A statement from the Kurdistan Free Women’s Movement—on the German-based website Hezen Parastina Gel, apparently linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) guerilla movement in eastern Turkey—notes the passing of Comandante Ramona of southern Mexico’s Zapatista National Liberation Army: On… Read moreKurdish women mourn Zapatistas’ Comandante Ramona
For the second time in as many weeks, Pakistan is protesting a deadly US airstrike in the northwest border zone—this time from a drone, and targeting (but missing) the notorious Ayman al-Zawahri. From the London Times, Jan. 15: Airstrike misses… Read moreAnother US airstrike in Pakistan
A question raised by scientists four months ago—whether 2005 would be the planet’s warmest year on record—has now been answered: almost. From BBC News, Dec 15: 2005 warmest on record in north This year has been the warmest on record… Read more2005: north hemisphere’s warmest year on record
So global warming is just a myth, eh? Somebody forgot to tell the frogs. From the Washington Post, Jan. 12: Study: Global warming killing frog species Rising temperatures are responsible for pushing dozens of frog species to extinction in the… Read moreMeanwhile, the frogs are dying…
Local anger at the redevelopment plan that city bureaucrats have unveiled in New Orleans is making the country’s top newspapers. From the Washington Post, via the Boston Globe, Jan. 12: Angry homeowners screamed and City Council members seethed yesterday as… Read moreAnger at New Orleans renewal plan
A Jan. 12 New York Times story, online at the Assyrian International News Agency (AINA), indicates a civil war breaking out within Iraq’s Sunni insurgency: In town after town, Iraqis and Americans say, local Iraqi insurgents and tribal groups have… Read moreIraq: civil war in the insurgency?
A Jan. 12 communique from the San José de Apartadó Peace Community in Colombia’s northern Urabá region, via the Colombian independent human rights network Red de Defensores: On Jan. 12, 2006, the army assassinated Edilberto Vasquez Cardona, 53 years old,… Read moreColombia: another killing at Peace Community
OK, was the CIA behind this one? Pretty convenient timing, just as Iran has removed International Atomic Energy Agency seals on from three nuclear production facilities at Natanz, Pars Trash and Farayand Tec—announcing a resumption of uranium enrichment activities in… Read moreIran: Revolutionary Guard brass killed in air crash
The lines are drawn ever more sharply in Latin America. Peru could be the next to join the growing anti-imperialist bloc if the indigenist/populist candidate Ollanta Humala takes the presidency in this year’s election. And Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez has wasted… Read morePeru-Venezuela tensions as Chavez hails Humala
From AP via Mexico’s El Universal, Jan. 12, via Chiapas95: Mexico’s foreign secretary on Wednesday criticized Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales for inviting Zapatista rebels to his inauguration. “There should be one invitation to the Mexican government, which represents the Mexican… Read moreMexico-Bolivia tensions as Evo invites Zapatistas
Royal Dutch Shell has shut down a tenth of Nigeria’s oil production, after armed militants kidnapped four foreign oil workers and blew up a major pipeline Jan. 11. The incidents followed attacks on pipelines owned by the Nigerian state-owned oil… Read moreNigeria: headed for civil war?
New York’s Jewish weekly The Forward weighs in on the recent imbroglio over supposed anti-Semitic comments by Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez. Venezuela’s Jews Defend Leftist President in Flap Over Remarks By MARC PERELMAN January 13, 2006 The Venezuelan Jewish community… Read moreVenezuelan Jews defend Chavez in anti-Semitism flap
