Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the left-populist Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) raised the stakes in Mexico’s electoral standoff July 26 by declaring himself “the president of Mexico.” Cesar Nava, a spokesman for candidate Felipe Calderón of the ruling National Action… Read moreMexico awaits ruling on vote; dissidents threatened
From Mexico’s La Jornada, July 24, via Chiapas95, our translation: The Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) and the narco-traffic in Chiapas “are factors that affect the national security,” says an internal document of Superior Center of Naval Studies (CESNAV) of… Read moreMexico: Naval intelligence calls EZLN “national security threat”
From Mexico’s El Universal, July 24, via Chiapas95: OAXACA, Mexico – Gunmen attacked a university radio station that has backed efforts to oust the Oaxaca state governor, as violence flared once more in protests that has driven many tourists from… Read moreOaxaca: student radio station attacked by gunmen
Here we go again. Israel’s envoy to Norway complains that a cartoon goes “beyond free speech.” What the hell does that mean? Beyond good taste? Beyond acceptable discourse? Beyond what should be permitted in a free society? Where are these… Read moreIsrael v. Norway: cartoon wars redux
Shades of the USS Liberty affair. Ian Williams writes for his blog, Deadline Pundit July 26: Accidentally on Purpose With the Israeli bombing of a UN camp and the killing of four UN peacekeepers, we really do seem to be… Read moreIsraeli attack on UN post: “accidentally on purpose”?
Join Moorish Orthodox Radio Crusade host and WW4 REPORT editor Bill Weinberg and a panel of international activists on war crimes, the media blackout, and grassroots responses to the Israeli aggression on Lebanon and the occupied Palestinian territories. Tuesday July… Read morePalestinian and Israeli activists discuss Lebanon war on New York’s WBAI
Our July issue featured stories on the widely divergent ways in which Cuba and North Korea have responded to critical oil shortages since the Soviet collapse (a foreshadowing of a reckoning the whole planet will have to face, sooner or… Read moreThe “peak oil” debate: our readers write…
Just remember, the private automobile stands for freedom, and if you’re not with us you’re with the terrorists. From Newsday, July 24: Hummer driver pled guilty to loan-sharking charges The Lloyd Harbor man who fell asleep and accidentally drove his… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Another turn of the screw. The NYPD unveils draconian new regulations in the ongoing crackdown on the Critical Mass bicyclists. The elitist New York Timess refuses to put this fine July 21 column by Clyde Haberman online for free, but… Read moreNYC: new regs in Critical Mass crackdown
Thousands of people demonstrated across Latin America the week of July 17 to protest Israel’s air and ground attacks in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip starting the week before. About 500 protesters rallied on July 17 outside the Israeli embassy… Read moreLatin America: protests against Israeli attacks
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continued the second phase of its “Return to Sender” interior enforcement operation July 12-20 with raids through the state of Oklahoma and the metropolitan areas of Chicago, Illinois; Louisville, Kentucky; and Kansas City, Missouri…. Read moreOperation “Return to Sender” sweeps Midwest; border deaths hit high
A letter from Israeli filmmakers to Palestinian and Lebanese filmmakers Israeli Filmmakers – Friday, 21 July 2006, 15:21 We, the undersigned Israeli filmmakers, greet the Arab filmmakers who have gathered in Paris for the Arab Film Biennial. Through you, we… Read moreIsraeli filmakers protest war on Lebanon, Palestine
