In a new two-part communique published in the newsweekly Proceso, southern Mexico’s mysterious Popular Revolutionary Army (EPR), both admits to errors and reproaches the rival Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN). The communique, “A little more about the history of the… Read moreMexico’s EPR rebels admit errors, reveal history
Some 1,600 immigrants who say they were abused at the Elizabeth detention center in New Jersey between August 1994 and June 1995 have won a $2.5 million settlement from the private prison company which operated the facility. The suit was… Read moreFederal contractor to pay in detainee abuse case
From the UK Guardian, Sept. 21: Western aid groups and journalists, including the BBC, helped Islamists in a bid to overthrow the Uzbek government, prosecutors claimed yesterday at the start of a trial of 15 men accused of organising May’s… Read moreUzbek prosecutors: BBC-jihad conspiracy
A group of some 3,000 indigenous people gathering to mark the official opening of a new reserve are trapped in the remote village of Maturca, Roraima state, after its bridge burned down. Authorities say settlers opposed to the creation of… Read moreArson traps indigenous gathering in Brazilian Amazon
A man splashed his own blood on a column outside the federal courthouse in Binghamton, NY, where four anti-war protesters were on trial for engaging in a similar protest at a military recruiting station. Gary Kline, 50, of Montour Falls,… Read moreUpstate NY anti-war protesters spill own blood
From the UK’s New Statesman, Sept. 19, via the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA): As the country wakes up from 25 years of conflict and despair, a young female politician is taking on the warlords and winning…. Read moreWomen of Afghanistan find a leader
The Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, a militia group from Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta region, has seized a pumping station in protest of the arrest of its leader. More than 100 armed men in boats stormed the Idama flow-station, sources… Read moreNiger Delta: Ijaw militia seizes Chevron installation
A recent story in New Jersey’s Asbury Park Press sheds light on a highly esoteric group which can make a claim to being an indigenous American form of Islam, the Moorish Science movement. The story concerns Lee S. Crudup, who… Read moreMoorish Science in the news
The polling stations closed last night in what was hailed as Afghanistan’s first free parliamentary elections since 1969. Overseeing the security of the elections in the capital was the special Kabul Multi-National Brigade (KMNB VIII), composed of units from 24… Read moreAfghan elections marred by violence, disenfranchisement of women
Violence is reported in Athens, with riot police clashing with left-wing anarchists. The masked protesters threw petrol bombs and stones, and police responded with tear gas. The street-fighting in the student quarter followed a rally by neo-fascists demanding that Turkey… Read moreNeo-fascists rally in Athens, anarchists clash with police
Disasters by Jordan Flaherty September 15, 2005 New Orleans was not devastated by a hurricane. From my travels around New Orleans and surrounding areas, it’s clear that very little damage was done to my city by hurricane Katrina. Bay St…. Read moreExploitation, militarization in New Orleans and diaspora
Sarah Ferguson reports for the Village Voice Sept. 12 on how the conspiracy set crashed the official 9-11 commemoration: The anguish was palpable at Ground Zero yesterday, as family members made their way down a long ramp into the vast… Read more9-11 conspiracists invade Ground Zero
