Here we go again. This Nov. 1 commentary from the World Socialist Web Site (which is being echoed all over the left-wing blogosphere, e.g. on San Francisco Indymedia) relishes in the latest example of censorious behavior by Israel's apologists, under the rather obvious title "Zionists seek to silence critics of US policy toward Israel":

Here we go again. Fox News has the following to say about their upcoming "documentary," Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West, to air this weekend (strategically just before the mid-term elections, if that escaped your notice):

We see in "Obsession" how closely the Hitler youth bear resemblance to the young Islamic fundamentalists training with Hezbollah, Hamas and other terrorist groups. Of course, Nazi Germany did not train children in the use of suicide belts, as the Islamic fascists do. But manipulating the pliant minds of youth toward fanatical hatred employs the same techniques.

From the Chicago Tribune, Nov. 2:

Hispanic citizens sue government over raids

ATLANTA -- A civil rights group sued the federal government Wednesday on behalf of five Hispanic citizens who say they were detained and harassed by agents carrying out raids targeting illegal immigrants in south Georgia.

This is insidiously sinister—a step towards something akin to apartheid, two-tier citizenship. Not that we don't already have that, of course, but this is close to legally acknowleding it and legitimizing it. From the New York Times Nov. 3, via CivilRights.org:

From the BBC, Nov. 2:

A new Sultan of Sokoto, the spiritual leader of Nigeria's 70m Muslims, has been announced.

Colonel Muhammadu Sada Abubakar, 53, is the younger brother of Sultan Mohammadu Maccido, who was killed in a plane crash on Sunday, along with 95 others.

On Oct. 30, activists in Naples rallied at the local Mexican consulate in protest of the repression in Oaxaca, where Mexican President Vicente Fox has sent in a massive force of federal police. (Chiapas IMC) But Naples itself may soon be facing a similar dilemma. Following a crime wave which has left 12 dead over the past ten days, Prime Minister Romano Prodi is under growing pressure to send the army to patrol the southern port city. To his credit, he is thus far resisting the pressure. Meanwhile, the openly chauvinist Northern League frames the problem in its typically helpful and sensitive way. From AGI, Nov. 2:

Zapatista Subcommander Marcos and supporters joined arms to block traffic at the Stanton-Lerdo International Bridge over the Rio Grande for an hour in protest of the repression in Oaxaca Nov. 1. More than 100 cars were halted by the blockade on the bridge linking Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, and El Paso, Texas. (Cronica de Hoy, Nov. 1)

From India's Daily News & Analysis (DNA), Nov. 2:

LAHORE: The October 30 pre-dawn air strike on a religious seminary in the Bajaur Agency on the Pak-Afghan border was carried out by US predator drones to sabotage the signing of yet a another peace deal between the Pakistan Army and the Taliban backed militants, which was to be inked a few hours later inside the compound of the Madrassa Ziaul Uloom where 82 people were killed as a result of the deadly missile attack.