A very unfortunate turn of events at the protests against the biotech industry confab that just concluded in Philadelphia, organized under the banner Biodevastation to Biojustice. This June 21 account from Philly’s KYW News Radio: A Philadelphia police officer involved… Read moreCop dead in Philly biotech protest
The EZLN has issued a new communique clarifying somewhat the “red alert” announced two days ago. This English translation from the website of the Zapatista Front, civil counterpart of the armed organization, states that the alert is a “precautionary measure”… Read moreZapatistas speak on “Red Alert”
The Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center in Chiapas (Centro FrayBa) offers this June 21 list of “antecedents” to the “red alert” declared by the Zapatista Army two days ago: 1.- Military movements: For the past two months… Read moreChiapas: “antecedents” to Red Alert
Here’s an ominous one. We bet this won’t be the last we hear of this news item. Where the hell is “Southwestern Asia” and why the secrecy about the location of the crash? Doesn’t the secrecy combined with the unsubtle… Read moreIran gets “Gary Powers” affair?
This one is truly pathetic. Last week Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) quoted from an FBI agent’s memo describing detainees at Guantanamo Bay as being chained to the floor without food or water in extreme temperatures. “If I read this to… Read morePropaganda system scores victory: Durbin apologizes for stating the obvious on Gitmo
A surge in violence during the past three months has left hundreds dead across eastern and southern Afghanistan. Presumed Taliban militants have carried out suicide bombings and kidnapped or killed aid and election workers, and fighting has also increased between… Read moreViolence rises ahead of Afghan elections
The circumstances are still sketchy, but the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) in Chiapas, Mexico, has announced it is going on “red alert”. This account from VOA, June 21: Mexico’s Zapatista rebel group has declared a state of emergency,… Read moreZapatistas go on “Red Alert”
Dozens of workers trapped in the besieged offices of a newspaper in Oaxaca managed to publish on Sunday despite what they call a bogus strike organized by politicians to silence the daily for its criticism of the state government. The… Read moreNewspaper under siege in Oaxaca
Is the current fighting along Iraq’s Syrian border actually a prelude to a US invasion of Syria? Certain voices in the Arab world seem to think so. This from UPI, June 15: AMMAN, Jordan — The United Arab Emirates’ al-Bayan… Read moreUS preparing Syria invasion?
Even as the US moves to restore military ties with Indonesia, harsh repression continues in areas of the archipelago where indigenous peoples are fighting for sovereignty. This from Survival International, June 15: INDONESIA: Fifteen years in prison for flying a… Read moreIndonesia: more repression in West Papua
This editorial, to appear in the International Herald Tribune June 20, was (in slightly longer form) in the New York Times June 18: Guantánamo and who we are The New York Times MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2005 It was a relief… Read moreNYT: Close Gitmo
After the UK froze a planned $36.1 million aid package, Ethiopia has freed 336 prisoners seized in a crackdown following clashes with police over elections which left 36 dead. But more remain behind bars. The main opposition group, the Coalition… Read moreElectoral violence, ethnic war in Ethiopia
