Is NATO’s Libya war a necessary humanitarian intervention or bloody imperialist aggression? Is it possible to support the rebels without supporting the NATO intervention that they support? Our readers weigh in…
Activists preparing the new aid flotilla to the Gaza Strip charge that Israel sabotaged one of their boats at the Greek port of Piraeus—and denied Israeli reports that they intend to kill soldiers, using chemical weapons.
Regional leaders across Peru have issued a demand that outgoing President Alan García be investigated for the serial acts of deadly repression in his six-year term. The call comes after new deadly violence in Puno and Huancavelica.
Bolivia is to start delivering increased volumes of natural gas to Argentina though a new pipeline starting at the end of this month, in what leaders hailed as a key step in South America’s alternative integration.
Amid protests over food prices, Bolivia’s Evo Morales government instated a new law to achieve “food sovereignty” and protect the campesino sector. But is a sop to agbiz, the law also lifts restrictions on GMO crops.
We sure hope not, but this isn’t looking too good. From AP, June 26: BROWNVILLE, Neb. — A berm holding the flooded Missouri River back from a Nebraska nuclear power station collapsed early Sunday, but federal regulators said they were… Read moreFukushima on the Missouri?
Angry parents held a hundreds-strong march in Japan’s Fukushima city to demand greater protection for their children from radiation—as the government prepares to re-open reactors closed in the wake of the disaster.
An appeals court in Puerto Montt, Chile, ordered a halt to all construction and permitting processes for the controversial HidroAysén five-dam mega-project while a case against the project is pending.
After the State Department issued a warning that those running the Gaza blockade may face “injury and death,” six Congress members sent a letter to Hillary Clinton “to ensure the safety of the US citizens” on the new aid flotilla.
A new Israeli proposal that would forcibly transfer more than 40,000 Bedouin citizens into government-planned townships in the Negev desert has raised the ire of Bedouin communities and their supporters
Security forces opened fire as thousands took to Syria’s streets for Friday protests to demand the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad. At least 15 people were killed and many more injured in demonstrations following evening prayers.
