Stand Your Ground, Border Policing and the Mass Production of Corpses of Color
August 12, 2013
As Comprehensive Immigration Reform’s fate is uncertain, it’s important to keep the memory of young victims alive.
Author: Murphy Woodhouse
Video from the March for Peace with Justice and Dignity
May 13, 2011
Video, photos and interviews from the four-day March for Peace with Justice and Dignity featuring the voices of Javier Sicilia, Julian LeBaron, Raul Vera and others.
Video entrevista con Julián Contreras, activista de Ciudad Juárez
May 8, 2011
Julián Contreras: “No puede ser que la lógica de la guerra impere en nuestro país, y no puede ser que salga más barato matar pobres que acabar con la pobreza.”
Mexico’s House of Deputies Likely to Approve Police State Law
April 25, 2011
Mexico’s House of Deputies has brought the country to the cusp of a police state. The reform to the National Security Law now before the lower house would grant sweeping military powers to the executive and limit congressional oversight of domestic military activity. It would grant President Felipe Calderón the ability to effectively declare states of exception without congressional approval and unilaterally use the military against any group he deems to be a “threat to internal security.”
US Tries to Block Aristide Return, Derail Democracy
March 18, 2011
The United States’ long history of intervening in Haitian politics is alive and well: President Obama’s administration is attempting to derail the lawful return of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide before Sunday’s controversial run-off elections.
General Advocates Extrajudicial Killings in Mexico’s Drug War
March 16, 2011
In a startling and frank interview with La Jornada, General Villa Castillo, Torreon, Coahuila’s Director of Public Security, talked openly about his systematic use of brutal and extrajudicial drug war strategy.