A statement by the Organization for Women’s Liberation—Iran, Nov 8: We condemn the war against people in Iran! The risk of a military attack against people in Iran is imminent. The US administration is adamant about an attack against Iran…. Read moreIranian dissidents oppose US aggression —again
Your tax dollars at work. From the marijuana advocacy site CelebStoner, Nov. 14: California crop report: Nearly three million pot plants destroyed California not only leads the nation in pot production, but also in plant eradication. With the outdoor harvest… Read moreCalifornia tops marijuana eradication record
Some 800 students from Mexican teachers colleges occupied the state legislature building in Chilpancingo, capital of the southern state of Guerrero, at about 3 PM on Nov. 14. The students—largely young women from 16 teachers colleges, chiefly those in Saucillo,… Read moreMexico: student protesters attacked in Guerrero
Tens of thousands of protesters occupied the Gen. San Martin bridge, which links the Argentine province of Entre Rios to Uruguay, on Nov. 11 to protest Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez’s decision to let the Finnish company Botnia start operating a… Read moreArgentine eco-protesters again block Uruguay border
On Nov. 13 Puerto Rican environmental activist Alberto de Jesus (“Tito Kayak”) ended a week-long protest at a small island near San Juan with a spectacular escape from a police operation that included four launches, motorboats and a helicopter. De… Read morePuerto Rico: eco-activist eludes police
From the International Herald Tribune, Nov. 15, links and emphasis added: Unorthodox sects face prosecution in Indonesia JAKARTA — Indonesian human rights lawyers are again questioning the country’s commitment to religious freedom after the recent arrests of several unorthodox Islamic… Read moreIslamic “heretics” persecuted in Indonesia
An open letter to the world human rights community and Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, from PetitionOnline: Delaram Ali is a woman’s activist who has been given a custodial sentence for 28 months with 10 lashes for taking part in a… Read moreFree women activists in Iran
Oil prices rose Nov. 19 after suggestions from the Riyadh OPEC summit that member nations are considering ditching the dollar. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the dollar a “worthless piece of paper.” Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez added: “The dollar is in… Read moreOPEC mulls ditching dollar
Just as the Peru Free Trade Agreement has passed the US House of Representatives, efforts to pass a similar agreement with Colombia hit an embarrassing snag. Sandra Suarez, the special envoy Colombian President Alvaro Uribe sent to Washington in July… Read moreColombia’s DC trade envoy steps down following para collaboration charges
Testimony has begun in the trial of seven Mam Maya villagers who sought dialogue with Goldcorp/Montana Exploradora mining company in Guatemala. The seven villagers were among a group of 28 who approached Goldcrop’s local facility in Sipacapa municipality on Jan…. Read more“Goldcorp 7” trial underway in Guatemala
Army helicopter gunships continue to pound neo-Taliban positions in the Swat and Shangla districts of Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province, in an operation which has taken some 100 lives this week. Officials said a Taliban commander known as Matiullah was killed… Read morePakistan: neo-Taliban gain ground in NWFP
The only good news here is that is that it has sparked an international outcry—which comes just in time to embarrass the barbaric Saudi regime at the Riyadh OPEC summit. (AFP, Nov. 16) From The Telegraph, Nov. 17: A Saudi… Read moreSaudi Arabia: rape victim gets 200 lashes
