Here we go again. This Nov. 1 commentary from the World Socialist Web Site (which is being echoed all over the left-wing blogosphere, e.g. on San Francisco Indymedia) relishes in the latest example of censorious behavior by Israel’s apologists, under… Read moreZionists seek to silence critics of Israel. Well, duh!
From Gush Shalom, Nov. 3: Gaza: Stop the Siege! Stop the War! A month of protest: November 4—December 2, 2006 The situation in Gaza has reached emergency levels—inadequate water, electricity, and medicine; widespread hunger, poverty, and unemployment; schools and other… Read moreInternational emergency campaign for Gaza
Here we go again. Fox News has the following to say about their upcoming “documentary,” Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West, to air this weekend (strategically just before the mid-term elections, if that escaped your notice): We see in… Read moreFox News: Islamism worse than Hitler
From the Chicago Tribune, Nov. 2: Hispanic citizens sue government over raids ATLANTA — A civil rights group sued the federal government Wednesday on behalf of five Hispanic citizens who say they were detained and harassed by agents carrying out… Read moreLawsuit charges ICE racism, harassment
This is insidiously sinister—a step towards something akin to apartheid, two-tier citizenship. Not that we don’t already have that, of course, but this is close to legally acknowleding it and legitimizing it. From the New York Times Nov. 3, via… Read moreMedicaid denies infant care based on parents’ immigration status
From the BBC, Nov. 2: A new Sultan of Sokoto, the spiritual leader of Nigeria’s 70m Muslims, has been announced. Colonel Muhammadu Sada Abubakar, 53, is the younger brother of Sultan Mohammadu Maccido, who was killed in a plane crash… Read moreNigeria’s Sokoto Caliphate gets new sultan
On Oct. 30, activists in Naples rallied at the local Mexican consulate in protest of the repression in Oaxaca, where Mexican President Vicente Fox has sent in a massive force of federal police. (Chiapas IMC) But Naples itself may soon… Read moreItalian army to occupy Naples?
Zapatista Subcommander Marcos and supporters joined arms to block traffic at the Stanton-Lerdo International Bridge over the Rio Grande for an hour in protest of the repression in Oaxaca Nov. 1. More than 100 cars were halted by the blockade… Read moreZapatistas block roads in Chiapas —and on US border
Mexican federal police pushed through barricades on roads leading to Oaxaca’s state university Nov. 2, firing tear-gas canisters and water cannons at protesters, who fought back with rocks, slingshots and molotov cocktails. But the police stopped short of crossing onto… Read moreOaxaca: APPO defends university, feds send in spy plane
From LA’s NBC4-TV, Nov. 2: FORT HUACHACA, Ariz. — The federal government has unveiled a new multimillion-dollar gadget to patrol and protect the U.S.-Mexican border. It’s an unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV. The high-tech plane, typically used in military combat,… Read moreDrones to patrol Mexican border
From India’s Daily News & Analysis (DNA), Nov. 2: LAHORE: The October 30 pre-dawn air strike on a religious seminary in the Bajaur Agency on the Pak-Afghan border was carried out by US predator drones to sabotage the signing of… Read morePakistan: did US drone attack kill tribal peace deal?
From Raw Story, Nov. 1, emphasis added: During an interview with conservative pundit Rush Limbaugh, US President George Bush expressed deep concerns about the possibility of the United States leaving the Middle East, raising fears that extremists could topple governments… Read moreBush: It’s the oil, stupid!
