Afghanistan, Central Asia, Caucasus: Key to oil profits
A picture is emerging of what is behind Bush's 'war on terrorism.' For the entire article, click on the headline. To see a background article from the Asia Times, click here.
International Notes
China condemns new U.S.-Taiwan military cooperation / Mexican hunger strikers demand amnesty law / Peace advocate: U.S. develops laser arms in Australia / Sri Lanka to rebuild economy in former war zone / Canadian public workers win strike
Immigration reform launched in 30 cities
LOS ANGELES - Leaders from community, labor and religious organizations launched a major campaign for immigration reform in 30 cities across the nation May 15.
Carter in Cuba: 'End U.S. embargo'
In a speech on Cuban TV May 14, former President Jimmy Carter called for an end to the U.S. blockade against Cuba. His remarks came as Bush administration claims that Cuba is making biological weapons and sharing information about them continued to unravel.
BRC: Education Not Incarceration
PHIlADELPHIA – On April 27 over 200 people attended a conference, Education Not Incarceration, presented by the Philadelphia Black Radical Congress (BRC) in association with the Criminal Justice Program of the American Friends Service Committee.
Haddad fights five-month detention
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – In a May 1 statement, Muslim clergyman Rabih Haddad charged that his five-month-long detention by the U.S. government is based on “allegations, insinuations, innuendoes and lies.” For the entire article, click on the headline. To view a page with many links on Haddad's struggle, click here.
Attacks on immigrants: history repeats
John Tateishi, who spent three years in a U.S. concentration camp from 1942 to 1945, sees a parallel between the treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II and the attacks on immigrants from the Middle East today.
Billions for war, but not for people
WASHINGTON – The May 1 vote in the House Armed Services Committee authorizing a fiscal year military budget of $383.4 billion has drawn sharp criticism from peace and social justice groups who denounced the military-industrial complex for devouring billions of dollars that could be better spent to meet the nation’s crying needs in education, the environment, health and other social programs. The committee also approved a separate $10 billion military contingency fund. For the entire article, click on the headline. For more information, visit The Council for a Livable World or The War Resisters League.
Lockout at AK Steel: It's a human struggle
MANSFIELD, Ohio – Scores of solidarity signs were planted along the approach to Hamilton Park, only blocks from the “scab” Armco Kawasaki (AK) steel mill complex here May 4. USWA Local 169 put out the call and hundreds of union members, their families and supporters came to the small industrial city. For the entire article, click on the headline. For more information, visit the homepage of the United Steelworkers of America.
Eyewitness to occupation: Ramallah showcase of war crimes
Upon entering Ramallah a few days after the tanks had pulled out of the center of the city, I saw the scars of a viciously coordinated month-long military occupation and destruction of the economic and political infrastructure of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and non-governmental organizations everywhere.
