Immigrants and supporters marched and rallied in Chicago on March 10 to demand legalization for out-of-status immigrants and oppose anti-immigrant legislation currently being considered by the Senate. Organizers estimated the crowd at 130,000, while Chicago police estimated 75,000 to 100,000… Read moreThousands march for immigrants’ rights in Chicago, DC
On March 8, students at the National University of Bogota held a protest against the Colombian government’s Feb. 27 signing of the Andean Free Trade Treaty with the US, Peru and Ecuador. Agents from the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD), a… Read moreColombia: more ESMAD terror
A March 13 report from Pakistan’s Daily Times on the army-occupied town of Miranshah in North Waziristan: PESHAWAR: Authorities in Miranshah further eased an eight-day-old curfew on Sunday after soldiers killed dozens of militants in an operation last week. The… Read morePakistan: army occupies Waziristan villages
With all the global horrors in the headlines, this one barely grabbed any attention. Ironically, our attention is distracted precisely by the Middle East instability being used to justify the expansion of oil exploitation on Alaska’s public lands. From MarketWatch,… Read moreBP battles Alaska oil spill
A statement from an entity called the Iraqi National Resistance purports to put forth conditions for peace. It is said to represent both armed insurgent groups and supporters in civil society. From Tom Hayden’s blog in The Huffington Post: On… Read moreWho is the “Iraqi National Resistance”?
This March 12 piece by Nerma Jelacic from The Guardian reflects our sentiments precisely. Even in death, Milosevic wins again The death of Slobodan Milosevic has put a smile on many Bosnian faces, but I am sad. Not because the… Read moreSlobodan Milosevic cheats fate
From Turkey’s Zaman, March 9: Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said they spoke with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) President Mohammed El Baradei about Turkey’s nuclear energy program, which is expected to be announced shortly,… Read moreTurkey gets nuclear fever
From AP, via the Burlington Free Press, March 9: NEWFANE — Voters gathered Tuesday in an 1832 white-clapboard town hall to conduct their community’s annual business and to call for the impeachment of President Bush. “In the U.S. presently, there… Read moreVermont towns call for Bush impeachment
As we have noted before, these annual State Department human rights reports are not always so objective. But this year’s report throws a little cold water in the face of the Administration’s official optimism on Iraq—even if it implicitly gives… Read moreState Department documents Iraq torture
How to win friends and influence people. From the Iraqi League, March 4: On 28th of Feb, 2006, a group of female students were returning home on board the official 40-seater bus belonging to the Mosul Institute of Teachers. As… Read moreUS troops order Iraqi girls to strip
It would almost be comical in its choreographed predictability, if the stakes for world peace weren’t so high. From Knight-Ridder, March 8: The war of words over Iran’s nuclear program grew harsher Wednesday, as Iran threatened to inflict “harm and… Read moreIran threatens “harm and pain”; Cheney threatens “consequences”
From AP, March 2: Al-Qaida has encouraged its followers to attack oil pipelines and facilities in Muslim countries and tankers but not wells, according to a document posted on a Web site by the group that targeted the world’s largest… Read moreAl-Qaeda: target oil infrastructure
