Colombia is the worst humanitarian disaster in the western hemisphere, and the worst on the planet after Congo and Darfur. But the world is paying very little attention—even as Ecuador is starting to look more and more like the next… Read moreEcuador: UN seeks aid for Colombian refugees
From our correspondent Mahmood Ketabchi. The text, with photos from Tehran, is on his blog, Hammer & Broom. Workers take control of the government sponsored May Day rally in Tehran As many Iranian workers prepared to celebrate May 1st, International… Read moreTehran: workers upstage official Mayday rally
The Greek anarchists and globophobes have been pretty busy lately. From Reuters May 6: ATHENS — Thousands of antiglobalization demonstrators marched Saturday through central Athens and to the United States Embassy to protest Washington’s policies in Iraq and Iran. In… Read moreProtests rock Athens
What an historical irony that this is happening now, eh? Talk about the paradoxical unity of opposites. And hooray for Montana! Even out in the heartland, not all Americans are brainless reactionaries, it seems. From AP, May 3: HELENA, Montana… Read moreWorld War I protesters win (posthumous) pardon
All accounts indicate Porter Goss is being cycled out as CIA chief because he “butted heads” (Newsday, May 6) with National Intelligence Director John Negroponte. Goss, former head of the House Intelligence Committee, was appointed in September 2004 as an… Read moreShakeup at CIA —again
Those who think the current global conflict is fundamentally about anything other than a strategic struggle for control of oil can be disabused of their illusions by reading (surprise!) the New York Times (May 6). This includes those who buy… Read moreCheney does Kazakhstan
When will it be recognized that cars are deadly weapons? We can hear the Automobile Association of America now: “Cars don’t kill, people do!” From Newsday, May 6: Cabbie charged with hate crime A taxi driver was arrested and charged… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
From EFE, April 29 via ServIndi (our translation): QUITO – The government will investigate an alleged massacre of indigenous people in the Amazon, at the hands of presumed armed madereros [pirate loggers], in a dispute over a forest zone, the… Read moreEthnic cleansing in Ecuador
From El Universal, May 4 via the Chiapas95 archive: A state judge on Wednesday exonerated a Michoacan police officer accused of shooting and killing a striking steel mill worker last month, despite video footage showing the officer firing his rifle… Read moreMexico: officer cleared in deadly labor repression
From the online Radio Sabotaje, late on May 5: Marcos has just arrived in Atenco with 4,000 individuals representing students, workers, farmers, teachers and and community organizations. Mexican mainstream media is reporting agression on the part of the marchers –… Read moreMexico: Zapatistas in Atenco
The April 30 march in Washington, organized by the Save Darfur Coalition, brought out some heroes of the left, like George Clooney, but also some that the hard left loves to hate, like Elie Wiesel and Samantha Power. While policy-makers… Read moreDarfur: glimmer of hope?
With Darfur in the headlines, if not the minds of our policymakers, it is generally forgotten that armed attacks, forced deportations and even slavery continue against Black African peoples throughout the Sahel. On Tuesday, May 9, at 7:30 PM, the… Read moreMauritanian anti-slavery activist to speak in NYC
