http://www.splcenter.org/intel/immigrant.jsp The immigration debate in the United States has been maistrked by racist propaganda, bogus statistics about immigrants and wild conspiracy theories — all of which combine to dehumanize Latino immigrants and falsely portray them as disease-carrying, job-stealing criminals invading our country. This xenophobic rhetoric — echoes of the scapegoating of new immigrants throughout American [...]

by Cort Greene Feb.6th, 2009 The March on the Pentagon on March 21st is a critical moment but not for the reasons stated by ANSWER.The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are entering a critical stage but their are even a more important issues for the anti war movement to address such as a discussion of [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Timor-Leste: No Time for Complacency Dili/Brussels, 9 February 2009: A year after Timor-Leste’s president José Ramos-Horta was shot, security is markedly improved but at the cost of an army that is unreformed and increasingly unaccountable. Timor-Leste: No Time for Complacency,* the latest update briefing from the International Crisis Group, says the government [...]

http://eballam.wordpress.com/2009/02/07/umass-amherst-march-for-gaza/   7-02-2009 Alex Cachinero-Gorman (far left) with marchers. The conflict in Gaza has reached the UMass Amherst campus today in a march to end not only the violence, but the Israeli occupation. Leading the group is Hampshire student Alex Cachinero-Gorman, of the Students for Jusitice in Palestine. He states that just because there is [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Guinea-Bissau: Building a Real Stability Pact Dakar/Brussels, 29 January 2009: Despite Guinea-Bissau’s widely praised elections in 2008, allegations of attempted assassination and coup d’état heighten the need to guarantee stability and institutional reforms. Guinea-Bissau: Building a Real Stability Pact,* the latest policy briefing from the International Crisis Group, argues that the West [...]

Thank CBS for Telling the Truth Dear, Have you seen 60 Minutes’ Is Peace Out of Reach segment from last Sunday?  If you haven’t, please take a moment to view it by clicking here.  This piece marks the first time that a mainstream U.S. media outlet has dared to accurately portray what Israeli occupation and [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Iraq’s Provincial Elections: The Stakes Baghdad/Brussels, 27 January 2009: Elections on Saturday have a potential to make still fragile Iraq more stable by reversing severe imbalances in provincial governance created four years ago, which generated deep grievances and widespread violence. Iraq’s Provincial Elections: The Stakes,* the latest International Crisis Group report, examines [...]