Tens of thousands of indigenous people and their allies focused on neoliberal economic programs, US foreign policies and local issues in protests throughout the Americas on Oct. 12, the 514th anniversary of the arrival of European colonizer Christopher Columbus in… Read more“Indigenous resistance” protests held throughout Americas
Thousands of Bolivians marked Oct. 12 with a demonstration in a central plaza in La Paz which was also a show of support for leftist president Evo Morales, the country’s first indigenous president. Accompanied by indigenous leaders from 12 countries–who… Read moreBolivia: Evo averts crisis, hails day of indigenous resistance
As of the evening of Oct. 15, early returns from Ecuador’s general election that day showed banana magnate Alvaro Noboa leading leftist economist Rafael Correa by about 27% to 22% in the voting for president, virtually guaranteeing that the race… Read moreEcuador: leftist trails as election goes to second round
Chiapas is now the third Mexican state to adopt a statewide alliance of popular organization with the aim of establishing parallel power on the model of the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca, following Guerrero and Oaxaca itself. The… Read more“Popular Assembly of the People of Chiapas” proclaimed
An official investigation by Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) has confirmed the participation of military troops in May’s deadly police operation at the village of San Salvador Atenco. The CNDH reports it has uncovered a document in which the… Read moreMilitary role in Atenco repression: Mexican rights commission
As odds for the legal removal of Gov. Ulises Ruiz seemed to narrow Oct. 16, Oaxaca activists camped out in Mexico City’s historic center began a hunger strike aimed at pressuring the federal government to find a solution to the… Read moreOaxaca activists on hunger strike as Senate mulls solution
Now that it has pretty much been confirmed that North Korea did explode a nuclear bomb, if a very small one, comes the news that it may be ready to repeat the feat on short order. Yes, this is deeply… Read moreMethod to North Korea’s nuclear madness?
From UPI, Oct. 17: Hit-and-run deaths at 10-year high WASHINGTON, DC — Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in Washington show that hit-and-run pedestrian deaths have risen 20 percent since 2000. A total of 974 pedestrians were killed… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
From the Center for Constitutional Rights, Oct. 17: Bush Signs the Military Commissions Act: CCR Calls it a Blow to Democracy and the Constitution New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) denounced President Bush’s signing into… Read moreBush signs Military Commissions Act
From the New York Times, Oct. 17: BAGHDAD — The blackened shells of five cars still sit in front of the Church of the Virgin Mary here, stark reminders of a bomb blast that killed two people after a recent… Read moreIraq: Christians face sectarian cleansing
After a much-publicized cancellation, “My Name is Rachel Corrie,” based on the activist’s writings, has opened in NYC. The following commentary ran Oct. 16 in Newsweek: A Controversial Death Provokes a Controversial Play by Cathleen McGuigan Do you remember the… Read moreNYC: Rachel Corrie play opens
This seems like a worthy cause, but how much is the American Jewish Committee actually hurting Choudhury’s chances of acquittal or clemency by campaigning on his behalf? Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, a Bangladeshi journalist and the editor of Blitz, the… Read moreBangladesh: journalist could face death sentence
