Zapatistas Respond to Criticism Regarding Election Proposal

October 23, 2016

EZLN Subcomandante Marcos, now known as Galeano. Photo: Bill Hackwell

EZLN Subcomandante Marcos, now known as Galeano. Photo: Bill Hackwell

Not long after the Zapatista National Liberation Army and the National Indigenous Congress resolved to present an Indigenous woman as an independent candidate for the 2018 presidential elections, the rebel group began to receive criticism. (more…)

2,000 Seattle Teachers Wear Black Lives Matter Shirts to Schools

By Ansel Herz on Oct 19, 2016

Two thousand Seattle Washingto-area teachers wore shirts declaring “Black Lives Matter” to school today. The action was in response to bomb threats that almost derailed a black student empowerment event at John Muir elementary school last month. (more…)

Good Deaths in Mosul, Bad Deaths in Aleppo

By Robert Parry on October 18, 2016

Iraq, a country that has faced imperial invasion, sanctions and war for over 26 consecutive years. Photo: Bill Hackwell

Iraq, a country that has faced imperial invasion, sanctions and war for over 26 consecutive years. Photo: Bill Hackwell

Note how differently The New York Times prepares the American public for civilian casualties from the new U.S.-backed Iraqi government assault on the city of Mosul to free it from the Islamic State, compared to the unrelenting condemnation of the Russian-backed Syrian government assault on neighborhoods of east. (more…)

Large Protests by Women in Argentina after Teenage Girl was Raped and Impaled on Spike

October 20, 2016

Dressed in black, Argentine women took to the streets to protest the brutal rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl, the latest incident of gender violence to shock the country.

Others walked off the job as a sign of protest. (more…)

The US Hand In War & Peace In Colombia

By Andalusia Knoll Soloff on October 18, 2016

‘The U.S. bears a tremendous responsibility for the fact that Colombians are convinced that … the guerillas are the ones who are most responsible for the civil war,’ one NGO worker told Mint Press. (more…)

Venezuela Opposition Cries Foul After Recall Suspended, Openly Calls for Military Coup against Maduro

October 21, 2016

Leader’s from Venezuela’s opposition appeared to call for a coup against President Nicolas Maduro, after the country’s Supreme Court ruled that the presidential recall referendum would be temporarily suspended due to fraud committed in the first phase of the process. (more…)

Overwhelming Majority of Palestinian Minors in Israeli Custody are Tortured

October 19, 2016

palestineThe “overwhelming majority” of Palestinian minors held in Israel’s Megiddo and Ofer prisons have been tortured during their detention and interrogation, the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs said Tuesday, amid a marked increase in the incarceration and mistreatment of Palestinian children by Israel. (more…)

The Small Print of Obama’s Presidential Policy Directive on Cuba

By Sergio Alejandro Gómez on October 19, 2016

Cubans watch their flag being raised at the opening of the Cuban Embassy in Washington DC. Photo: Bill Hackwell

Cubans watch their flag being raised at the opening of the Cuban Embassy in Washington DC. Photo: Bill Hackwell

After decades of secret documents concealing sabotage and destabilization plans, Barack Obama’s new presidential policy directive on Cuba was publicly unveiled on Friday, October 14. (more…)

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