Evo Morales was sworn in as Bolivia’s president before assembled foreign dignitaries at the congressional building in La Paz Jan. 22, dressed in a sports jacket and white shirt but no tie. One day before, he celebrated with his indigenous… Read moreBolivia: Evo celebrates inauguration at Tiwanaku ruins
At least 16 people were injured Jan. 20 as Ethiopian police cracked down on opposition protests in the capital, Addis Ababa, on the second and final day of celebrations marking Timkat, the Epiphany festival of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Demonstrators… Read moreEthiopia: police attack Epiphany processions
The heroic Mukhtar Mai is exploited by the Bushes for war propaganda—then sold down the river by the UN to appease Pakistan. Did the US protest this cynical capitulation? We doubt it. From the New York Times, via India’s Deccan… Read moreUN censors rape victim
A press release from Minority Rights Group International: New York, (Jan. 26, 2006) Iraqis head a new list of peoples most under threat from persecution, discrimination and mass killing according to a comprehensive new report released today by Minority Rights… Read moreReport: Iraq minorities face greatest threat
Nepalese police fired tear gas and charged with batons in clashes with pro-democracy activists in Kathmandu Jan. 21. Street battles lasted for two hours around Durbar Square. The protests came after the house arrest of political leaders campaigning to force… Read moreNepal protesters defy repression
In three days, the Tokyo stock market lost almost $400 billion in value. (ABC, Jan. 20) The crash comes at a moment of converging multiple crises for the Japanese state. On Jan. 19, some 800 protesters, mostly connected to Shinto… Read more“Tokyo Panic” to fuel nationalist backlash?
From the public health watchdog website Newsinferno, Jan. 16: Many Believe Toxic Ground Zero Site Responsible for Growing Number of Deaths among Cleanup Workers Last week we reported on the death of James Zadroga, a 34-year-old homicide detective who was… Read moreNYC: 5,000 in suit over WTC illness
Subcomandante Marcos said Jan. 14 that the Zapatista Army of National Liberation will not accept the invitation by Bolivian president-elect Evo Morales to attend his Jan. 22 inauguration. During a meeting with supporters on the Zapatistas' "Other Campaign" in Chetumal,… Read moreZapatista tour reaches Yucatan; supporters harassed
The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) issues this response to “The Afghanistan Miracle” by Diane Tebelius, an op-ed which ran in The Seattle Times Oct. 4, 2005: The “Miracle” or a Mockery of Afghanistan? Ms. Diane Tebelius,… Read moreRAWA rejects “Afghanistan miracle”
Will Chile be the next to join South America’s growing anti-imperialist bloc? Michelle Bachelet will certainly not prove a radical populist like Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez or Bolivia’s newly-elected Evo Morales. But she could prove a more moderate member of the… Read moreChile to join anti-imperialist bloc?
At least 24 undocumented Haitians died as they were being smuggled into the Dominican Republic in a small truck near the northern city of Dajabon on Jan. 10. The victims died of asphyxiation while riding with about 45 other Haitians… Read moreHaiti: death stalks Dominican border
Business and commerce in Sri Lanka’s port city of Trincomalee were paralyzed as a three-day strike in protest against renewed violence by the Tamil Tiger guerillas entered its last day Jan. 14. Main roads in the town were deserted except… Read moreStrike for peace in Sri Lanka
