More scapegoats are hung out to dry, this time in relation to the Hamdania case. We’re reminded of the famous line from Apocalypse Now: “Charging a man with murder in this place was like handing out speeding tickets at the… Read moreFamilies rally for indicted Marines
No “state of emergency,” eh? Just like there’s no civil war. These distinctions appear to be rather semantic. From Al-Arab, June 23: Iraq’s government will impose a curfew in Baghdad on Friday, from 2 p.m. (10:00 GMT) until 6 a.m.(02:00GMT)… Read moreBaghdad under curfew; no “state of emergency”
The Japanese constitution—ironically imposed at US behest after World War II—states that “land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained.” Now Japanese warships participate in US military maneuvers in the Pacific. From AFP,… Read moreJapan participates in US Pacific missile test
From AFP, June 7 via Spacewar: A new world war involving nuclear weapons may have already begun, Malaysia’s former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said Wednesday, warning that an attack on Iran would be disastrous. Mahathir said that bloodshed in Iraq… Read moreMalaysia’s Mahathir: “World War 4” looms
Having heretofore run only a photo with a caption, the New York Times today finally takes note of the labor strife and deadly repression in Oaxaca (albeit on page 6). Isn’t it interesting, though, that rare accounts in the mainstream… Read moreNYT notices Oaxaca strife —at last!
From Mexico’s El Universal, June 21, via Chiapas95: Arrest warrants issued for 23 officers A top State of Mexico judge issued arrest warrants for 23 police officers who stand accused of abuse and use of excessive force during unrest in… Read moreCrackdown widens in Atenco case
This Reuters story that ran in the Washington Post June 19 (online at Chiapas95) is typical of the hegemonic mainstream media line (north of the border, at least) that the Zapatistas have shot their wad and are forgotten. (Amazing that… Read moreReuters: Zapatista demands “forgotten”?
This online debate between John Ross and Al Giordano, two veteran alterno-journalists who have long covered the Zapatista movement in Mexico, is a bit incestuous (and certainly long-winded), as well as self-important and catty. But it does shed some interesting… Read moreGringo alterno-journalists debate Zapatista “Other Campaign”
Some 500 people, mostly students, marched in Asuncion, Paraguay, on June 17 to protest the presence of US troops in the country. The protesters marched along the Avenida Mariscal Lopez; they tried to reach the US embassy but were blocked… Read moreParaguay: march against US troops
Some 2,000 Wichi, Toba and Mocovi indigenous people from throughout the northern Argentine province of Chaco arrived on June 6 in the provincial capital, Resistencia, and began camping out in front of the provincial government building after an effort to… Read moreArgentina: Chaco indigenous mobilize
Our occasional contributor Michael I. Niman writes for his June 15 “Getting a Grip” column in ArtVoice, the alternative weekly in Buffalo, NY: Anti-Casino or Anti-Indian? Those of us in Western New York who oppose war need to start paying… Read moreHaudenosaunee land struggle crosses US-Canada border
Bush’s declaration of a national monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands is being hailed by world environmentalists, and certainly impresses by its sheer size—1,400 miles long and 100 miles wide. “To put this area in context, this national monument is… Read moreNew Hawaiian national monument: Bush’s strategic sacrifice
