Sarah Ferguson writes for the Village Voice, May 2: A Day Without White People On May Day, the masses rose up in New York. But where were the white peaceniks? A bit of revolution hit the streets on May Day… Read moreNYC: May Day mobilization report
One civilian was killed and several injured (both police and civilians) in a clash that erupted when police opened fire on protesters blocking a road in Dagestan’s Dokuzpari district April 25. The protesters, who were demanding the dismisal of a… Read moreNorth Caucasus violence continues; authorities to redraw borders?
Another (very tentative) glimmer of hope in the battle for your privacy rights. From AP, April 25: WASHINGTON — An appeals court on Tuesday returned the criminal case against an Islamic scholar to a trial judge to determine whether the… Read more4th Circuit remands case to lower court over NSA snooping claims
From Newsday, April 26: Nine New York City firefighters sued the city and its fire pension fund yesterday saying they were denied disability pensions even after the department told them their breathing disorders sustained at Ground Zero had left them… Read moreNYC: firefighters sue over WTC illness
New Yorkers are supposed to be celebrating this break in the long impasse which has stalled reconstruction at Ground Zero. And indeed Larry Silverstein’s megalomania and greed have been an appalling spectacle. But, as we have repeatedly emphasized, rebuilding a… Read moreNYC: construction begins on “Freedom Tower”
Mapuche rights activists Juan Patricio Marileo Saravia, Florencio Jaime Marileo Saravia, Juan Carlos Huenulao Lienmil and Patricia Troncoso Robles (known as “La Chepa”) have been on hunger strike since March 13 in prison in Angol, Chile’s Region IX, demanding a… Read moreChile: Mapuche prisoners strike
On April 17, members of Brazil’s Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST) commemorated the 10th anniversary of the day in 1996 when Military Police (PM) agents fired at some 1,500 MST members who were marching on the PA-150 highway in… Read moreBrazil: landless mark massacre
Anti-mining protests have made some international news from Mongolia and Indonesia. The latest entry is from the French colonial holding of New Caledonia. Note that protests causing “millions of dollars” in damages to the mine took place weeks ago with… Read moreAnti-mining protests rock New Caledonia
Here’s a clue as to the political scorecard in Kyrgyzstan. From Turkey’s Zaman, April 20: The United States was asked to evacuate its military base in Uzbekistan last year and now it has been delivered a “note over its base”… Read moreKyrgyzstan warns US over Manas base
The New York Times does it again. The placement of two seemingly unrelated articles (perhaps unintentionally?) reveals more about the world than either would alone. On the op-ed page today, Tony Judt weighs in, somewhat sympathetically, on the Walt/Mearsheimer thesis… Read moreNY Times: it’s China, stupid!
Insurgency and counterinsurgency grind on in the North Caucasus, with the world’s attention elsewhere. Two police were killed and five wounded April 15 when gunmen ambushed their armored personnel carrier in Chechnya, Russia’s RIA reported. One was killed by a… Read moreNorth Caucasus: violence, repression in Cechnya, Dagestan
An estimated two million people took part in coordinated demonstrations in more than 140 US cities on April 10, a National Day of Action for Immigrant Justice demanding legalization and other rights for out-of-status immigrants. Organizers scheduled the protests for… Read moreImmigration protests sweep US
