Another expendable piece of cannon fodder is scapegoated… WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Army dog handler was found guilty on Tuesday of abusing detainees at Baghdad’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison and faces up to eight years and nine months in… Read moreSaddam’s torture chambers now Uncle Sam’s
Freedom’s on the march. From the BBC, March 20: An Afghan man is being tried in a court in the capital, Kabul, for converting from Islam to Christianity. Abdul Rahman is charged with rejecting Islam and could face the death… Read moreAfghan faces death sentence for Christianity
A March 21 statement from the San José de Apartadó Peace Community: We call for national and international solidarity to demand the freedom of GILDARDO TUBERQUIA, member of the Internal Council of the Peace Community, who has been illegally detained… Read moreColombia: Peace Community leader detained
Lukashenko is doubtless correct that the protesters are backed by the West—or are about to be. Can we—meaning progressives in the West—possibly think of a more creative response to this dilemma than rallying around Lukashenko? From the BBC, March 21:… Read more“Regime change” for Belarus?
From the UK’s Iraq Union Solidarity, March 17: Support the Tehran busworkers! Since April 2005, Tehran busworkers have combatted mass jailings and sackings to insist on their right to form a union and claim unpaid wages. Most recently, bus workers… Read moreSolidarity with Iranian transit workers
From Madison’s Capital Times, March 18: Wisconsin will blaze a trail in April when, for the first time, voters will go to the polls as part of a statewide effort to pass referendums opposed to the war in Iraq. “We… Read moreWisconsin towns launch anti-war referendums
Sarah Ferguson writes for the Village Voice, March 19: Seventeen demonstrators were arrested Sunday for blocking traffic as part of a funeral procession intended to transform Times Square into a “Zone of Mourning” on the third anniversary of the U.S…. Read moreNYC: arrests at Iraq war protest
The Zapatista “Other Campaign” continues to advance across central Mexico, drawing attention to local struggles. In Guanajuato, Subcommaner Marcos was denied entry to the state prison, the Social Rehabiliation Center (CERESO), where he sought to visit political prisoners, on the… Read moreRepression follows Zapatista tour
Tens of thousands of Mexican miners went on strike from March 1 to March 3 at 70 companies in at least eight states–Hidalgo, Coahuila, Guerrero, Chihuahua, Queretaro, Michoacan, Guanajuato and Mexico state–in a wildcat action protesting local conditions and government… Read moreMexico: wildcat rocks mines
From EFE, March 16: Bolivia’s attorney general filed charges Thursday against three ex-presidents and eight former energy ministers for signing contracts with foreign petroleum firms that violated the laws of the Andean nation. The accusations are directed against Gonzalo Sanchez… Read moreBolivia: three ex-presidents charged in foreign oil deals
Another escalation in the ongoing struggle in West Papua. From AP, March 20: Calm returned to Papua Province yesterday after three days of tension following a deadly protest against a massive US-owned gold mine in the eastern Indonesian province. Police… Read moreDeadly protests and sweeps in West Papua
Just in time for Iran. Note the closing quote. From the AP, March 18: US President George W. Bush renewed his administration’s strike-first policy against terrorists and other US enemies and rebuked Iran over allegations it is secretly amassing nuclear… Read moreBush renews pre-emptive war strategy
