Those who think the current global conflict is fundamentally about anything other than a strategic struggle for control of oil can be disabused of their illusions by reading (surprise!) the New York Times (May 6). This includes those who buy… Read moreCheney does Kazakhstan
When will it be recognized that cars are deadly weapons? We can hear the Automobile Association of America now: “Cars don’t kill, people do!” From Newsday, May 6: Cabbie charged with hate crime A taxi driver was arrested and charged… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
From EFE, April 29 via ServIndi (our translation): QUITO – The government will investigate an alleged massacre of indigenous people in the Amazon, at the hands of presumed armed madereros [pirate loggers], in a dispute over a forest zone, the… Read moreEthnic cleansing in Ecuador
From El Universal, May 4 via the Chiapas95 archive: A state judge on Wednesday exonerated a Michoacan police officer accused of shooting and killing a striking steel mill worker last month, despite video footage showing the officer firing his rifle… Read moreMexico: officer cleared in deadly labor repression
From the online Radio Sabotaje, late on May 5: Marcos has just arrived in Atenco with 4,000 individuals representing students, workers, farmers, teachers and and community organizations. Mexican mainstream media is reporting agression on the part of the marchers –… Read moreMexico: Zapatistas in Atenco
The April 30 march in Washington, organized by the Save Darfur Coalition, brought out some heroes of the left, like George Clooney, but also some that the hard left loves to hate, like Elie Wiesel and Samantha Power. While policy-makers… Read moreDarfur: glimmer of hope?
With Darfur in the headlines, if not the minds of our policymakers, it is generally forgotten that armed attacks, forced deportations and even slavery continue against Black African peoples throughout the Sahel. On Tuesday, May 9, at 7:30 PM, the… Read moreMauritanian anti-slavery activist to speak in NYC
The US is under review by the UN Committee Against Torture in Geneva, and spin control is the name of the game. State Department legal counsel John Bellinger testified out of both sides of this mouth today, saying the US… Read morePrevarication in Geneva
It has now been reported everywhere that Zacarias Moussaoui, upon being sentenced by a federal jury to life imprisonment, shouted, “America, you lost… I won!” Obviously, he had been rehearsing the line for months, and was prepared to use it… Read moreMoussaoui verdict: who won?
Will this mean the end of Atenco’s status as a rebel “autonomous municipality”? And how will the Zapatistas, already on “red alert” in response to the repression, respond to this escalation? This is very ominous timing for Fox, with the… Read moreMexico: police storm Atenco
Look who’s laughing all the way to the bank. Good thing for Exxon that everybody’s blaming the Jews. From the LA Times via Newsday, April 28: OIL PRICES SHOCK AND AWE: GAS CRISIS An $8.4B tiger in Exxon’s tank As… Read moreOil shock good news for Exxon
We wonder how he feels to be briefly on the Reuters wire April 30? Eritrea’s last native Jew tends graves, remembers 58-year-old Sami Cohen has fond memories of friends, parents and families in the Horn of Africa. Now there’s little… Read moreEritrea’s Jews: down to one
