More than 500,000 people marched in Los Angeles on March 25 to demand legalization for out-of-status immigrants and protest anti-immigrant legislation being considered by the Senate. Police estimated the crowd size using aerial photographs and other techniques, police commander Louis… Read moreImmigrant protests continue
The Colombian Attorney General’s office suspended for 90 days retired army general Pablo A. Rodriguez and Col. Javier V. Hernández for failing to provide security for the village of San José de Apartadó, the self-declared “peace community” in the wartorn… Read moreColombia: army commanders censured for terror at “peace community”
From Reuters, March 30: CANBERRA – An Indonesian cartoon depicting Australia’s prime minister and foreign minister as fornicating dingoes was “grotesque”, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said on Thursday as bilateral tension flared with Jakarta. Prime Minister John Howard acknowledged that… Read moreAustralia-Indonesia cartoon wars
From Earth First!, March 29: Environmental Activists Jailed as Grand Jury Indictments Increase San Francisco, CA—As attorneys argue in federal court in San Francisco on March 30 to quash a grand jury investigating a protest in San Francisco, activists point… Read moreGrand juries target eco-activists
From the technology news site CNET, March 29: Unmanned aerial vehicles have soared the skies of Afghanistan and Iraq for years, spotting enemy encampments, protecting military bases, and even launching missile attacks against suspected terrorists. Now UAVs may be landing… Read moreDrones to patrol US skies
Some 15,000 people marched along Mexico City’s Reforma avenue on March 16 to protest water privatization plans as the representatives of 140 countries met nearby for the opening of the 4th World Water Forum. “Water isn’t for sale and won’t… Read moreMexico: protests at water forum
Six meters is almost 20 feet. From The Guardian, March 25: Half of Greenland and vast areas of Antarctica are destined to melt if global warming continues at the same pace until the end of the century, scientists warned on… Read moreStudy: half of Greenland could melt
From AP, March 23: BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. and British troops Thursday freed three Christian peace activists in a rural area of Iraq without firing a shot, ending a four-month hostage drama in which an American among the group was… Read moreIraq: three CPT hostages freed
From AP, March 22: KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Authorities launched a probe today into the killings by Afghan security forces of at least 15 people, who an Afghan army commander claimed were Taliban rebels but locals said were tribesmen wanting to… Read moreAfghanistan: threats, violence meet Nowruz
On March 16, 2003, Washington state-born activist Rachel Corrie, 23, was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer while acting as a “human shield” against the demolition of a Palestinian home in Rafah, on the Gaza Strip. Last year, Katherine Viner,… Read moreNYC: activists bring Rachel Corrie’s censored words to stage
Tens of thousands of Mexican miners went on strike from March 1 to March 3 at 70 companies in at least eight states–Hidalgo, Coahuila, Guerrero, Chihuahua, Queretaro, Michoacan, Guanajuato and Mexico state–in a wildcat action protesting local conditions and government… Read moreMexico: wildcat rocks mines
Another escalation in the ongoing struggle in West Papua. From AP, March 20: Calm returned to Papua Province yesterday after three days of tension following a deadly protest against a massive US-owned gold mine in the eastern Indonesian province. Police… Read moreDeadly protests and sweeps in West Papua
