Thousands of Serbs protested in front of the US embassy in Belgrade Feb. 27 against independence for Kosova, which has been under United Nations control since 1999. The protest, organised by the Serb National Council of Kosovo (SNV), drew some… Read moreSerbs protest Kosova independence; Bosniaks protest Serbia genocide acquittal
Anti-war marchers took to the streets in London and Glasgow Feb. 24 to demand the return of all troops from Iraq, and an end to plans to replace the UK’s Trident nuclear missile system. Organizers from the Stop the War… Read moreMuslim alliance in UK peace marches
Wow, like, nostalgia for the ’80s, dude. This should be read to the strains of Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Except that now the Russkies are threatening to nuke former Warsaw Pact members—which just indicates how desperate their post-imperial position is,… Read moreNuclear sabre-rattling in Europe
Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigned Feb. 21 after his center-left government failed to get the necessary majority of 160 Senate votes to extend Italy’s Afghanistan mission. Both Prodi and Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema lobbied for the extension, but fell short… Read moreItaly: government collapses over Afghan deployment; protesters pledge to resist US base expansion
Given the draconian measures against bird flu in Russia at the moment (ITAR-TASS, Feb. 9), this could be a protest against Chicken McNuggets. From AP, Feb. 19: An explosion hit a McDonald’s restaurant in St Petersburg on Sunday, injuring at… Read moreRussia: gastro-terrorists target Mickey-D’s?
It barely rates a headline these days, but things are sure looking good in the long aftermath of another US military adventure, eh? From the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, Feb. 12: Hundreds gathered on Sunday, February 11, in the centre… Read moreDeadly riots in Kosova
Italian police claim to have averted a major terrorist incident after the arrest of 15 men and women in northern Italy, who they said were members of the Red Brigades. The alleged leader of the plot, Alfredo Davanzo, 50, imprisoned… Read moreItaly: armed left re-emerges?
The Chechnya War and the Right Not to Kill from War Resisters International On October 7, 2006, Anna Politkovskaya, a well-known journalist who regularly exposed Russian human rights violations in Chechnya, was murdered in her flat in Moscow. Six days… Read moreCONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION IN RUSSIA
Continue ReadingCONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION IN RUSSIALast year we noted US plans for new military bases on the Black Sea coast of Romania and Bulgaria. Now a Jan. 28 report in Scotland’s Sunday Herald indicates these bases could be used to launch air-strikes on Iran: President… Read moreBalkans as US staging ground for Iran attack?
From the New York Times, Jan. 13, emphasis added: ATHENS, Jan. 12 — An antitank grenade was fired into the heavily fortified American Embassy here on Friday just before dawn. The building was empty, but the attack nonetheless underscored deep… Read moreConspiranoids waste no time after Athens embassy blast
A potential opening for the kind of universalism that could go a long way towards chilling the planet out—and taking the wind out of al-Qaeda’s Iberian franchise. But the local Catholic hierarchy isn’t going for it. Maybe the Pope will… Read moreMuslims appeal for prayers in Spain’s Cordoba Cathedral
This is why the European laws against Holocaust denial are completely counter-productive. They just provide a media spotlight (and therefore a voice) to these sinister charlatans—and worse, allow them to legitimately accuse the establishment of silencing them. Every turn in… Read moreDavid Irving free to spread lies, media lap it up
