From India’s Zee News, Dec. 10, link added: LONDON — Protests are planned around the world on Sunday against the mass rape of women and girls allegedly by Sudanese government soldiers and allied militiamen in Sudan’s western Darfur region. “A… Read moreWorldwide protests against rape in Darfur Dec. 10
Got your scorecard out? Quick, which side is the US backing here? From Reuters, Dec. 9: N’DJAMENA – The Chadian army clashed with rebels in eastern Chad on Saturday during several hours of heavy fighting in the desert, rebel and… Read moreFierce fighting in east Chad
The US and Ethiopia appear to be grooming the northern autonomous regions of Somalia—Puntland and Somaliland—as proxies to fight the Islamic Courts Union that controls the traditional capital, Mogadishu. So: should we be supporting this as a defense of freedom… Read moreSomalia: Ethiopia grooming Puntland to fight Islamists?
Jimmy Carter describes how the separation wall, 80% of which Israel is building inside the occupied West Bank in contravention of international law, makes life terrible for the Palestinians who live in its destructive path. From Palestine: Peace not Apartheid:… Read moreIsraeli army seizes non-violent activist —in front of UN and Amnesty officials
From CNN’s Larry King Live, Nov. 28: Larry King: Back to Mr. [Alan] Dershowitz on your book. He deals with the tone of your book. He says “it’s obvious that Carter doesn’t like Israel or Israelis. He lectured Golda Meir… Read moreCarter disses Dershowitz
From Radio HornAfrik, Mogadishu, in Somali, Dec. 8 (awkward translation as provided by BBC Monitoring): Somalia: Demonstration against deployment of foreign troops held in Mogadishu [Presenter] A demonstration condemning the UN Security Council’s decision to deploy foreign troops in Somalia… Read moreSomalia: 3,000 demonstrate against Ethiopia, US and UN
From Reuters, Dec. 8: Gunmen killed two security officers when they opened fire on a guard post outside a prison in Jidda, the Interior Ministry said. Residents said terror suspects were believed to be held at the prison. Al Arabiya… Read moreJihadis attack Saudi cops in Jidda
From NYC’s The Villager, Dec. 6-12: Drunk driver on Hudson Park bike path mows down cyclist In a city where speeding cars and trucks rule the road and bicyclists ride at their own risk, the Hudson River Park bike path… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Pretty much dumb luck that they gunned this guy down before he hit anyone, which is why this isn’t in the headlines. Perhaps blowback from Yemen’s embroilment in the joint US-Ethiopia proxy war in Somalia? From SomaliNet, Dec. 6: A… Read moreYemen: gunman attacks US embassy
From Copley News Service via the San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 6: MEXICO CITY – The leader of the six-month protest in Oaxaca state was arrested late Monday in Mexico City, just hours before he planned to meet with top officials… Read moreOaxaca protest leader arrested in Mexico City
Under threat of an imminent invasion of the campus by Mexican federal police and Oaxaca state law enforcement, activists representing the Popular People’s Assembly of Oaxaca (APPO) formally turned over control of Radio Universidad Nov. 30 to the state university… Read more“Eerie calm” in Oaxaca following repression wave
Sarah Ferguson writes for the Village Voice, Dec. 1: The two Oaxacan town officials accused of gunning down Indymedia journalist Brad Will were released from prison today after a state judge claimed there was a “fading of evidence” against them…. Read moreOaxaca: Brad Will’s accused killers released
