We recently argued that the planned NATO intervention in Darfur has more to do with securing the oil resources of neighboring Chad for Exxon than with saving lives in Darfur. Yeah we know, us leftists and our conspiracy theories. But… Read moreDarfur: NATO prepares intervention —for Exxon?
As in recent similar cases in Bangkok and Nazareth, the attacks on religious targets in Alexandria are being dismissed as the work of a “mentally disturbed” loner. Could be (although note that in this case there were three near-simultaneous attacks)…. Read moreSectarian violence in Egypt
Is forgotten Mongolia about to enter the global stage? Suddenly civil unrest breaks out in the capital, Ulan Bator, with a struggle over mineral resources in the background. Dare we hope that the anti-government protesters represent an indigenous ecological movement… Read moreProtests rock Mongolian capital
More than a year after Kyrgyzstan’s “Tulip Revolution,” the supposed democratic renewal isn’t looking too good, is it? President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, so recently a revolutionary leader, now warns against “lawlessness and anarchy” like a good despot. But is he Washington’s… Read moreKyrgyzstan: opposition leader survives attack
From Gulf News, United Arab Emirates, via TMCNet, April 15: New Delhi: Delhi was put under red alert after two low-intensity blasts rocked the historic Jama Masjid yesterday. At least 15 people were injured in the twin blasts that took place… Read moreImam calls for peace after Delhi mosque blast
A glimmer of hope. From AP, April 12: STAMFORD, Conn. — Federal prosecutors said Wednesday they will no longer seek to enforce a gag order on Connecticut librarians who received an FBI demand for records about library patrons under the… Read moreLibrarians previal in Patriot Act challenge
This wave of peasant protest is the first glimmer of real opposition in China since Tiananmen Square. Yet it is getting little media coverage, and the outside world is largely ignoring it. The protests have been sweeping the industrial heartland… Read moreChina: more anti-pollution protests
From UPI, April 3: HANIA, Greece — The director of the Mediterranean Architecture Center in Hania on the Greek island of Crete is incensed that all the center’s security cameras have been stolen. Aris Papadoyiannis told the Kathimerini news service… Read moreGreece: anarchists steal security cameras
And this is the “stable” country and chief US ally in the region. Interesting how Pakistan’s internal conflicts have spun out of control since the US established it as a staging ground for destabilzing and then policing neighboring Afghanistan. From… Read morePakistan: army patrols strife-torn Karachi
The Taliban denies it. So who did do it? AP, April 12: ASADABAD, Afghanistan — A rocket exploded Tuesday in a schoolyard in eastern Afghanistan, killing seven students and wounding 34 other people in an attack possibly aimed at a… Read moreAfghanistan: rocket attack on schoolyard kills 7 kids
From Bloomberg, April 12: Iran Could Produce Nuclear Bomb in 16 Days, U.S. Says Iran, defying United Nations Security Council demands to halt its nuclear program, may be capable of making a nuclear bomb within 16 days, a U.S. State… Read moreIran could have a-bomb in 16 days …or ten years
We have received the following from a group calling itself A for Anarchy: V for Vendetta A for Action!!!! 4/17: International A for Anarchy Action Day! While V for Vendetta has been playing for a few weeks in the US,… Read moreAnarchists protest “V for Vendetta”
