A “Secret Formula” Against Colombia’s Guerillas? by Paul Wolf The US State Department has developed the secret formula to dismantle the armed groups of Colombia’s war. Or so it believes. It is believed that the demobilization of 28,000 members of… Read moreTHE POLITICS OF THE FARC INDICTMENT
Continue ReadingTHE POLITICS OF THE FARC INDICTMENTBolivian Gas in State and Corporate Hands by Benjamin Dangl Years before the arrival of the Spanish, Bolivia’s indigenous people used “magic water” to cure wounds and keep fires going. With the invention of the automobile in the 1880s this… Read moreTHE WEALTH UNDERGROUND:
Continue ReadingTHE WEALTH UNDERGROUND:Bolivia’s Nationalization by Decree by Gretchen Gordon The smell of gas hangs strongly in the air as a crowd of flag-waving Bolivians celebrate outside the Petrobras Gualberto Villaroel oil and gas refinery. A state worker clad in a tan work… Read moreEVO SEIZES THE GAS
Continue ReadingEVO SEIZES THE GASNew York’s Hero Rescue Workers Face Kafkaesque Nightmare by Joe Flood An hour after Flight 175 crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the men of FDNY Engine Company 240 received orders at… Read more9-11’s HIDDEN VICTIMS
Continue Reading9-11’s HIDDEN VICTIMSPresident of the Iraqi Freedom Congress by Bill Weinberg Samir Adil is president of the Iraqi Freedom Congress (IFC), a new initiative to build a democratic, secular and progressive alternative to both the US occupation and political Islam in Iraq…. Read moreINTERVIEW: SAMIR ADIL
Continue ReadingINTERVIEW: SAMIR ADILStrategic Pull-Back to Perpetuate Occupation by David Bloom The US government, with European urging, has requested that Israel give negotiation of a bilateral agreement with the Palestinian Authority one last shot. If by the end of the year the US… Read moreANATOMY OF THE WEST BANK “REALIGNMENT”
Continue ReadingANATOMY OF THE WEST BANK “REALIGNMENT”According to a May 27 CBC news report, the Ontario section of Canada’s largest union, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) has voted overwhemingly to support a campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel. There are over 200,000… Read moreOntario labor union votes to support Israel boycott
From CNN, May 23: Wave of violence in Afghanistan Fighting this week in Afghanistan has been among the most intense since the U.S. invasion more than four years ago, with up to 300 people reported killed since last Wednesday. The… Read more300 killed in one week in Afghanistan —including civilians
From the Egyptian groups Institute for Freedom of Thought and Expression, Arab Institute for Civil Society, Legal Aid Society for Human Rights, and The Civil Monitor for Human Rights, on May 21: On Thursday, May 18 activist Asmaa Mohammed Hassan… Read moreAction call: protest crackdown on Egyptian civil rights
From the JTA, May 20: Congresswoman cuts off AIPAC A congresswoman says AIPAC is unwelcome in her office until it apologizes for an activist who called her a terrorist supporter. Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) said the supporter of the American… Read moreCongresswoman boycotts AIPAC
More pendulum swings. Douglas Feith, former no. 3 at the Pentagon, Richard Perle, who served on a Pentagon Advisory board, and former undersecretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz have all been the subject of investigations for their ties to Israel, according… Read moreAIPAC spy-trial backlash: Pentagon security clearances revoked
Ten Palestinians have been shot and killed in the last two years while protesting Israel’s separation wall non-violently. Hundreds of protestors have been injured, including internationals and Israelis. From the ISM media office, May 14: Non-Violent Demonstration Against the Wall… Read moreIsraeli army attacks protest, girls’ school
