Afghanistan
Next: nuclear Taliban?
A jihadist attack on Pakistan’s Minhas Air Force Base coincides with a US Congressional report on threats to the “security” of Islamabad’s nuclear arsenal.
Author: Bill Weinberg
East Asia
China and Japan can’t stop fighting World War II
The 67th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender saw a confrontation with Chinese activists over the contested Senkaku Islands in the oil-rich East China Sea.
Europe
New Franco-Intifada: plus ça change…
The new Socialist president of France, François Hollande, is emulating his reactionary predecessor Sarkozy in his response to a new uprising by immigrant youth.
Planet Watch
Chevron fire: how many more?
From Richmond, Calif., to the Gulf Coast, to the Niger Delta to the Ecuadoran Amazon—how many more disasters until a public seizure of the oil industry is finally at least broached?
Southeast Asia
Geopolitical chess game heats up South China Sea
Beijing's move to set up a military garrison on disputed Yongxing Island—claimed by the Philippines as part of the Paracel chain—is escalating tension in the South China Sea.
Palestine
Tel Aviv censors Arab presence —and dissent
A Tel Aviv councilor’s speech, in which he proposed adding Arabic to the city’s logo, disappeared from a video recording posted on city hall’s official YouTube channel.
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North America
Sikh massacre: fascism is not a mental illness
Calling the accused perp in the Oak Creek massacre "insane" misses the point in a fatal way. His atrocity was a political act, and the reply must be political, not therapeutic.
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New York City
F**ck You, Mr. Ahmedinyahu
Protesters and dissidents in Israel and Iran alike are uniting against the threat of war between their countries. A Facebook meme satirizes the leaders of both countries under the portmanteau “Ahmedinyahu.” In May, Iranians and Israelis held a joint rally… Read moreF**ck You, Mr. Ahmedinyahu
New York City
WHY WE FIGHT
From the Queens Times-Ledger, July 27: Bronx family had just left Nigerian gathering at Richmond Hill hall before crash Oby Okoro, the woman the NYPD identified as the driver in a gruesome accident Sunday morning in Jamaica that left five… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
The Andes
Evo Morales: Maya calendar portends end of Coca-Cola… and capitalism
The government of Bolivia will host world indigenous leaders for a Lake Titicaca ceremony on the December solstice to mark the close of a Maya calendric cycle that will supposedly mean the end of Coca-Cola and world capitalism.