AIPAC Takes the Hit for US Imperialism by Joseph Massad In the last 25 years, many Palestinians and other Arabs, in the United States and in the Arab world, have been so awed by the power of the US pro-Israel… Read moreBLAMING “THE LOBBY”
Continue ReadingBLAMING “THE LOBBY”No Business as Usual as CAFTA Takes Effect by Paul Pollack SAN SALVADOR, March 1 — There was little fanfare and much protest today as the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) went into effect in El Salvador. The country… Read moreEL SALVADOR:
Continue ReadingEL SALVADOR:Stalin’s Shadow Looms Over Trans-Caucasus Pipeline by Rene Wadlow The president of Azerbaijan, Ilhan Aliyev (son of the long-time president Heydar Aliyev), and Robert Kocharian, president of Armenia, met outside Paris, in Rambouillet Feb. 10-11, to discuss the stalemated conflict… Read moreNAGORNO-KARABAKH:
Continue ReadingNAGORNO-KARABAKH:The Iraqi Freedom Congress and the Civil Resistance by Bill Weinberg Houzan Mahmoud is a co-founder of the Iraqi Freedom Congress (IFC), a new initiative to build a democratic, secular and progressive alternative to both the US occupation and political… Read moreHOUZAN MAHMOUD INTERVIEW
Continue ReadingHOUZAN MAHMOUD INTERVIEWfrom Weekly News Update on the Americas EL SALVADOR: PROTESTS AGAINST DR-CAFTA On Feb. 1 hundreds of people from labor, student, campesino, street vendor and other social organizations led demonstrations at 10 different locations throughout El Salvador against the Dominican… Read moreCENTRAL AMERICA: “BLOC OF RESISTANCE” AGAINST CAFTA
Continue ReadingCENTRAL AMERICA: “BLOC OF RESISTANCE” AGAINST CAFTAfrom Weekly News Update on the Americas On Feb. 2, in a ceremony marking the seventh anniversary of his first inauguration, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez Frias announced the expulsion of US naval attache Cmdr. John Correa. “I have evidence,” Chavez… Read moreVENEZUELA: U.S. ATTACHE EXPELLED
Continue ReadingVENEZUELA: U.S. ATTACHE EXPELLEDGrassroots Activists Take Reins of Government by Gretchen Gordon The newly elected Bolivian president, Evo Morales, recently swore in the 16 ministers who will form his new government cabinet. For the first time in Bolivia’s 180-year history as an independent… Read moreTHE NEW BOLIVIAN EXPERIENCE
Continue ReadingTHE NEW BOLIVIAN EXPERIENCECoca Eradication Brings War to Endangered National Parks by Memo Montevino Last June, following months of political contest between the administration of President Alvaro Uribe and environmentalists, Colombia’s government announced that the aerial spraying of glyphosate to wipe out coca… Read more“OPERATION GREEN COLOMBIA”
Continue Reading“OPERATION GREEN COLOMBIA”from Weekly News Update on the Americas CAUCA: ARMY KILLS CIVILIANS On Jan. 8, Colombian army troops from the No. 26 Cacique Piguanza Infantry Battalion, headed by Lt. Hoyos, shot to death 17-year-old Hortensia Neyid Tunja Cuchumbe and Manuel Antonio… Read moreCOLOMBIA: MILITARY TERROR IN CAUCA, ARAUCA, LA GUAJIRA
Continue ReadingCOLOMBIA: MILITARY TERROR IN CAUCA, ARAUCA, LA GUAJIRAJapanese Anti-War Movement Hosts Iraqi Civil Resistance by Bill Weinberg Japan is one of the minor members of Bush’s “coalition of the willing” in terms of troop commitment, but the Asian superpower’s anti-war movement has made more progress than any… Read moreFROM BAGHDAD TO TOKYO
Continue ReadingFROM BAGHDAD TO TOKYOAn Historical Guide Through the Balkan Labyrinth by Bill Weinberg and Dorie Wilsnack The Balkan region is intensely multicultural—a point of crossroads and clash for some of the world’s major religions, cultural spheres, and economic systems. While there have been… Read moreWAR AT THE CROSSROADS
Continue ReadingWAR AT THE CROSSROADSCivil Resistance in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan Iraq’s Civil Resistance: Resource page Iraq Freedom Congress statement on fifth anniversary of occupation, April 9, 2008 Resistance or retrogression? The battle of ideas over Iraq by Peter Hudis, International Marxist-Humanist, November 2004 Statement… Read moreDocuments
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