The Andes
Peru: police fire on Cajamarca campesinos —again
National Police troops in Peru’s northern Cajamarca province clashed with local campesinos on communal lands coveted by the Yanacoha mining company, injuring four.
Europe
Next: Free Catalonia?
Over one and a half million Catalans formed a human chain stretching 400 kilometers across the territory to press demands for independence—despite Madrid's intransigence.
Greater Middle East
Did climate change spark Syria crisis?
A jet stream blockage related to climate change caused the Russian wheat crop to fail in 2010, halting exports to Syria and the Arab world, and fueling unrest and revolt.
Greater Middle East
Toward a progressive position on Syria
An exchange between Kevin Zeese of Popular Resistance and Bill Weinberg of World War 4 Report on what actually constitutes solidarity with the Syrians…
The Andes
Colombia: 60% of indigenous face ‘extinction’
The National Indigenous Organization of Colombia warns that 62.7% of Colombia’s indigenous population is at risk of extinction due to armed conflict and mining development.
The Andes
Colombia: gains seen as peasants end strike
Colombian campesinos ended their national strike and lifted road blockades after the government agreed to suspend a law barring seed-saving to protect corporate GMOs.
The Andes
Colombia pays Ecuador for fumigation damages
Colombia paid Ecuador $15 million after anti-narcotics fumigation planes dropped herbicides along the border, harming crops and communities in Ecuadoran territory.
Central America
Guatemala: mineral interests behind massacre?
Indigenous authorities in the Guatemalan pueblo of Nacahuil reject government claims that a massacre there was the work of drug gangs, pointing to violence against mining opponents.
Central America
Honduras grants title to Miskito territory
After 40 years of conflicts, protests and negotiations, the government of Honduras formally granted indigenous communities title to nearly all of the country’s remote Miskito Coast.
Palestinians protest Assad at Yarmouk camp
Despite an ongoing siege of the camp by the Syrian military, Sept. 13 saw a new protest by the Palestinians of Yarmouk, outside Damascus. The protest began after Friday noon prayers outside the camp’s central mosque and ended in a… Read morePalestinians protest Assad at Yarmouk camp
New York City
WHY WE FIGHT
From Gothamist, Sept. 13: No Charges For Running Over Schoolkids On Queens Sidewalk The SUV driver who plowed into five teenagers on a Queens sidewalk yesterday morning has not been charged with any crime nor issued any summonses. This stands in stark… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Greater Middle East
Syria chemical attack: rush to denialism continues
A Human Rights Watch report finds that "evidence strongly suggests" the Assad regime was behind the Ghouta attack—and paleocons and "leftists" rush to refute it.