The House of Death Is Now in the Obama Administration’s Court

U.S. Appeals Court Hearing Raises Unsettling Questions “Under Color of Law”

By Bill Conroy
Via the NarcoSphere

March 14, 2009

Dumping the Rockefeller Drug Laws for A New Direction in New York

“The Assembly has started this process, and now, the Senate and Governor have to act by supporting and even improving upon this comprehensive proposal”

By Russell Simmons and Gabriel Sayegh
Global Grind

March 13, 2009

The President and the Drug War: Part I

Transcript of Obama Statements on March 11 about the Drug War, Mexico and Immigration Reform

By Al Giordano
The Field

March 12, 2009

Citizens Show Support for Marcelino Coache

Protesters Demonstrate Against the Murders of Activists, and the Detention of Political Prisoners in Oaxaca

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

March 12, 2009

Drug War Doublespeak

The U.S. Government and Media Barrage Spin Failure Into Success as Prohibitionist Polices of the Past are Implemented in Mexico

By Laura Carlsen
Americas Program, Center for International Policy

March 11, 2009

Who Won and Who Lost in Mexico’s “Narco Protests”

Calderon and the Military Become Heroes; Social Organizers and the Poor are Demonized

By Kristin Bricker
Via the NarcoSphere

en español... Quién ganó y quién perdió en las “Narco Protestas” en México

March 9, 2009

Obama Will Use Spring Summit to Bring Cuba in from the Cold

Key Steps May Come in the Lead Up to the April 17-19 “Summit of the Americas” in Trinidad

By Rory Carrol
The Sunday Observer

March 8, 2009

APPO Councilor and Former Political Prisoner Abducted and Tortured in Oaxaca

Marcelino Coache Verano's Captors Repeatedly Questioned Him about Various Sums of Money for Ransom During the Kidnapping

By Pedro MatĂ­as Arrazola
Noticias Voz e Imagen de Oaxaca

March 8, 2009

“The APPO has to rebuild trust and credibility”

Interview with Oaxacan Activist and Journalist Doctora Berta

By Revolucionemos Oaxaca
Interview

en español... La APPO debe reconstruir la confianza y la credibilidad

March 6, 2009

The International War on Drugs Hits Close to Home

Celebrating 100 Years of Failure and Futility

By Brian Doherty
Reason

March 5, 2009

DEA Intelligence Chief Likens Mexico to 1980's Colombia

Interview with the DEA’s Anthony P. Placido: He Believes the Cartels Do Not Feel Threatened by the Current War Being Waged Against Them

By J. Jesus Esquivel
Proceso

en español... La DEA: México, como Colombia en los 80

March 4, 2009

Additional Scholarship Available for April 24-26 Workshop on Authentic Journalism and Community Organizing

The Event Will be at the Rowe Conference Center in the Berkshires of Massachusetts: Deadline for Scholarship Applications is March 15

By Al Giordano
The Field

March 3, 2009

The 2012 Mother of All Marches

The “Movement of Movements” in Oaxaca Hosts “Organizers of Organizers”

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

March 2, 2009

Arrest of Immigrant in Texas Church was Godless Act

ICE Agent Likely Violated Agency Rules, Leaked Memo Shows

By Bill Conroy
Via the NarcoSphere

March 1, 2009

Change and Regime Change

What the 2008 Democratic Landslide Means for the National Endowment for Democracy

By James Jordan
Co-Coordinator for the Respect for Democracy Campaign

March 1, 2009

DEA’s Operation Xcellerator is Another Justice Department Dog and Pony Show

Despite the “Largest and Hardest Hitting Operation to Ever Target” the Sinaloa Cartel, the DEA is Merely Treading Water in the War on Drugs

By Kristin Bricker
Via the NarcoSphere

February 28, 2009

Plan Mexico is Back in Congress

House Passes 2009 Plan Mexico Funding Despite Mexico’s Failure to Comply with the 2008 Funding’s Human Rights Conditions

By Kristin Bricker
Via the NarcoSphere

February 26, 2009

Mexican Defense Secretary Opposes Civilian Trials for Military Human Rights Abusers

Tribunals -vs- Civilian Courts for Members of the Military Accused of Human Rights Violations Takes Center Stage in Mexico’s Drug War

By Kristin Bricker
Via the NarcoSphere

February 25, 2009

A Second Look at the EZLN’s Festival of Dignified Rage

Response to John Ross’ Claims in “Commodifying the Revolution”

By Hilary Klein
Special to The Narco News Bulletin

February 23, 2009

Greenberg Accuses Penn of Cooking Polls (and Why the Claim Is Credible)

Charges that Pollster Mark Penn “Rigged” Data in the 2005 British Election are Supported by Reports that He Did the Same in Venezuela in 2004

By Al Giordano
Special to The Narco News Bulletin

February 23, 2009

Prosecutor Claims Iran-Contra Whistleblower is a “Danger” to Society

Federal Judge Furgeson Extended Castillo’s Report to Prison Date Until July to Decide if He Should Remain Free Through the Appeal Process

By Bill Conroy
Via the NarcoSphere

February 22, 2009

Drug War Horror Story is Only a Seam in a Complex Fabric

The Media Narrative Too Often Presents a Simplistic View of the Violence and Misery on the Border While Ignoring its Complexities

By Bill Conroy
Via the NarcoSphere

en español... El horror de la Guerra de la droga

February 13, 2009

Drugs and Democracy: Toward a Paradigm Shift

“Current drug repression policies are firmly rooted in prejudices, fears and ideological visions. The whole issue has become taboo which inhibits public debate”

By Presidents CĂ©sar Gaviria, Ernesto Zedillo, Fernando Enrique Cardoso and others
Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy

en español... Drogas y Democracia: Hacia un Cambio de Paradigma
em português... Drogas e Democracia: Rumo a uma Mudança de Paradigma

February 11, 2009

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