From the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO-Norway): STOP THE ISRAELI AGGRESSION ON THE PALESTINIANS Oslo, November 8, 2006 The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions is following the tragic situation resulted from the continuous Israeli aggression on the Palestinian territories… Read moreNorwegian trade unions pass resolution against Israeli aggression
Responding to the Nov. 6 bomb attacks in Mexico City, Mexico’s contested president-elect Felipe Calderon pledged to “work arduously to recover the capacity of the state to face delinquency and terrorism… I have to be honest about this approach, it… Read moreMexico: Calderon pledges bloody campaign against “terrorism”
In the Nov. 7 national and state elections, voters throughout the US tended to reject candidates who campaigned solely or primarily on an anti-immigrant platform. In exit polls, fewer than one in three voters considered immigration “extremely important” in their… Read moreVoters (mostly) reject anti-immigration campaigns
Kinda heartwarming, eh? From The Telegraph, Nov. 8: Jews and Muslims unite against homosexuals Jews and Muslims in Jerusalem have found common ground in their fierce opposition to a gay rights rally due to be held in the city this… Read moreBigotry unites monotheistic faiths
As Mexico’s federal Government Secretary Carlos Abascal appealed to Oaxaca Gov. Ulises Ruiz Ortiz to reconsider his stated intention to remain in office, thousands of the embattled governor’s supporters rallied in the streets of Oaxaca City Nov. 7. That same… Read moreDueling marches in Oaxaca; “governability” still not restored
The Israeli military brass is investigating whether human error or computer malfunction resulted in killing 19 Palestinians in their apartment block in Beit Hanoun, Gaza on Nov. 8. According to Ha’aretz, Nov. 9: According to the IDF, the “normal” margin… Read moreIsrael blames “errant shells” for massacre
Note the last paragraph. Tajikistan, it seems, is the new Uzbekistan. Islam Karimov may now be Moscow’s son of a bitch. But Emomali Rakhmonov is (as FDR said of Nicaraguan dictator Anastaio Somoza) “our son of a bitch.” From Pakistan’s… Read moreTajikistan: autocrat holds pseudo-election
From the Brunei Times, Nov. 9: Surayud eyes autonomy for Thai south Thailand’s military-appointed prime minister, whose visit to the troubled deep South yesterday sparked a new wave of violence, is mulling to allow the rule of sharia law in… Read moreSharia law for Thailand?
Central American defense ministers meeting in Nicaragua last month expressed the need to create a regional military force in order to fight the rising tide of drugs and gangs. (ISN Security Watch, Oct. 10) It is still unclear whether Washington… Read more“Mesoamerican Strategy” to militarize isthmus
From the New York Post, Nov. 3: Ground Zero’s “Angel” Nun Dies An Episcopal nun who spent five months blessing remains at the World Trade Center died this week and has been granted her dying wish – to be autopsied… Read moreNYC: another Ground Zero martyr
Have we finally arrived at the pinnacle of cynicism? The use of torture is used as an excuse to keep detainees from speaking publicly about…the use of torture. From AP, Nov. 5, link added: Court Told It Lacks Power in… Read moreSecret “interrogation techniques” justify incommunicado detention
From the General Federation of Trade Unions-Iraq: To all labor unions and organizations of the world, On the General Federation of Trade Unions- Iraq (GFTU-Iraq) first convention Solidarity greetings: Our union GFTU-Iraq that was formed in June 2006 after a… Read moreIraq: labor federation holds first convention under fire
