane striking the Pentagon on… Read morePentagon releases 9-11 footage; conspiranoiacs appeased?
We recently noted an internal shake-up in the Libyan regime that seemed to signal a tilt back to the sidelined hardliners. This seems not to have affected Washington’s plans, announced today, to restore diplomatic relations. This may actually reveal something… Read moreChávez, State Department woo Qadaffi
From AP, May 13: WASHINGTON – President Bush, trying to build momentum for an overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws, is considering plans to shore up the Mexican border with National Guard troops paid for by the federal government, the… Read moreBush proposes thousands of Guard troops for Mexican border; raids and protests continue
Nine bombs exploded across Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa May 12, killing four people and wounding dozens. (AP, May 13) The Oromi separatists deny involvement. But Ethiopia has no shortage of ethnic separatist struggles, as we have noted. And also no… Read moreRebels or government behind Ethiopia terror blasts?
Hundreds of mostly young protesters blocked traffic throughout Mexico City yesterday to demand the release of those arrested in the unrest at the village of San Salvador Atenco a week earlier. APRO reported more than 20 blockades throughout the Federal… Read moreProtesters block highways in Mexico City
We can already anticipate the blame-the-victim chorus that will be raised by the oil companies, Nigeria’s rulers and the global media. But when resource hyper-exploitation co-exists with dire poverty, such incidents are absolutely inevitable. From the Lagos Vanguard, May 13,… Read moreNigeria: 200 dead in pipeline blast
It’s about our way of life, remember? From the NY Daily News, May 12: Sister, 11 fights to live after L.I. crash The heartbroken parents of a 9-year-old girl killed in a car crash in Merrick prayed for a miracle… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Albania, of all places, has agreed to take in five Uighur militants who had been captured by the US in Afghanistan and held at Guantanamo. Stateside Uighur advocates and human rights organizations went to court to halt their deportation to… Read moreGitmo Uighurs to Albania
“The financial equivalent of a nuclear strike,” says one analyst. We do wish he would refrain from that particular analogy. The whole showdown over Iran–with Washington apparently threatening to use nuclear weapons in the name of protecting the world from… Read moreIran seeks euro-based oil market
The Bush administration has just upped the ante on turning federally-administrated public lands over to corporate interests. Previously, they had just pushed to expand timber, oil and mineral lease rights, citing the energy crunch and need for “energy independence” due… Read moreBush seeks privatization of national forests
