Some 700 Japanese anti-nuclear activists protested April 12 in Rokkasho (Aomori Prefecture, northern Honshu) as French Prime Minister Francois Fillon toured a new nuclear fuel reprocessing facility recently built in partnership between Japan Nuclear Fuel (JNFL) and France’s nuclear giant… Read moreJapanese anti-nuke activists protest French PM
Doesn’t this say it all: capitalism provides the raw material of social rage, but reactionary fundamentalism—not any analysis that correctly identifies the enemy—provides a political outlet, allowing the legitimately angry to vent at a very wrong target. April 12 saw… Read moreBangladesh: protests against food prices —and women’s rights
Well, it looks like a US oil major is going to be back in Iraq for the first time since the 1972 nationalization. Maybe if Ahmed Chalabi had taken power, Chevron wouldn’t have to share with the French Total. But… Read moreChevron seeks deal in Basra oil fields
Life imitates art: in this case, I, Robot—the appropriately technophobic movie version starring Will Smith, not the entirely too techno-utopian Isaac Asimov book. Now, if only the human soldiers would follow their example… (We’re joking, fed lurkers). From the irreverent… Read moreRobots mutiny in Iraq
Eight teenage male immigrant detainees filed a federal lawsuit on April 3, claiming they were beaten and subjected to other excessive force at a privately-run 122-bed detention facility in San Antonio, Tex. The plaintiffs from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and… Read moreKids sue Texas immigration detention center over abuse
On April 3, Seton Hall Law School’s Center for Social Justice and Lowenstein Sandler, PC, filed suit in Federal District Court in New Jersey, alleging that federal law enforcement officials violated the rights of people whose homes they entered during… Read moreNJ lawsuit challenges ICE home raids
In a two-day operation ending March 30, ICE Fugitive Operations Team agents arrested 28 immigrants in Liberal, Kansas. Those arrested were 23 men and five women. Twenty of them were from Guatemala, six were from Mexico, and two were from… Read moreICE “fugitive” raids in Midwestern states
In a two-week operation that ended April 4, ICE agents from the Miami Fugitive Operations Team arrested 332 people for violating immigration laws. Michael Rozos, ICE Florida Field Office Director for the Office of Detention and Removal, announced the results… Read moreICE arrests 332 in South Florida
From the Iraq Freedom Congress (IFC), April 9: On the Fifth Anniversary of the Occupation The 9th of April marks the fifth anniversary of the occupation. It is the anniversary of the genocide in which more than 1 million lives… Read moreIraq Freedom Congress statement on fifth anniversary of occupation
Workers from the public and private sectors throughout Burkina Faso launched a two-day strike April 8 to protest high food costs and demand salary increases. Ouagadougou, the capital, was almost completely shut down. In Bobo-Dioulasso, the second largest city in… Read moreGeneral strike in Burkina Faso
There have been two explosions near the local headquarters the Canadian Nexen oil company in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a. The grenade blasts took place on April 6 and 9, and caused no casualties. Nexen began oil exploration in Sana’a… Read moreYemen: bombs target oil interests
Comorian rebel leader Mohamed Bacar was taken into custody on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion April 4 at the request of Comoros, which is demanding his extradition. French officials are also considering Bacar’s request for asylum. Bacar fled… Read moreFrance jails Comoros rebel leader following AU intervention
