A communique from the Iraq Freedom Congress, Dec. 29: Iraq Freedom Congress statement on Saddam’s execution The execution of Saddam was carried out and announced by the global media. As IFC stated soon after the death sentence was issued, this… Read moreIraq Freedom Congress on Saddam Hussein execution
A communique from the Worker-Communist Party of Iran, Dec. 30, received via e-mail: On the execution of Saddam Hussein This morning Saddam Hussein, the former dictator of Iraq, was hanged on the orders of the US government and its hand-made… Read moreWorker-Communist Party of Iran on Saddam Hussein execution
Shulamit Aloni writes for Ynet (English translation via Kibush), Jan. 4: Indeed there is Apartheid in Israel A new order issued by the GOC Central command bans the conveyance of Palestinians in Israeli vehicles. Such a blatant violation of the… Read moreIsraeli pol: yes, it’s apartheid
From El Universal, Jan. 2 via Chiapas95: Relatives of prisoners detained during a Nov. 25 federal crackdown on Oaxaca demonstrators set up a protest camp outside the Miahuatlan prison in Oaxaca City Monday, and vowed to stay there until all… Read moreOaxaca: protest encampment outside prison
From El Universal, Jan. 2 via Chiapas95. We take strong exception to the last paragraph, for reasons which should be clear to our readers. OVENTIC, Chiapas – Thousands of Zapatista rebels on Monday celebrated the 13th anniversary of their brief… Read moreZapatistas host fiesta on 13th anniversary of Chiapas uprising
From El Universal, Dec. 29 via Chiapas95: TUXTLA GUTIERREZ – The Chiapas state government said Wednesday it has created a special prosecutor’s office to investigate a 1997 massacre of 45 indigenous villagers. It also announced an office to look into… Read moreMexico: Chiapas establishes special prosecutor for Acteal massacre
Sadam Hussein was hanged in the pre-dawn hours of Dec. 30 for crimes against humanity in the mass murder of 148 men and boys from the Shi’ite town of Dujail in 1982, after a failed assassination attempt against him there…. Read moreSaddam executed; historical memory betrayed
Anti-Ethiopia riots erupted in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, Dec. 29, a day after Ethiopian troops and allied Somali militias took the city from Islamist forces. Hundreds took to the streets to hurl rocks at Ethiopian soldiers, set tires on fire and… Read moreSomalia: Ethiopia-backed forces pledge “iron hand”; Islamists pledge resistance from Kismayo
Lest we forget. From the NY Daily News, Dec. 29: Kiss before dying As his father lay dying, crushed by a car that smashed into his Long Island house, Brian Calhoun gave him a final kiss. “There was no question… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
On Dec. 15, a group of 18 former employees at Swift & Co. filed a $23 million lawsuit charging the company with conspiring to keep wages down by hiring undocumented workers. The plaintiffs are all naturalized US citizens or legal… Read moreRICO suit against Swift in wake of ICE raids
On Dec. 15, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested Mexican immigrant Martin Barrios on an outstanding deportation order at his home in the Chicago suburb of Berwyn, Illinois. A spokesperson from Centro Sin Fronteras, a Chicago-based immigrant rights… Read moreICE harasses Chicago immigrant advocate
A little more than a year ago, when the media noted a lesser milestone—2,000 US troops killed in Iraq—we pointed out that the media’s habit of only counting the deaths of US troops as opposed to all US-led forces actually… Read moreUS troops killed in Iraq top 9-11 toll
