November 2007 - Page 2 of 3

Pakistan: It Could Get Very Messy

Rene Wadlow November 20, 2007 Rene Wadlow

Musharraf

A November 11, 2007 report in the Washington Post stated that the United States has developed contingency plans to safeguard Pakistani nuclear weapons if they risk falling into the wrong hands. The newspaper quotes an unnamed former US official as saying "If an attempt were made by the US to seize the weapons to prevent their loss, it could be very messy." Even without US Special Forces tramping around Pakistan looking for nuclear weapons and long-range delivery systems, the situation can get very messy.

25,000 Say: Close the School of the Americas!

SOA Watch November 19, 2007 SOA Watch

The 18th annual Vigil to Close the SOA was one of the largest and most vibrant yet. While thousands commemorated the martyrs in a solemn funeral procession at the main gate, 10 SOA Watch activists entered the Fort Benning military base through a side entrance in an attempt to carry the protest to the site of the SOA/WHINSEC.

Congo’s President Joseph Kabila: Dynasty or Travesty?

keith harmon snow November 13, 2007 keith harmon snow

Kabila and Bush

Who is the new president of Congo, Joseph Kabila, and how did he rise to power? Is he really the son of Laurent Kabila? Why was Laurent Kabila assassinated and by whom? What is Joseph Kabila's relationship to the great white fathers in

Belgium

who once ruled this colony? Are Joseph Kabila's days numbered?

US Congress Passes Free Trade Deal With Peru

Jennifer Gunderman and April Howard November 13, 2007 Jennifer Gunderman and April Howard

A new trade deal with Peru that passed in the US Congress last week boasts non-binding concessions in terms of labor and environmental concessions, and promises more of the same damages to both countries.

Internet Domain Name Censorship Vote Delayed

Dan Krimm November 12, 2007 Dan Krimm

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which makes policy governing the Internet's Domain Name System, recently held its 30th International Public Meeting in Los Angeles. ICANN has stumbled into serious controversy as it threatens to establish policies for systematic censorship of generic top-level domains ("gTLDs" such as '.com' or '.org'), and it left these issues unresolved as it ended the week with a meeting of the Board of Directors on Friday, November 2nd.

Janadesh: India’s Landless Farmer Movement Gains Momentum

Sammy Loren November 8, 2007 Sammy Loren

The generally clogged New Delhi, India streets were uncharacteristically clear on the afternoon of Tuesday October 30th, 2007. The auto rickshaws continued buzzing between pedestrians and cows, the denizens of Delhi. With the arrival of Janadesh, a movement of 25,000 landless farmers and tribal people who drilled into New Delhi just days before, one would have expected a city under siege. Raj Gopal, the leader of the protesters, warned that if the government decided to ignore the people's demands, it should start "making arrangements for picking up the bodies of those who had participated in the march."