On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day and a week before Israel marks its 60th Independence Day, a group of over 100 prominent British Jews issued a letter proclaiming, “We’re not celebrating Israel’s anniversary,” citing the dispossession of 750,000 Palestinians…. Read moreBritish Jews: “We’re not celebrating Israel’s anniversary”
A referendum to decide the fate of Kirkuk—the northern province contested by Arabs, Kurds and Turkmen, among others—was enshrined in Iraq’s 2005 constitution, and was initially scheduled for December 2007. Delayed six months after rival groups were unable to agree… Read moreKirkuk: countdown to chaos?
Even after the humbling of Judith Miller, the Times seems to be up to the same old tricks. The latest propaganda from Michael Gordon is deconstructed by Greg Mitchell of Editor & Publisher, May 5 (links added): NYT vs McClatchy… Read moreMichael Gordon the new Judith Miller?
Eight thousand pages of documents related to the Pentagon’s illegal propaganda campaign, known as the Pentagon military analyst program, are now online for the world to see, although in a format that makes it impossible to easily search them and… Read morePentagon media scandal down memory hole?
At least eight people were killed and 13 injured May 6 as US aircraft bombed positions of the Mahdi Army militia in Baghdad’s Sadr City. (DPA, AP, May 7) Civilians are fleeing Sadr City, but the fighting is spreading beyond… Read moreUS battles Mahdi Army —PKK next?
Hundreds of youths hurled stones and blocked roads with burning tires May 6 in a second day of protests over food prices in Mogadishu, where the price of corn meal has more than doubled since January and rice has risen… Read moreFood riots, anti-US protests rock Somalia
In 1994, the first year of Rudolph Giuliani’s initial term as mayor of New York, 3,400 people were arrested for marijuana possession in the city’s five boroughs. By 2000, that number had swelled to 51,500. This period and the ensuing… Read moreNYC marijuana busts racist —surprise!
Alfonso Chardy writes for the Miami Herald, May 3 (links added): Militant Cuban exile honored A beaming Luis Posada Carriles hugged and shook hands with hundreds of supporters late Friday as he arrived at a club in west Miami-Dade fo… Read moreMiami fetes terrorist
On April 28 Mexico’s Federal Conciliation and Arbitration Board (JFCA) ruled in favor of a nine-month old strike at Grupo Mexico’s giant copper mine at Cananea, in the northwestern state of Sonora. The ruling, which is final, makes the job… Read moreMexico: Cananea strike now legal
From the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), April 30: Attorney General’s office announces capture of suspects in assassination of FMLN Mayor In the early dawn hours of April 14, El Salvador’s National Civilian Police (PNC)… Read moreEl Salvador: arrest in FMLN mayor’s murder
According to union sources, some 40,000 Hondurans participated in May Day celebrations, which included marches in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula. The three main labor federations marched together, along with a number of grassroots groups and coalitions, including the Popular… Read moreHonduras: union leaders murdered
Unionists and other activists marked International Workers Day with marches throughout Latin America on May 1 as rising food and fuel costs cut into workers’ standard of living. Demands included increases in the minimum wage, an end to violence against… Read moreLatin America May Day round-up
