On April 20, ICE agents arrested 13 Mexican immigrant workers employed at the Eagle Bag Corporation factory in East Oakland, California. Twelve of the workers were arrested at the factory; one was picked up at a residence. The workers were… Read moreICE raids Oakland military contractor
On April 4, ICE agents searched apartments and stopped people on the street in the mid-Hudson community of Valatie, New York, arresting eight out-of-status immigrants. In nearby Chatham, ICE arrested two men on the street. ICE spokesperson Mike Gilhooly verified… Read moreOperation “Return to Sender” hits New York’s mid-Hudson
An April 19 pre-dawn raid by the New York State Police and DEA agents on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation in Southampton led to what law enforcement officials called the “dismantling” of “a major narcotics distribution network” on Long Island. Those… Read morePolice raid Long Island’s Shinnecock Nation
You don’t have to support either Michael Bloomberg or gun control to understand why this is sinister. We hope. From AP via amNY, April 18, links added: NEW YORK — A magazine cover by the National Rifle Association protesting Mayor… Read moreNRA adopts Nazi imagery
The massacre of at least 32 students at Virginia Tech university April 16—apparently by a South Korea-born English major, Cho Seung-Hui—is the worst such incident in US history. Many commentators point out, of course, that it came a few days… Read moreThe Virginia Tech massacre and Hitler’s shadow
Lawmen are warning that growing violence along the Mexican border poses a threat to national security. Chief Lynne Underdown, retiring Border Patrol chief for the Rio Grande Valley sector, told reporters at a press conference in Edinburg, TX, April 6,… Read moreMexican border violence: lawmen see homeland security threat
How a Yippie conspiracist changed America, mainstreamed marijuana and was destroyed by his dream… Thomas K. Forçade was one of the most influential figures of the counterculture, and changed American culture as much as his confederates Abbie Hoffman and Larry… Read moreTOM FORÇADE: UNSUNG HERO OF THE COUNTER-CULTURE
Continue ReadingTOM FORÇADE: UNSUNG HERO OF THE COUNTER-CULTURETwo Border Patrol agents examining a load of marijuana exchanged gunfire March 20 with unseen assailants from the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, near Donna, TX. Border Patrol spokesman Oscar Saldana said the agents were not hurt, and no… Read moreMore gunfire on Mexican border
Now they are openly calling some of these increasingly specious terror conspiracies “fictitious,” which they certainly are. Two guys are getting sent up the river for a plot hatched by an FBI informant, which had no independent basis in reality…. Read moreNYC: real sentence in “fictitious” terror plot
The rad left (e.g. the ever-predictable Counterpunch) loves to hate Elie Wiesel, and actually makes some strong arguments about his double standards on human suffering. But we would trust their intentions a lot more if they weren’t so intent on dismissing the reality… Read moreArrest in Elie Wiesel attack
From the Regina Leader-Post, Feb. 16: A new chapter began this week in Canada’s relationship with the United States with new American regulations that require passports for air passengers entering the U.S. All non-Americans need a passport to enter the… Read moreNative nations protest US-Canada border restrictions
From AP, via the Carlsbad Current Argus, Feb. 15: Salt Lake City – Officials fear a backlash against the Bosnian community, while family friends suggested a Bosnian teen’s experiences as a refugee may have fueled his deadly rampage through a… Read moreBosnians fear backlash in Salt Lake City killings
