The third and apparently last installment of the Zapatistas’ Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Selva was released yesterday. While the first was entitled “Who We Are” and outlined the history of the Zapatista struggle, and the second was dubbed “How… Read moreZapatistas announce Mexico tour
Still only rumors at this point, but chilling ones, and a UN rapporteur considers them credible enough to warrant an investigation. Thanks to TruthOut for sending this one from AFP June 29: US Suspected of Keeping Secret Prisoners on Warships:… Read morePentagon maintains secret floating prisons?
Well, the (supposedly) final design for the “Freedom Tower” that is to rise where the World Trade Center stood has been unveiled after a long, tortuous process. And the design, a brutalist product of politics and paranoia without even a… Read moreNYC: Fascist architecture for Ground Zero
After much speculation following their announcement of a “red alert” last week, on June 26 the Zapatista rebels in Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas issued a communique announcing that their “consulta,” or consultation with their base communities, was complete, and… Read moreZapatistas announce “new political initiative”
What is really surreal is that the horrors of Gitmo and Abu Ghraib are in the headlines every day, and yet they continue. Here are some excerpts from the harrowing “Arrested Development” by Arlie Hochschild, on abuse of children at… Read moreChildren tortured at Abu Ghraib
In the latest development from army-occupied Nuevo Laredo, 44 kidnapping victims freed June 26 when over 200 Mexican federal agents raided three safe houses. Shots were fired at one of the houses, but nobody was injured. A crowd of relatives… Read moreNuevo Laredo power struggle continues
I know we’re all supposed to hate Judith Miller, but she is absolutely on the right side in her current battle with the Justice Department. And the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear her case is a dangerous blow to… Read moreJail for Judith Miller?
After an international campaign brought shame on the government of Pakistan, a turnaround in the case of Mukhtaran Mai. Two weeks ago she was under arrest and her attackers were free. Now the reverse is true. Defendants in Pakistan’s Infamous… Read moreTurnaround in Mukhtaran Mai case
As we noted yesterday, reportage on the oil market jittters sparked by the Iran elections included a quote from one analyst predicting an imminent rise to $100 a barrel. This ominous figure is being heard more and more. The Wall… Read more“Peak oil” hits mainstream
The UK Business Telegraph reports June 27 that Iran’s president-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a fundamentalist hardliner who won the run-off three days ago as a darkhorse populist candidate, has called for a radical shake-up of the country’s oil industry and a… Read moreIran: new president strikes fear in oil markets
It seems that Mommar Qaddafi’s Libya, of all places, has been overlooked by the current Bush “regime change” offensive. Now that sanctions have been lifted, an opposition is starting to emerge, and appears (in contrast to its counterparts in Syria,… Read moreLibyan opposition meets to demand Qaddafi’s ouster
