Don’t Believe the Hype! by David Bloom, WW4 REPORT Despite over a thousand nonviolent protests, international media attention, worldwide condemnation, a decision by the International Court of Justice at The Hague declaring Israel’s “Separation Wall” illegal where it is built… Read moreISRAELI HIGH COURT RETURNS PALESTINIAN LANDS?
Continue ReadingISRAELI HIGH COURT RETURNS PALESTINIAN LANDS?Electronic Journal & Daily Weblog ISRAELI HIGH COURT RETURNS PALESTINIAN LANDS? Don’t Believe the Hype! by David Bloom, WW4 REPORT BOOTS, BEARDS, BURQAS, BOMBS The Politics of Militarism and Islamist Extremism in Pakistan by Beena Sarwar, Himal Southasian, Kathmandu DESTINATION… Read moreIssue #. 138. October 2007
America’s First War on Islamic Terrorism by Bill Weinberg, Middle East Policy Book Review: VICTORY IN TRIPOLIHow America’s War with the Barbary Pirates Established the US Navy and Built a Nationby Joshua E. LondonJohn Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 2005… Read morePIRATES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
Continue ReadingPIRATES OF THE MEDITERRANEANAn Interview with Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui by Andalusia Knoll, Rustbelt Radio, Pittsburgh The South American nation of Bolivia has filled the headlines of the global press with its fight against water privatization, struggle for nationalization of gas, non-compliance with free… Read moreINDIGENOUS ANARCHISM IN BOLIVIA
Continue ReadingINDIGENOUS ANARCHISM IN BOLIVIAfrom Weekly News Update on the Americas Recent headlines from Colombia tell of imprisoned paramilitary warlords, politicians forced to step down for their links to the paramilitaries—and an unprecedented legal victory, with Chiquita Bananas fined $25 million for underwriting the… Read moreCOLOMBIA: PARAS, ARMY STILL KILLING PEASANTS
Continue ReadingCOLOMBIA: PARAS, ARMY STILL KILLING PEASANTSby Benjamin Dangl, Upside Down World Two soldiers in Paraguay stand in front of a camera. One of them holds an automatic weapon. John Lennon’s “Imagine” plays in the background. This Orwellian juxtaposition of war and peace is from a… Read morePARAGUAY: LABORATORY FOR LATIN AMERICA’S NEW MILITARISM
Continue ReadingPARAGUAY: LABORATORY FOR LATIN AMERICA’S NEW MILITARISMby Vijay Prashad, Frontline, Chennai, India In February, George W. Bush announced the creation of a new unified combatant command for Africa. After several years of deliberation, the Pentagon finally agreed to create the African Command (AFRICOM), which will relieve… Read moreDESTINATION DARFUR: A NEW COLD WAR OVER OIL
Continue ReadingDESTINATION DARFUR: A NEW COLD WAR OVER OILThe Politics of Militarism and Islamist Extremism in Pakistan by Beena Sarwar, Himal Southasian The Pakistan Army emerged victorious from the Lal Masjid battle that took place in Islamabad on July 10, following a week’s standoff. But it is a… Read moreBOOTS, BEARDS, BURQAS, BOMBS
Continue ReadingBOOTS, BEARDS, BURQAS, BOMBSThe Turkish government signed an agreement with Iraq Sept. 28 to cooperate in fighting guerillas of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), who are launching attacks on Turkey from Iraqi territory. That same day, the PKK attacked a military post in… Read moreBaghdad, Ankara pledge cooperation against defiant PKK
At least seven young men were killed in an apparent US helicopter attack on an outdoor Ramadan gathering in the Baghdad Shi’ite suburb of Abu Dshir late Sept. 27. Witnesses say the men were playing a traditional Ramadan game called… Read moreIraq: US bombs Shi’ites —again; Congress funds carnage —again
From Fox Local News, NYC. Sept. 30: Woman Killed in East Village Hit-Run A 24-year-old woman was killed early Sunday when a car hit her — and kept going. Julia Thomson of 355 Bowery was crossing East Fourth Street and… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Some rare good news is reported from Iran, where a reform of the country's drug laws may save the lives of thousands now on death row. Some 5,000 people are currently awaiting execution for drug offenses in the Islamic Republic, and all of them could now have their sentences reviewed. News accounts of the reform did not note that it is the fruit of protests within Iran, as well as pressure from international human rights groups. It won little coverage in the West, but following a wave of executions, some 1,800 prisoners at Qezel Hessar Prison outside Tehran went on hunger strike. Some courageous prisoners' families organized to support them, calling for reduced sentences for drug crimes—even holding vigils outside the Parliament building. (Image: Middle East Eye)
