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Supporters of slain New York City Indymedia journalist Brad Will are calling for the immediate release of Juan Manuel Martínez Moreno after a Mexican judge ruled that Moreno could be held in prison indefinitely in a murder investigation that activists say has gone horribly wrong.“As a friend I have been sickened, as his family has [...] read more »

Once upon a time (and a heady and exhilarating time it was), ferment bubbled up through the nation, people declared that business would no longer continue as usual and movements coined slogans that felt like eternal truths. They said, “We shall overcome!” “We are everywhere!” “The personal is political!” This year’s Academy Award nominations are a tribute to the movie industry’s ability to trivialize such truths. The majority of the nominations assert firmly that the political is personal, not vice versa. read more »

More than a dozen protesters and press photographers surrounded Brad when he was shot. All those interviewed said that the bullets came from down the street. Moments before Brad was killed, the Milenio newspaper photographer Oswaldo Ramirez was shot in the leg. The Mexican Office of the Federal Attorney General, or PGR, however, has neither interviewed Mr. Ramirez nor investigated the shooting. read more »

Mexican prosecutors are charging Oaxacan activists with murdering NYC Indymedia journalist Brad Will during anti-government protests he was covering in October 2006. In this special report, John Gibler goes inside a deliberately botched investigation and looks at why justice is an elusive goal for victims of political violence in Mexico. read more »

News briefs from around the world including: Military Ready to Quell Protests; A Surge in Skepticism; Afghanistan Starves; and U.S. Activist Murdered. read more »

As New Orleans and hurricanes once again share headlines, this moment offers an opportunity to examine how three years of disastrous federal, state and local policy have affected the people of New Orleans. read more »