On March 21 Dominican vice president Rafael Albuquerque, US ambassador Hans Hertell and a number of Dominican and US officers officially launched the “New Horizons 2006” Dominican-US joint military operation in the southwestern Dominican city of Barahona. The operation’s stated… Read moreDominican Republic: protests against US troops continue
Some 15,000 people marched along Mexico City’s Reforma avenue on March 16 to protest water privatization plans as the representatives of 140 countries met nearby for the opening of the 4th World Water Forum. “Water isn’t for sale and won’t… Read moreMexico: protests at water forum
On March 17, the Heartland Alliance’s Midwest Immigrant & Human Rights Center (MIHRC) filed a federal lawsuit against the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to obtain public information about detained immigrants and asylum seekers. MIHRC sued DHS after the… Read moreImmigrants sue Homeland Security
Between March 20 and 25, tens of thousands of immigrants demonstrated in cities and towns across the US to protest anti-immigrant legislation being considered by the Senate and to demand legalization for out-of-status immigrants. On March 20, some 1,200 immigrants… Read moreNationwide mobilization for immigrants’ rights
The Zapatista “Other Campaign” continues to advance through central Mexico. On March 20 in the Jalisco city of El Salto, Subcommander Marcos convened the first National Worker Encuentro, attended by dissidents from Mexico’s official labor unions and what they called… Read moreZapatista tour advances; Mexican government claims “end” to Chiapas conflict
Six meters is almost 20 feet. From The Guardian, March 25: Half of Greenland and vast areas of Antarctica are destined to melt if global warming continues at the same pace until the end of the century, scientists warned on… Read moreStudy: half of Greenland could melt
Tim Giago of the Native American Journalists Foundation writes for Native American Times March 20, online at Indianz.com: When Governor Mike Rounds signed HB 1215 into law it effectively banned all abortions in the state with the exception that it… Read moreOglala Sioux to defy South Dakota on abortion law
Things are more complicated than they look—in the world generally, and especially in Iran. As the intransigents in Iran and Denmark alike line up for a depressing and potentially apocalyptic “clash of civilizations,” conferences on inter-religious dialogue are held in… Read moreIran, Denmark host religious dialogue conferences
We always maintained Bush and his gang want high oil prices, not low. But Greg Palast, as usual, is long on hype and short on information and analysis. He won’t even quote the full sentance of his leaked document before… Read moreGreg Palast: Bush’s Iraq mission “accomplished” —high oil prices
A March 23 commentary from Lebanon’s Daily Star: A foolish new attraction to oppressive Arab nationalism By Rayyan al-Shawaf We are at a critical juncture in the history of the Middle East and North Africa. The continuing and oftentimes violent… Read moreMulticultural Iraq: possible?
How heartwarming to see the new Pontiff lining up with Europe’s current Islamophobic zeitgeist. From the London Times, March 20: Vatican change of heart over ‘barbaric’ Crusades The Vatican has begun moves to rehabilitate the Crusaders by sponsoring a conference… Read moreVatican confab “rehabilitates” Crusades
A March 7 report from Denmark’s notorious Jyllands-Posten, translated and reprinted with evident glee by the openly Islamophobe Agora: The Quran reported to the Police By Kent Olsen, correspondent to Jyllands-Posten in Berlin A broad alliance of grass-roots movements have… Read moreGermany: call to ban Koran
