US researchers writing in the peer-reviewed journal Science maintain that more than 200,000 people have died in Sudan’s Darfur conflict, much higher than most previous estimates. Says Dr. John Hagan of Northwestern University: “We’ve tried to find a way of… Read moreDarfur: 200,000 dead?
The political trajectory of Oriana Fallaci speaks to one of the funamental political dilemmas on the planet at this strange juncture. The daughter of an Italian anti-fascist militant, a veteran Vietnam war correspondent, a survivor of the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre… Read moreOriana Fallaci, exponent of “left” Islamophobia, dies at 77
The website “Haiti Xchange” recalled in September 2001: Long before this year’s tragedy, September 11 was already a date associated with terror for Haitians: on that day in 1988 a group of armed men linked to the military dictatorship attacked… Read moreHaitians remember September 11… 1988
The level of death squad activity in Iraq appears to far outstrip that in El Salvador 20 years ago, from which the so-called “Salvador Option” takes its name. But there was no equivcation about the fact that there was a… Read moreIraq: death squad kill-spree
From the Federation of Worker Councils and Unions in Iraq (FWCUI): 1. On Sunday [Sept. 3], hundreds of health sector workers held a strike in Nasiriyah city, 370 Km south of Baghdad and in Umara city 370 Km South-east of… Read moreStrike wave hits Iraq
From the Federation of Worker Councils and Unions in Iraq (FWCUI): Oil Sector Unionists Meeting in Baghdad 54 trade unionists and worker activist from the central oil sector (Baghdad and vicinity) held a meeting on Monday, September 4th in the… Read moreIraq: oil workers threaten strike
Note that even as he asks Congress to legalize torture, Bush plans to hawk what he calls his “freedom agenda” before the UN next week. The obligatory Orwell reference here would seem almost superfluous. We hope. Sarah Ferguson writes for… Read moreNew Yorkers to protest Bush “freedom agenda”
What’s really terrifying about Bush’s bid for Congress to address the controversy around torture and detainment is that, if lawmakers take the bait, there will cease to be a torture scandal and torture will be normalized. We are approaching a… Read moreBush: ditch Geneva Conventions, habeas corpus
From the Israeli Committee on Housing Demolitions (ICHAD), Sept. 13: Israelis and Hezbollah Haven’t Always Been Enemies When Hezbollah operative and diamond trader Samih Ossailly was arrested in Belgium in April of 2002, one of the items found in a… Read moreIsraeli diamond merchants worked with Hezbollah, al-Qaeda?
On a visit to his native Germany, Pope Benedict XVI weighed in Sept. 12 before an audience at Regensburg University, where he once taught, on the contentious issue of rapport between Islam and the West. Calling for a “genuine dialogue… Read morePope disses Islam, invokes Byzantine emperor who fought Turks
As populist leaders in Bolivia and Venezuela are determined to nationalize their oil industries, Colombia’s government is insisting on a privatization plan for its state-run oil company. By selling off 20% of Ecopetrol, Colombia hopes to net some $5 billion… Read moreColombia announces 20% privatization of state oil company
From the Iraq Freedom Congress: The assassination of Tariq Mahdi is part of a series of crimes committed by the sectarian militias On August 18, 2006, the sectarian militias in Mahmoodya city (25 Km south of Baghdad) assassinated the secretary… Read moreIraq: labor leader assassinated
