Remember Luis “Junior” Martinez

“To die for the people is weightier than Mount Tai…
Wherever there is struggle there is sacrifice, and death is a common occurrence. But we have the interests of the people and the sufferings of the great majority at heart, and when we die for the people it is a worthy death.”
- Mao Zedong, Serve the [...]

Obama to Iranian Leadership: Let’s Make a Deal

Obama Tries to Cut a Deal with Iranian Leadership
by “Midwest RAIMster”
(http://antiimperialism.wordpress.com)
Marking the Iranian new year’s celebration, Nowruz, U.S. president Barack Obama released a video statement to the Middle East nation. While on the surface Obama offered his “best wishes” and the “promise of a new beginning,” such a statement can hardly be taken at [...]

Fuck the Troops

youtube and liveleak banned it, but the occasion demanded it:
http://megavideo.com/?v=RXRB381M

ICC Issues Arrest Warrant for Sudanese President, U.S. Tightens the Screws on Africa

(http://raimd.wordpress.com)
On March 4th, 2009, the International Kangaroo Court (ICC) charged Omar al-Bashir, the president of Sudan, with five counts of crimes against humanity and two counts of war crimes. The charges, which stem from the conflict in Darfur, are the first of their kind to be leveled against a seated head of state. Since armed [...]

Iraqi Resistance to the Obama Administration

The following is reportedly a communique from the Iraqi resistance group, Rafidan, identified elsewhere on the internet as the Mujahideen Central Command. In the interest of giving a voice to those fighting the U.S. military on the ground, we are reposting it here. While leaving the political content intact, we edited out portions for the [...]

Ten Years After “Bolivarian Revolution,” Term Limits Ended for Chavez

(raimd.wordpress.com)
On February 2nd, Hugo Chavez celebrated 10 years as president of Venezuela. Less than two weeks later, Venezuelans voted 54 percent to 46 percent, allowing him to run for the leading post indefinitely. “This is is historic day,” Chavez told a crowd in Caracas.
Chavez, a self-styled socialist, first came into the spotlight in 1992 after [...]

Ben Whitmer: Why I Support Ward Churchill

(raimd.wordpress.com)
[Ben Whitmer is a long time supporter of Indigenous struggles and has been at the forefront of the local campaign to support Ward. Currently, he maintains the Ward Churchill solidarity blog, wardchurchilltrial.wordpress.com]
I’ve spent four years defending Ward Churchill in every way I could think to do so.‭ ‬And not because of any esoteric principle of [...]

RAIM-D Global Digest Issue 2

RAIM-D Global Digest Issue 2
Special Ward Churchill Issue
March 6th, 2009
Contents:
Amerikans Support Escalation in Afghanistan
Joel Kovel Sacked For Opposing Zionism
Ben Whitmer: Why I Support Ward Churchill
RAIM-Denver/Ward Churchill Factoid

Amerikans Support Escalation in Afghanistan

(raimd.wordpress.com)
Nearly two-thirds of Amerikans back President Barack Obama’s recent decision to strengthen occupation forces of Afghanistan, according to a new public opinion poll conducted by the Washington Post and ABC News. These most recent figures are part of Amerikans’ long standing support for the onset, and in this case escalation, of imperialist wars of aggression.
Amerikans [...]

Professor Joel Kovel Sacked for Opposing Zionism

Professor Joel Kovel Sacked for Opposing Zionism
(raimd.wordpress.com)
Joel Kovel, former Alger Hiss Chair of Social Studies at Bard College, was fired this past February because of his public stance against Zionism. In a recent statement, Kovel describes the conflict with the Bard administration, one which began in 2002 after he came out against the Israeli state. [...]