North America
Bomb attack and car bomb hit media as violence escalates in election run-up
A bomb attack on the offices of the national TV network Televisa in Matamoros in Tamaulipas state on 25 March has raised fears of a resumption of the threats that were aimed against the organization in the same place [in 2010](http://en.rsf.org/mexico-after-four-releases-tragic-july-03-08-2010,38086.html).
Racism, Just Another Atrocious Weapon of Fear and Hatred
“Racism and racial discrimination have been used as weapons to engender fear and hatred. In extreme cases, ruthless leaders instigate prejudice to incite genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity”. With these words, UN secretary general marked this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which focuses on the theme of racism and conflict.
Interview: Sara Burke interviewed by Stephen Collis on the OWS
Here we publish the complete text of it.
Stephen Collis: What has your involvement with Occupy Wall Street been, and what is your
background?
Sara Burke: My involvement with OWS began before OWS began. My answer to your question might make more sense if I tell you a little bit first about my
background and then my activism with OWS.
Making New Worlds Possible
A report from the Occupy Wall Street forum on the commons
Both the commons movement and Occupy spring from a shared sense of urgency about need for a different path toward the future.
OTC program director Alexa Bradley was one of the presenters at Occupy Wall Street’s inaugural forum on the commons February 16-19 in Brooklyn.
Here is her report on all that happened.
New Obama Campaign Co-Chair: ‘The President Is Wrong’
“The president is wrong.” So says one of the newly appointed co-chairs of President Obama’s re-election campaign.
Those 4 words headline the site of the organization Progressives United, founded by former U.S. senator and now Obama campaign adviser Russ Feingold. He is referring to Obama’s recent announcement that he will accept super PAC funds for his re-election campaign.
Arms Trade: ‘Political Chess Games Risk Millions of Lives’
While rights groups stress that the brutal crackdown on protesters in Syria and other Middle East and North Africa countries underlines the absence of a global regulation on the trade of conventional arms, a number of states –including U.S., China, and Russia– are rejecting the Inclusion of strong human rights safeguards in an international Arms Trade Treaty.