A Textbook Case in Drug War Failure from Frontera NorteSur More than one year after Mexican soldiers were deployed in Ciudad Juárez to combat organized crime and drug trafficking, the Calderón administration’s military strategy is in crisis. Killings continue at… Read more“OPERATION CHIHUAHUA PLUS”
Continue Reading“OPERATION CHIHUAHUA PLUS”Neo-Nazis Exploit Growing Anti-Roma Racism by Gwendolyn Albert, World War 4 Report In one sense, the recent elections to the European Parliament were a reason to celebrate in the Czech Republic. Unlike other countries in Europe—such as Austria, Belgium, Denmark,… Read moreRISE OF THE CZECH FAR RIGHT
Continue ReadingRISE OF THE CZECH FAR RIGHTAhmadinejad, Privatization and a Bus Driver Who Said No by Billy Wharton, Dissident Voice A creeping assumption lies just beneath the surface of arguments concerning the disputed election in Iran. Incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is cast as an anti-US populist crusader… Read moreSELLING IRAN
Continue ReadingSELLING IRANThe Global War on Terrorism’s Strangest of Bedfellows by Sarkis Pogossian, World War 4 Report It was none other than neocon whiz kid and former undersecretary of defense Douglas J. Feith (along with Justin Polin, a sidekick from the Hudson… Read moreSUFIS AND NEOCONS
Continue ReadingSUFIS AND NEOCONSA Perfect Storm in Mexico by Todd Miller, NACLA News The 40-day blockade of the Trinidad mine in the Oaxacan community of San José del Progreso came to a sudden and violent halt on May 6. Mine representatives and municipal… Read moreMEGAPROJECTS AND MILITARIZATION
Continue ReadingMEGAPROJECTS AND MILITARIZATIONWashington’s Drug War and the Ghosts of 1910 from Frontera NorteSur A new twist with unpredictable political consequences has emerged amid the shifting battle fronts of Mexico’s narco war. Sometime the weekend of May 9-10 and somewhere in the mountains… Read moreMEXICO’S RESURGENT GUERILLAS
Continue ReadingMEXICO’S RESURGENT GUERILLASby Peter Gorman, Fort Worth Weekly The drug war raging along the US-Mexico border might seem distant to many in North Texas, but it landed squarely in one Fort Worth woman’s living room in late February, when her grown son,… Read moreKIDNAP, NO RANSOM
Continue ReadingKIDNAP, NO RANSOMfrom Frontera NorteSur A high-ranking delegation of political, business and legal leaders from Ciudad Juárez and the state of Chihuahua returned to Mexico late last month after completing a May 21 trip to Colombia. The visit netted commitments by the… Read moreTHE “COLOMBIANIZATION” OF CHIHUAHUA
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Paraguay's failure to prevent toxic contamination of indigenous peoples' traditional lands by commercial farming violates their rights and sense of "home," the UN Human Rights Committee found in a landmark ruling. The Committee, made up of independent experts from across the world, monitors countries' adherence to the International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights. The decision on Paraguay marks the first time it has affirmed that for indigenous peoples, "home" must be understood in the context of their special relationship with their territories, including livestock, crops and way of life. (Photo: WHO via UN News)
Are We Really That Irrelevant? We’ve been trying to reach our winter fund-drive goal of $2,000 since the beginning of December. The total now stands at $1,390. That means $610 to go. We really don’t get it, even given the… Read moreWINTER FUND DRIVE EXTENDS INTO SPRING
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A prospective massive spill from an abandoned oil tanker in the Red Sea could lead to catastrophic public health effects in war-torn Yemen and neighboring countries unless urgent action is taken, according to a study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The FSO Safer is one of the world’s largest tankers and is anchored off the port of Hodeidah, a key lifeline for aid supplies to much of Yemen’s population. It holds 1.1 million barrels of oil—more than four times the amount spilled in 1989 by the Exxon Valdez. Abandoned since 2015 due to the conflict in Yemen, the dilapidated vessel is increasingly likely to leak oil due to deterioration of its hull, or to catch fire through the build-up of volatile gases or through a direct attack. (Map: Perry-Castañeda Library)
An Interview with Martin Scheinin, UN Human Rights Rapporteur by Xan Harriague, Berria, Bilbao Last spring, Martin Scheinin, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the protection of human rights while countering terrorism, spent a whole week in Spain and the Basque… Read moreCOUNTER-TERRORISM THREATENS SPANISH DEMOCRACY
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