Written by Jeffery R. Webber Monday, 12 July 2010 09:54 I spoke with Alberto Acosta, ex-Minister of Energy and Mines, and ex-President of the Constituent Assembly, in his Quito office on July 8, 2010. Jeffery R. Webber: In a few words, can you describe your political formation and political trajectory? Alberto Acosta: I’m an economist. I’ve worked... »
Why Obama’s “Secure Communities” Program May be More Dangerous Than Arizona (originally posted at Counterpunch.org) By STEWART J. LAWRENCE It’s one of the Obama administration’s most important and secretive immigration enforcement programs. But despite growing concerns from civil libertarians and immigration activists about the way the program’s been designed and implemented, it’s caused barely a ripple... »
June 2011. ZAPATISTA ARMY FOR NATIONAL LIBERATION MEXICO. June 2011. “Pain reminds us That we can be good, That someone better inhabits us, That the river of tears runs a noble current. Pain we call the underside of the leaf of laughter, The darkness on the other side of the star That on your forehead has its placid name And orients our steps... »
May 7, 2011 Mothers, fathers, relatives, and friends of the victims of war in Mexico: Compañeros and Compañeras of the Zapatista support bases of the different zones, regions, towns, and Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities in Rebellion: Compañeros and Compañeras of the Other Campaign and adherents of the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle in Mexico and around the... »
With roots in the cowardly murder of Juan Francisco Sicilia Ortega, Luis Antonio Romero Jaime, Julio César Romero Jaime, and Gabriel Alejo Escalera, a wave of rage and indignation has arisen against that which is supposed to provide security for the population: the Mexican State. »
During these especially painful moments for our country, we feel convoked by the clamor synthesized in your brave words, provoked by the pain from the vile murder of Juan Francisco Sicilia Ortega, Luis Antonio Romero Jaime, Julio César Romero Jaime, and Gabriel Alejo Escalera, and in your call for a National March for Justice... »
The psychotic military campaign of Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, who has converted the struggle against crime into a totalitarian argument to purposefully generalize fear throughout the country, is now confronted with the dignified and organized voices of the families of the victims of this war. »
April 2011. “If in heaven there is unanimity, save me a place in hell.” —SupMarcos. Instructions for my Death II I.- The Prose of the Skull Don Luis: Greetings and health to you, teacher. We hope that you are in better health and that the word may be like a home remedy that heals although no one understands... »
If you take into account prisoners, a large majority of African American men in some urban areas, like Chicago, have been labeled felons for life. These men are part of a growing undercaste -- not class, caste -- a group of people who are permanently relegated, by law, to an inferior second-class status. They... »
“Stop-and-frisk is the race-based law of the land, the American police state in its most elemental, predatory form.” In cities across the nation, police stops of Blacks and Latinos have doubled, tripled and, in New York City, sextupled since 2002. In public housing, police stops are three times more frequent than in surrounding neighborhoods... »
In Lebanon, nannies and domestic servants take care of households while their owners listen to Black artists who speak of their exclusion from American society. »
We saw this type of Iraq-style disaster profiteering in New Orleans and you can expect to see a lot more of this in Haiti over the coming days, weeks and months. Private security companies are seeing big dollar signs in Haiti thanks in no small part to the media hype about “looters.” After Katrina,... »
