The Taliban denies it. So who did do it? AP, April 12: ASADABAD, Afghanistan — A rocket exploded Tuesday in a schoolyard in eastern Afghanistan, killing seven students and wounding 34 other people in an attack possibly aimed at a… Read moreAfghanistan: rocket attack on schoolyard kills 7 kids
From Bloomberg, April 12: Iran Could Produce Nuclear Bomb in 16 Days, U.S. Says Iran, defying United Nations Security Council demands to halt its nuclear program, may be capable of making a nuclear bomb within 16 days, a U.S. State… Read moreIran could have a-bomb in 16 days …or ten years
We have received the following from a group calling itself A for Anarchy: V for Vendetta A for Action!!!! 4/17: International A for Anarchy Action Day! While V for Vendetta has been playing for a few weeks in the US,… Read moreAnarchists protest “V for Vendetta”
From AP, April 4: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The only conscientious objector to receive a Medal of Honor in World War II has been buried at a national cemetery with a 21-gun salute, although he refused to carry a weapon while… Read moreWorld War II conscientious objector buried with honors
From the Jurist, April 11: A medical officer in the UK’s Royal Air Force has pleaded not guilty to charges that he failed to comply with a legal order for refusing to return to Iraq for a third tour of… Read moreUK: trial starts in Iraq conscientious objector case
Note the last line asserting that the release of the findings at this time is coincidental. Could be, but it certainly serves an important propaganda function as Bush prepares to play Churchill to Ahmadinejad’s Hitler. From Reuters, April 7: BERLIN… Read moreNazis planned Holocaust for Palestine: historians
This is just about the most insidious thing the Bush boys are doing—because while plans to bomb Iran at least spark headlines and outrage, plans to bomb the Moon languish in the back pages of the newspapers, and even many… Read moreBush plans bombardment of Moon
For those who remember similar threats in the prelude to the Iraq invasion, there’s a sense of deja vu here. From AFP, April 8: WASHINGTON – The administration of President George W. Bush is planning a massive bombing campaign against… Read moreIran: US considers nuclear strikes
Magdalena Gomez writes for Mexico’s La Jornada, March 28, via the Chiapas95 archive (our translation): The Jornadas Andino-Mesoamericanas, held last week in La Paz and El Alto, Bolivia, provided an unusual tequio [Mexican indigenous word for collective effort] of thought…. Read moreBolivia hosts hemispheric indigenous conference
The Zapatista “Other Campaign” continues to advance through central Mexico, with recent stops emphasizing peasant ecological struggles. In Campos, Colima state, Delegate Zero (Subcommander Marcos) and other Zapatista leaders met with fishermen at Cuyutlán lagoon, whose livelihood is falling victim… Read moreZapatista tour in Michoacan, Morelos
A prominent opponent of India’s controversial Sardar Sarovar dam project on the Narmada River is forcibly hospitalized to break her hunger strike. From Rediff, April 6: In a late night swoop, the Delhi police have forcibly removed Narmada Bachao Andolan… Read moreIndia: river activist arrested
More evidence that, whatever the hubristic schemes of the neocons three years ago, Washington is terrified of losing control of Iraq, having over-played the divide-and-conquer card. From the Irish Examiner, April 8: SUICIDE attackers wearing women’s robes blew themselves up… Read moreIraq: Khalilzad warns of regional destabilization
