Another exercise in just how far off-base the supposed “left” has drifted. Greg Palast’s latest, on the retired generals calling for Rumsfeld’s resignation, is happly picked up by all the lefty blogs, like Smirking Chimp. None seem to have a… Read moreGreg Palast calls for military coup?
A new and dramatic attack by India’s Maoist Naxalite rebels. From the Times of India, April 16: RAIPUR: At least 10 policemen were killed on Sunday in a Maoist attack in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, an official said. “Maoist rebels… Read moreIndia: Naxalite insurgency spreads
An estimated two million people took part in coordinated demonstrations in more than 140 US cities on April 10, a National Day of Action for Immigrant Justice demanding legalization and other rights for out-of-status immigrants. Organizers scheduled the protests for… Read moreImmigration protests sweep US
Received by e-mail from UK Pledge of Resistance: SUPPORT MALCOLM KENDALL SMITH Yesterday, Malcolm Kendall-Smith, a Flight Lieutenant with the RAF was jailed for 8 months for refusing to go to Iraq on the grounds that the war was illegal…. Read moreRAF conscientious objector imprisoned
Somebody please wake us when this madness is over. From the New York Times, April 15: Jazz Lover Fiddling With Bass Causes Bomb Scare on East Side The easy listening habits of Grantley Richards met with a large police response… Read moreFear of music, pt. II
We recently argued that the planned NATO intervention in Darfur has more to do with securing the oil resources of neighboring Chad for Exxon than with saving lives in Darfur. Yeah we know, us leftists and our conspiracy theories. But… Read moreDarfur: NATO prepares intervention —for Exxon?
As in recent similar cases in Bangkok and Nazareth, the attacks on religious targets in Alexandria are being dismissed as the work of a “mentally disturbed” loner. Could be (although note that in this case there were three near-simultaneous attacks)…. Read moreSectarian violence in Egypt
Is forgotten Mongolia about to enter the global stage? Suddenly civil unrest breaks out in the capital, Ulan Bator, with a struggle over mineral resources in the background. Dare we hope that the anti-government protesters represent an indigenous ecological movement… Read moreProtests rock Mongolian capital
More than a year after Kyrgyzstan’s “Tulip Revolution,” the supposed democratic renewal isn’t looking too good, is it? President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, so recently a revolutionary leader, now warns against “lawlessness and anarchy” like a good despot. But is he Washington’s… Read moreKyrgyzstan: opposition leader survives attack
From Gulf News, United Arab Emirates, via TMCNet, April 15: New Delhi: Delhi was put under red alert after two low-intensity blasts rocked the historic Jama Masjid yesterday. At least 15 people were injured in the twin blasts that took place… Read moreImam calls for peace after Delhi mosque blast
A glimmer of hope. From AP, April 12: STAMFORD, Conn. — Federal prosecutors said Wednesday they will no longer seek to enforce a gag order on Connecticut librarians who received an FBI demand for records about library patrons under the… Read moreLibrarians previal in Patriot Act challenge
This wave of peasant protest is the first glimmer of real opposition in China since Tiananmen Square. Yet it is getting little media coverage, and the outside world is largely ignoring it. The protests have been sweeping the industrial heartland… Read moreChina: more anti-pollution protests
