A March 21 statement from the San José de Apartadó Peace Community: We call for national and international solidarity to demand the freedom of GILDARDO TUBERQUIA, member of the Internal Council of the Peace Community, who has been illegally detained… Read moreColombia: Peace Community leader detained
Lukashenko is doubtless correct that the protesters are backed by the West—or are about to be. Can we—meaning progressives in the West—possibly think of a more creative response to this dilemma than rallying around Lukashenko? From the BBC, March 21:… Read more“Regime change” for Belarus?
From the UK’s Iraq Union Solidarity, March 17: Support the Tehran busworkers! Since April 2005, Tehran busworkers have combatted mass jailings and sackings to insist on their right to form a union and claim unpaid wages. Most recently, bus workers… Read moreSolidarity with Iranian transit workers
From Madison’s Capital Times, March 18: Wisconsin will blaze a trail in April when, for the first time, voters will go to the polls as part of a statewide effort to pass referendums opposed to the war in Iraq. “We… Read moreWisconsin towns launch anti-war referendums
Sarah Ferguson writes for the Village Voice, March 19: Seventeen demonstrators were arrested Sunday for blocking traffic as part of a funeral procession intended to transform Times Square into a “Zone of Mourning” on the third anniversary of the U.S…. Read moreNYC: arrests at Iraq war protest
The Zapatista “Other Campaign” continues to advance across central Mexico, drawing attention to local struggles. In Guanajuato, Subcommaner Marcos was denied entry to the state prison, the Social Rehabiliation Center (CERESO), where he sought to visit political prisoners, on the… Read moreRepression follows Zapatista tour
From EFE, March 16: Bolivia’s attorney general filed charges Thursday against three ex-presidents and eight former energy ministers for signing contracts with foreign petroleum firms that violated the laws of the Andean nation. The accusations are directed against Gonzalo Sanchez… Read moreBolivia: three ex-presidents charged in foreign oil deals
Just in time for Iran. Note the closing quote. From the AP, March 18: US President George W. Bush renewed his administration’s strike-first policy against terrorists and other US enemies and rebuked Iran over allegations it is secretly amassing nuclear… Read moreBush renews pre-emptive war strategy
March 16, the first day that Iraq’s fragile new parliament formally met, was met not only with a new US offensive in the Samarra area that the Arab press is already comparing to Fallujah (Khajeel Times, UAE, March 19) but,… Read moreIraq: It hits the fan in Kurdistan
A statement from the Iraqi Freedom Congress: An open letter to the anti-war and terrorism movement of the world on the third anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq Libertarian forces of the world, Anti-war and occupation movement of the… Read moreIraqi civil resistance statement to US anti-war forces
No kidding! From the Washington Post, March 13 The Big News: Shrinking Reportage An explosion of media outlets means we now have more coverage and carping about every conceivable event than ever before in history. But we also have less… Read moreMore news sources, less news: study
Iraqi civil resistance leader Houzan Mahmoud will speak in New York City on Tuesday March 21. Houzan Mahmoud is a co-founder of the Iraqi Freedom Congress, a recent initiative to build a democratic, secular and progressive alternative to both the… Read moreIraqi civil resistance leader Houzan Mahmoud to speak in NYC
