We wonder if a year from now the big semantic debate in the US media will be whether there is a “civil war”…in Mexico. From The Scotsman, Dec. 2: MEXICO CITY — Felipe Calderon took the oath of office as… Read moreMexico: Calderon sworn in amid chaos
From AP, Nov. 29: MEXICO CITY — A Mexican court reinstated an arrest warrant for former President Luis Echeverria on Wednesday, just four months after a federal judge dismissed the same charges of genocide in a 1968 student massacre. It… Read moreMexico: Echeverria “genocide” trial to proceed
In a seven- or eight-month investigation ending Nov. 30, ICE agents joined with officers of the New York City Department of Probation in arresting 81 immigrants with prior criminal records in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Manhattan. The raids were… Read moreMore ICE raids in NYC area
An ACLU press release, Nov. 28, online at Common Dreams: Khaled El-Masri, Victim of CIA Kidnapping and Abuse, Seeks Acknowledgement, Explanation and Apology RICHMOND, Virginia – The American Civil Liberties Union today argued before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals… Read more“Rendition” victim seeks re-instatement of suit against CIA
From Agencia Proceso (APRO), Nov. 25 via Chiapas95 (our translation): OAXACA — The Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO) has announced the “forced disappearance” of the movement’s spokesperson, Cesar Mateos Benitez, and of Jorge Sosa, cousin of its… Read moreOaxaca: APPO leaders “disappeared”
This, as we have noted before, is how censorship works in the USA: by other names—which, of course, makes it more insidious. From AP, Nov. 27: DENVER — A homeowners association in southwestern Colorado has threatened to fine a resident… Read morePeace sign Christmas wreath banned in Colorado
Around it goes. One Jamal Miftah, a Pakistani immigrant in Tulsa, OK, to his great credit, sent a letter to the Tulsa World Oct. 29 entitled “Message of Islam is not jihad, fatwahs,” taking Ayman al-Zawahri and other al-Qaeda leaders… Read moreIslamophobes exploit Islamist intolerance in Tulsa imbroglio
Our November issue featured the story “The Israel Lobby and Global Hegemony: The Mearsheimer-Walt Thesis Deconstructed” by William X. It argued that the controversial essay “The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy” by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt replicates the… Read moreThe Isreal lobby and global hegemony: our readers write
With all eyes on the Iraq horrorshow, very little media attention these days for Afghanistan. But… From AP, Nov. 27: KABUL – A Pakistani suicide bomber detonated himself in a crowded restaurant Sunday, killing 15 people and wounding 24, including… Read moreAfghanistan gets 102nd suicide blast of 2006
Slovenia has prided itself on being the “civilized” ex-Yugoslav republic, which avoided the explosions of hatred and “ethnic cleansing” which have plagued the rest. Critics have argued that it was easy for the Slovenes to affect moral superiority, being largely… Read moreRoma face ethnic cleansing in Slovenia
Hmmm, it seems that all the lefties who weighed in against the admittedly vile Judith Miller’s journalistic privilege in the Plame affair will be in the uncomfortable position of having to cheer her on this time around. From AP, Nov…. Read moreJudith Miller in the news again (for better or worse…)
On Oct. 24, Colombian army troops opened fire on community leader Lever Castrillon Sarmiento and his eight-year-old son as the two were fishing near the village of Norosi, Rio Viejo municipality, in Bolivar department. The group of 40 soldiers from… Read moreColombia: army kills community leader
