…of political instability or any other public emergency. [T]he authorities’ failure to publicly condemn torture and ill-treatment, and to enforce the universal prohibition of such abuse in daily practice seems…
…had cut electrical service to 13 families who adhere to the Zapatista movement. The wiring had been installed at the Zapatista families’ own expense, and was cut with the connivance…
…culminated in the ouster of the official governor Kubanych Joldoshev and installation in power of an opposition leader, Anvar Artykov, who the central government refuses to recognize. According to Kyrgyz…
We don’t care. But isn’t it pretty damn perverse that this is dominating the headlines, while Darfur (for instance) has disappeared? We never get tired of bemoaning the obvious, I…
Reversing a policy instated by his own father, President Bush has authorized the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan—a move India has warned could destabilize the region. The US…
…and not at a military installation such as the Naval Submarine Base in Groton or the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. “Why should these TOPOFF drills include the public?” asked Joanne…
…demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina install a caretaker administration to oversee the January general election. Hasina, who heads the ruling Awami League, rejects the demand. Tensions have been growing for months between the…
…Lhasa, TAR’s capital, was reported earlier this year. Gudrup’s self-immolation marked the first instance of such a protest by a Tibetan writer in China known for his political activism. His writings…
…Revolutionary Kurdish forces also created their own autonomous zone in the northeast region of Rojava in 2012, instating an inspiring and explicitly anarchist-influenced model of direct democracy. But last year,…
…carrying two US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents to a Mexican Navy installation; the two agents were wounded and are being treated in the US. On Sept. 17 a Mexican…
…asphyxiation” as well as intentional subversion by the US. It is true that tightened sanctions instated under President Trump have been kept in place by Biden, contributing to harsh austerity…
…that in the event that Zelaya Rosales was installed as president…there would be a national unity cabinet… When we met with Mr. Micheletti and he said what he was doing…