Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Voting rights and voter suppression in perspective

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Monday, July 18, 2011

La marcha imparable de las mafias: El intimidante despojo de propiedades

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An important editorial on recent developments in organized crime in Guatemala by El Periódico's Jose Rubén Zamora. MD País La marcha imp...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

A few notes on Dominica

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Often, my reportage takes place in some of the world’s harsher countries, so it is nice, for a change, to be able to share with readers a bi...
Monday, July 11, 2011

"Pobre de mi Patrón" by Facundo Cabral

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Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Secret Bay, Dominica

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Photo © Michael Deibert
Friday, June 24, 2011

Survive by Jacques Roche

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Please consider buying CD's of Jacques Roche reading his own work here . Jacques was a fine journalist, poet and activist who was murde...
Monday, June 20, 2011

Old Habits Die Hard in New Orleans

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Old Habits Die Hard in New Orleans By Michael Deibert Truthdig (Read the original article here ) NEW ORLEANS—One balmy night in late April, ...
Thursday, June 09, 2011

Today in Syria...

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Bahrain Violent Attack on Funeral 05.06 الإعتداء على الحرية الدينية

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Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Syrian soldiers planting ammunition on bodies of dead protesters in Dara’a

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This highly disturbing and highly graphic video - with English subtitles provided in another version by Libyan blogger Tasnim Qutait - appe...
Saturday, June 04, 2011

Tripoli Street, Misrata

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In this photo taken Wednesday, May 25, 2011, a girl poses for the picture next to a military tank on Tripoli Street, the center of fighting ...
Friday, June 03, 2011

Lettre ouverte au Chef de l'Etat et comuniqué du CERJI

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Lettre ouverte au Chef de l'Etat et comuniqué du CERJI URGENT POUR DIFFUSION IMMEDIATE COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE KINSHASA, le 01 juin 2011 Da...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Michael Deibert on drug trafficking and organized crime in Mexico and Guatemala

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My friend, the filmmaker and photographer Francesca Romeo , recorded me here in New Orleans this week talking about some of the challenges f...
Saturday, May 28, 2011

Michael Deibert on KPFK Pacifica Radio

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My interview yesterday with Suzi Weissman on KPFK Pacifica Radio about the violence currently affecting Mexico and Guatemala can be heard he...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

Mladic, Chomsky and Srebrenica: Time for an apology

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By now the word that wanted war criminal Ratko Mladic has been arrested in Serbia has traveled around the globe. On the run for nearly 15 ye...
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Saturday, May 21, 2011

The Struggle for Kashmir

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Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, chairman of the Hurriyat Conference in Indian-administered Kashmir, was placed under house arrest today in India's...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Estado de Sitio Petén

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Cartel Wars

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Cartel Wars May 16, 2011 By Michael Deibert Truthdig (Read the original article here ) MATAMOROS, Mexico—Of all the iconography that one enc...
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Thursday, May 12, 2011

Border region lives in fear amid Mexico cartel war

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Border region lives in fear amid Mexico cartel war By Michael Deibert Thu May 12 2011, 1:12 am ET MATAMOROS, Mexico (AFP) – Plastered to the...
Tuesday, May 03, 2011

A few thoughts on the killing of Osama Bin Laden

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Human emotions are complicated things. As someone who was in Manhattan on 9/11, I didn't exactly rejoice at Osama Bin Laden's death ...