Tens of thousands of Mexican workers from a wide range of unions left work and took to the streets on April 28 to express their opposition to the labor policies of center-right president Vicente Fox Quesada and to demand the… Read moreMexico: strike against Fox labor plans
From El Universal, April 16, via Chiapas95: The special prosecutor’s office set up by President Fox to investigate the violent campaign against leftists more than a generation ago failed to file its report on the case Saturday, the day it… Read moreMexico: government roadblocks “dirty war” investigation?
Subcommander Marcos of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), speaking in Mexico City’s historic Tlatelolco Plaza May 3, stated that the Zapatistas are officially going on “red alert” in response to violence in San Salvador Atenco, a village in the… Read moreUprising in Mexico state; Zapatistas on “red alert” again
From Venezuelanalysis, May 2: Venezuelans celebrated International Worker’s Day yesterday with two large marches that wound through the streets of Caracas. One in support of the Chavez-led “Bolivarian Revolution,” and the other with the opposition. This marks the sixth year… Read moreDeuling Mayday marches in Venezuela
A “hoax”? What the hell is that supposed to mean? If the leaflet was produced by one or two lone wackos instead of an organization, so much the better. But it was assuredly produced by real racists. From CBC News,… Read moreCanadian Nazis exploit Mohawk uprising
Just as the PUK shows signs of losing control of its stronghold in northern Iraq, it launches attacks across the border in Iran—with doubtless US (and likely Israeli) assistance and direction. Iran, of course, replies by bombing Kurdish civilians, which… Read morePUK raids Iran; Tehran shells Kurds
The final capitulation of King Gyanendra to a militant pro-democracy movement that has made common cause with the Maoist guerillas is closely followed by The Rising Nepal website. The king, who had seized dictatorial absolute power last February, reached an… Read moreNepal: back from brink?
From the Village Voice, April 28: No Justice, No Work Immigrants tap May Day’s radical roots by Sarah Ferguson It has been called “A Day Without Immigrants.” “The Great American Boycott.” And down in Mexico: “Nothing Gringo.” But whatever you… Read moreImmigrants’ general strike for Mayday?
As we (and others) have argued, one of the aims of Operation Iraqi Freedom was likely to jack up the price of oil, giving a salutary boost to industry expansion plans, facilitating Western corporate colonization of the Caspian Basin (beating… Read moreBush halts Strategic Reserve deposits; market out of neocon control?
From New York’s Jewish Week, April 28: As the world’s largest chasidic sect mourns the death this week of the Satmar Grand Rebbe Moshe Teitelbaum, the bitter, litigious — and sometimes violent — feud between two of his sons shows… Read moreNYC: Satmar feud escalates with Grand Rebbe’s death
Writes David Wood of Newhouse News Service, April 26 (emphasis added): WASHINGTON — If Iran succeeds in building nuclear weapons, it will be paid for in part by American drivers. With oil prices and global oil consumption at near-record levels,… Read moreOil struggle behind Iran WMD showdown: analysts
From our contributor Mahmood Ketabchi: After more that two years of haggling with the Islamic regime of Iran over its nuclear program, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), under pressure from the European powers and particularly the US government, referred… Read moreUS v. Iran: “nuclear hypocrisy” on both sides
