Global Spring 2012 – The Call To Worldwide Action Is Out

takethesquare.net, a site inspired by the Occupy movement has put out a call for a global day of action on May 12.

The call is out to chapters of the Occupy movement worldwide to march in solidarity with the countries in which uprisings are currently taking place (Syria, Greece, Egypt, Tunisia, Iceland and India to name a few).

http://takethesquare.net/2012/03/04/call-for-a-global-spring-in-may-2012/

War Crimes Investigating Judge Baltasar Garzon of Spain Testifies in His Own Defense

What is this world coming to when a judge who has been investigating war crimes is bought up on trial by far right critics who say he is exceeding his jurisdiction. Those who want the judge suspended from his job for up to 20 years say that he is breaching the terms of an amnesty agreed to after the Spanish Civil War.

Since when has it been illegal to investigate those who are responsible for tens of thousands of deaths and disappearances? And why should it be?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/world/europe/baltasar-garzon-gives-testimony-in-spain-trial.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss