Month January 2007

Indigenous victory: Palm Island cop to be charged

Brisbane,Australia:A major victory has been won by the Indigenous movement in Australia. The Queensland Attorney General’s Department has decided that Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley will be charged with manslaughter over the death of Mulrunji Doomadgee. Mulrunji, an aboriginal man, died…

Escalation in Iraq insurgent tactics

In perhaps the boldest and most sophisticated attack in four years of warfare, gunmen speaking English, wearing U.S. military uniforms and carrying American weapons abducted four U.S. soldiers last week at the provincial headquarters in the Shiite holy city of…

Bring the troops home now

Tomorrow and on March 17, there will be mass anti-war marches and protests in D.C., L.A., and dozens of other cities. It’s no secret that United for Peace, organizers of tomorrow’s protests and the ANSWER Coalition, organizers of March 17,…