From La Jornada, July 15, translation via Chiapas95: In a large and violent operation – according to witnesses – the police of Yucatan arrested last Thursday in the community of Caucel more than 40 Maya ejidatarios [communal farmers], who were protesting… Read moreYucatan: police attack peasant protesters
With the Middle East spinning out of control, few are taking note of how close the USA’s southern neighbor is to a social explosion. From the LA Times, July 17 (via Chiapas95), with annotation and corrections added, buzz-words in bold… Read moreMexicans march for recount
From DPA, July 18: At least 47 people were killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon on Monday and 10 more bodies were found, pushing the death toll from the Israeli offensive to more than 200 over the past six days…. Read moreLebanon: death toll tops 200
Hardly even making the headlines anymore. Meanwhile, the level of violence there is worse than at any time since the US invasion of 2001. This headline notes the suicide attack on a government target, but little information is given about… Read moreMeanwhile in Afghanistan…
Another heroic blow by the Iraqi “insurgents”… against Shi’ite civilians. From AP, July 17: Iraqi oil official kidnapped; 26 die in bombing BAGHDAD – A suicide bomber detonated explosives yesterday inside a cafe packed with Shias in northern Iraq, killing… Read moreMeanwhile in Iraq…
With all eyes on the horrific and escalating Lebanon crisis, Gaza has been forgotten. But things aren’t looking too good there. From Reuters, July 17: Aid agencies express concern about humanitarian crisis facing Gaza Christian Aid, Oxfam International and Save… Read moreMeanwhile in Gaza…
Received by email from Indymedia Beirut: URGENT APPEAL FOR SOLIDARITY WITH LEBANESE CIVIL SOCIETY The Israeli offensive against Lebanon is an act of aggression against the whole Lebanese people. The IDF claims to be attacking an “infrastructure of terror,” but… Read moreLebanese civil society appeals for solidarity
More sacrifices for the American way of life. From Newsday, July 14: Crash van driver had suspended license The ambulette driver who crashed into a tree on Broad Channel in Queens killing five passengers from an adult home had sped… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
It is heartening that in this paranoid age even the Coptic Christians of Egypt see US-backed conspiracies in the challenges which are emerging to their own orthodoxy. As we recently noted, neocon groups like the Henry Jackson Society have been… Read moreUS behind Coptic church schism?
OK, here’s the big-ticket question. Is Lebanon a mere pawn in an Iran-Israel proxy war? Sound off, readers. Ori Nir writes for The Forward, July 14: Israel Seeks To Eliminate Iran’s Hezbollah Option WASHINGTON — In addition to securing the… Read moreHezbollah: Iran’s proxy?
From AP, July 15: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Thousands of demonstrators demanding the return of ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide marched to Haiti’s National Palace on Saturday, pushing past riot police in a dramatic show of support for the exiled former leader…. Read moreHaiti: thousands march for Aristide
Its hard to imagine where this will end… From the Reuters, July 15: BEIRUT – Israel killed 35 civilians on Saturday, including 15 children, in air strikes meant to punish Lebanon for letting Hizbollah guerillas menace the Jewish state’s northern… Read moreLebanon: death toll mounts
