Tens of thousands of Mexicans filled Mexico City’s huge Zocalo plaza on Jan. 31 in the first large demonstration against the center-right government of President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, who took office on Dec. 1 and now faces popular anger over… Read moreMexico: march for “new social pact”
On Jan. 31, rightwing paramilitaries murdered community activist Yolanda Izquierdo in the city of Monteria, capital of Cordoba department in northern Colombia. Izquierdo had been receiving death threats since December, when she attended the first preliminary hearing where paramilitary leader… Read moreColombia: displaced activists murdered
On Feb. 7, some 20,000 Paraguayan campesinos held protests at 10 sites around the country as part of a national mobilization to draw attention to the low income they receive from agricultural production and to demand solutions to their plight…. Read moreParaguay: campesino protest repressed
Explosions tore through two buses traveling on a highway Feb. 13 near Ein Alaq, a mountain town northeast of Beirut, leaving at least 12 dead and 10 wounded. Ein Alaq is near Bikfaya, the ancestral home of the Gemayel family,… Read moreGemayel presidential ambitions spark new Lebanon terror?
US military officials and Japanese police have confirmed an explosion near the Camp Zama base outside Tokyo, adding no one was hurt and there was no damage from the blast. A similar incident was reported near Camp Zama in 2002,… Read moreJapanese armed left re-emerges?
Michael R. Gordon‘s Feb. 10 New York Times story, “Deadliest Bomb in Iraq Is Made by Iran, US Says,” backs up some administration claims: “The most lethal weapon directed against American troops in Iraq is an explosive-packed cylinder that United… Read moreIran link to Iraq insurgents: more NYT jive?
From the Palestine Solidarity Project (PSP), Feb.9: Israeli Occupation Forces Shoot 6 Children in Beit Ommar After prayer today at approximately 11:30, residents of Beit Ommar held a non-violent demonstration against the Israeli construction work that is threatening the structure… Read moreIsraeli troops shoot six children in Hebron district
Somalia’s transitional government has announced it will take tough measures against those behind the violence and killings that are increasing in the capital, Mogadishu. “The security forces of the government will double its clearing operation against the insurgents hiding in… Read moreDirty war in Somalia?
J. Zel Lurie writes the following for the South Florida Jewish Journal (via Kibush), Feb. 15 edition: Military rule of West Bank surpasses South Africa’s apartheid Abe Foxman, the ADL chieftain should stop crying gevalt over Jimmy Carter’s best-seller Palestine:… Read moreFlorida Jewish weekly: Israel’s occupation worse than apartheid
An international campaign to boycott diamonds polished in Israel coincides with the Valentine’s day season, Moyiga Nduru writes from Johannesburg, South Africa, for IPS Jan. 26: Avocados, Diamonds at Core of Anti-Israel Trade Campaign A call from a South African… Read moreInternational campaign to boycott Israeli “blood diamonds”
For starters, a couple of apologies. Yes, our February issue is coming out five days late, and our daily weblog has been inactive for nearly a week. This is because your hard-working editor (yours truly) has been down with the… Read moreWW4 Report winter fund drive continues
Mike Ferner writes for Voices for Creative Nonviolence, Feb. 6: From Alaska to Washington, D.C. yesterday, peace activists escalated their tactics and occupied Congressional offices, demanding elected officials vote against George Bush’s request of $93,000,000,000 to extend the war. The… Read moreAnti-war activists occupy Congressional offices
