From the Committee to Protect Journalists: New York, December 12, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the assassination today in Beirut of Gebran Tueni, a journalist and member of parliament who was a fierce critic of Syria and its policies… Read moreAssassination of Lebanese journalist protested
Predictably, even as tensions rise between the two Horn of Africa rivals, Ethiopia and Eritrea are mirroring each other in a crackdown on the press. In a Dec. 12 press release, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists protests the… Read morePress crackdown in Ethiopia, Eritrea
Declaration of the Left Worker-Communist Party of Iraq-LWPI Regarding the “Elections” of December 15, 2005 Amidst the current grim situation in Iraq, the bourgeois media is escalating its propaganda for the so-called governmental elections to be held on December 15,… Read moreIraq: left opposition denounces elections
The Chinese news service Xinhua boasts Dec. 10 of the opening of a new luxury tourist train across Tibet under the auspices of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Corporation. Meanwhile, observing International Human Rights Day, the Tibetan Center for Human Rights and… Read moreTibet commodified for tourism as repression escalates
Nir Rosen has a piece in the December Atlantic Monthly entitled “If America Left Iraq: The case for cutting and running.” Rosen poses the following questions and answers them all himself: Would the withdrawal of U.S. troops ignite a civil… Read moreIraq: “the case for cutting and running”
On Dec. 4, a group of approximately 200 uniformed and armed men, identified as members of the Bloque Norte of the AUC paramilitary movement, under the command of “Jorge 40,” entered the hamlets (veredas) La Más Verde y Nuevo Horizonte,… Read moreColombia: new paramilitary massacre
The world is paying little note, but China may have a full-scale peasant revolt on its hands soon. The hideous irony is that the American idiot left, rather than loaning solidarity to the heroic Chinese peasants, will cheer on their… Read moreChina: army fires on peasant protesters
This analysis recognizes that the US military presence in Iraq is ultimately counter-productive to a recovery of the country’s oil industry. But it seems to assume that US leaders are capable of smelling the coffee and getting out. It fails… Read moreIraq: oil sector in crisis
Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz has responded the latest ant-Israel tirade by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad y saying that Israel must prepare solutions “other than diplomatic” in the face of Tehran’s nuclear program. “The right move would be to let… Read moreIsrael, Iran gird for war
A voice of unassailable moral credibility—we hope—is added to chorus demanding release of the four hostages from the Christian Peacemaker Teams in Iraq. LONDON (Reuters) – A former Guantanamo Bay detainee has pleaded for the release of peace worker Norman… Read moreEx-Gitmo detainee: free CPT hostages
In the spirit of laughing with tears in your eyes (or, as Wavy Gravy put it, demanding your right to bring a whoopie-cushion to Auschwitz), file this under “Leftist Conspiracy Theorists Vindicated Again.” From the BBC, Dec. 9: The US… Read moreSecret prisons: US admits it
The ugly face of petro-tyranny (or is the better term autocracy?). From AP, Dec. 6: Man Who Received Jaywalking Ticket Dies of Injuries Washington D.C. (AP) A 73-year-old man who received a $5 jaywalking ticket after he was hit by… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
