We noted nearly a year ago that the US was seeking permanent military bases in Bulgaria, a former Warsaw Pact member strategically located on the Black Sea—just north of the Bosphorus-Dardanelles choke-point, perfect for either policing a US-controlled pipeline for… Read moreUS seals deal on Bulgaria bases
The Greek anarchists and globophobes have been pretty busy lately. From Reuters May 6: ATHENS — Thousands of antiglobalization demonstrators marched Saturday through central Athens and to the United States Embassy to protest Washington’s policies in Iraq and Iran. In… Read moreProtests rock Athens
From UPI, April 3: HANIA, Greece — The director of the Mediterranean Architecture Center in Hania on the Greek island of Crete is incensed that all the center’s security cameras have been stolen. Aris Papadoyiannis told the Kathimerini news service… Read moreGreece: anarchists steal security cameras
From AFP, April 6: TWO British grandmothers are facing up to a year in prison after being arrested under new anti-terrorism legislation that outlaws protests at military bases, The Independent newspaper said today. Helen John, 68, and Sylvia Boyes, 62,… Read moreUK: grandmas face prison in “anti-terrorism” case
LONDON, April 5 (Reuters) – Anti-terrorism detectives escorted a man from a plane after a taxi driver had earlier become suspicious when he started singing along to a track by punk band The Clash, police said on Wednesday. Detectives halted… Read moreFear of music
The countdown continues: how long before the idiot left in the West starts rallying around Lukashenko? From AP, March 24: MINSK, Belarus – Police stormed the opposition tent camp in the Belarusian capital early Friday and rounded up hundreds of… Read moreBelarus: police break opposition protests
From AP, March 22: ROME — Italian police said Tuesday they have arrested five people suspected in the killing of a local politician who was shot last year at a polling station in southern Italy where he was voting in… Read moreCalabrian ‘Ndrangheta Europe’s leading crime machine —legacy of Kosova war?
Lukashenko is doubtless correct that the protesters are backed by the West—or are about to be. Can we—meaning progressives in the West—possibly think of a more creative response to this dilemma than rallying around Lukashenko? From the BBC, March 21:… Read more“Regime change” for Belarus?
This March 12 piece by Nerma Jelacic from The Guardian reflects our sentiments precisely. Even in death, Milosevic wins again The death of Slobodan Milosevic has put a smile on many Bosnian faces, but I am sad. Not because the… Read moreSlobodan Milosevic cheats fate
Why is it only the right-wing press that ever demonstrates any outrage over this sort of thing? Just asking. From the New York Times, March 7: PARIS, March 6 — Three attacks against Jews over the weekend have added to… Read moreMore Jews attacked in France
From the Times of India, March 2: Britain’s far right British National Party (BNP) has handed out thousands of leaflets showing the controversial Danish cartoons of the prophet Mohammed, reports said on Thursday. According to reports, the BNP, a small… Read moreBritish xenophobes distribute Danish cartoons
From AP via the Glasgow Herald, Feb. 27: Tens of of thousands of demonstrators, including ministers and politicians of all stripes, united in a show of force against racism and anti-Semitism yesterday, marching through the capital after the torture and… Read moreFrance: torture-killing sparks anti-racist march
