Amid a growing threat of paramilitary violence in Mexico’s conflicted southern state of Chiapas, Subcomandante Marcos, leader of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), reappeared in the highland city of San Cristobal de Las Casas to announce the resumption of… Read moreZapatistas announce second phase of “Other Campaign”
Amid a growing threat of paramilitary violence in Mexico’s conflicted southern state of Chiapas, the indigenous civil organization Las Abejas (The Bees), which was targeted in the December 1997 Acteal massacre, issued a statement urging Gov. Juan Sabines not to… Read moreChiapas: “low-intensity warfare” seen
Two Border Patrol agents examining a load of marijuana exchanged gunfire March 20 with unseen assailants from the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, near Donna, TX. Border Patrol spokesman Oscar Saldana said the agents were not hurt, and no… Read moreMore gunfire on Mexican border
During the week of March 19, federal officials transferred all 72 children out of a Texas detention facility for unaccompanied minors amid allegations that staff there had sexually abused some of the detainees. The 72 children held at the Texas… Read moreChild immigration detainees sexually abused
Early on March 19, ICE agents raided an apartment building in the village of Mount Kisco, in the lower Hudson Valley area of New York state, allegedly searching for a fugitive. Local police said the fugitive, Estanslao Lopez, is an… Read moreICE raids hit Hudson Valley
On March 23, a three-judge panel of the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Alexandria, Virginia, unanimously affirmed a civil contempt ruling against former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian, a Palestinian activist who has refused to testify… Read morePalestinian political prisoner loses federal appeal
In the March 25 Washington Post, Trilateral Commission ideological guru and former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski once again sounds like he was bitten by a radioactive Noam Chomsky. What’s really sad is that the remnants of the American left… Read moreBrzezinski disses GWOT —again
Did you happen to catch this one? What a sad story. This Miss Israel contest really does represent the culture of narcissism and objectification, as well as an oppressive colonialist state. But young Ms. Fares seems to have had few… Read more“Honor killing” threats prompt dropout from Miss Israel contest
The March 24 New York Times features a profile of Iraq war propagandist Kanan Makiya, with the somewhat misleading title “Critic of Hussein Grapples With Horrors of Post-Invasion Iraq.” Makiya was more than a “critic of Hussein,” which implies a… Read moreIraq war cheerleader humbled —but no apology
A suicide bomber in a truck with explosives hidden under construction materials was waved through a checkpoint in southern Baghdad, where he detonated his payload, killing at least 20 on March 24. The attack was the deadliest of a wave… Read moreIraq: suicide bombs reach record
From Military Families Speak Out, March 23: House Votes to Continue Funding Iraq War; Military Families Tell Pelosi: “You Bought This War—Now You Own It ” Today, Military Families Speak Out, the largest organization of military families speaking out against a… Read moreMilitary families protest Pelosi capitulation
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mamediarov and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signed a memorandum of understanding on energy cooperation in Washington March 22. Azerbaijan announced it is seeking political support from the US to build new gas export pipelines,… Read moreUS-Russia race for Balkan pipeline access?
