We are now half way to our necessary winter fund-drive goal of $2,000. After Obama took office, the Washington Post announced in a headline: “Bush’s ‘War’ On Terror Comes to a Sudden End.” This inevitably leads us to ask if… Read morePlease support our winter fund drive
Strikes have broken out across the UK in support of a walkout by Lincolnshire energy workers angry at the use of foreign workers. But the xenophobic British National Party is attempting to exploit the issue.
Electronic Journal & Daily Report AFGHANISTAN: BUILDING ON TRADITIONS OF PEACEMAKING Interview with Abdul Aziz Yaqubi, PeaceWork OBAMA’S IRAQ WITHDRAWAL: “A Risk That is Unacceptable”? by Billy Wharton, CounterHegemonic PALESTINE: OBAMA’S FIRST FOREIGN POLICY CHALLENGE New Standards on Self-Determination Needed… Read moreIssue #154, February 2009
Dear World War 4 Report Readers: We are now half way to our necessary winter fund-drive goal of $2,000. After Obama took office, the Washington Post announced in a headline: “Bush’s ‘War’ On Terror Comes to a Sudden End.” This… Read moreDEEP-WINTER MESSAGE TO OUR READERS
Continue ReadingDEEP-WINTER MESSAGE TO OUR READERSFrom the BBC News, Feb. 1: Scores killed in Kenya oil fire At least 111 people have died in Kenya after an overturned petrol tanker caught fire on a highway and exploded. Reports say the fire broke out after hundreds… Read moreKenya: disaster reveals desperation
China is denying claims aired by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination that up to a million Muslim Uighurs have been detained in "re-education camps" in Xinjiang region. But Beijing appears to be imposing harsh surveillance and restrictions on freedom of worship on Muslims throughout China, even requiring those making the pilgrimage to Mecca to be fitted with GPS tracking devices. Yet such methods almost always prove counter-productive, leading to resentment that only fuels the unrest that Chinese authorities are responding to. This week saw mass protests in Weizhou, Ningxia province, after authorities attempted to demolish a newly built mosque which they said had not received construction permits. After days of protest, authorities backed down and agreed to postpone the demolition. (Photo of protest at Weizhou Grand Mosque from Weibo via BBC News)
by Jennifer Blowdryer and Alvin Orloff, Zeek For years and years, hipsters and avant garde types (at least here in America) liked Jews…a lot. Jews were the chosen people of hip rebellion: antisemitism was the preserve of bigots in small… Read moreHIPSTER ANTI-SEMITISM
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