New York City

WHY WE FIGHT

From the NY Daily News, Sept. 8: S.I. driver busted after opening car door and knocking cyclist into path of bus in fatal accident A Staten Island woman was busted for unlicensed operation of a vehicle after a freak accident… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT

Mexico

Matamoros mayhem goes unreported in Mexico

Shootouts in the streets of Matamoros have left at least 25 dead over the past two days—but local media outlets are too intimidated to even report on the violence.

The Caribbean

Cuba to impose austerity on workers?

Days after Fidel Castro told a reporter “The Cuban model doesn’t even work for us anymore,” the government announced plans to lay off more than half a million workers from the public sector.

Mexico

Reynosa jailbreak: inside job?

In Mexico’s biggest jailbreak, 89 prisoners used ladders to scale the walls of the Execution and Sanction Center (CEDES) in the border city of Reynosa. Two guards disappeared along with them.

Europe

Balkan Basketball War: flashpoint Kosova?

Albanians and Serbs clashed in the divided Kosova town of Mitrovica, apparently triggered by Albanians who were celebrating the defeat of Serbia’s national basketball team in a semi-final against Turkey.

New York City

9-11 at nine: a cynical report from New York City

The rally in Lower Manhattan in support of Cordoba House was far bigger and more spirited than the Islamophobe opposition—but led by a Stalinist cult that supported genocide against Bosnian Muslims.