Two lawsuits have been filed against BP alleging violations of the Rackteer Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute in connection with the recent Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Some 4,000 living in communities on the banks of the Rio Marañón in Peru’s northeastern Loreto department have been affected by an oil spill caused by the Argentine firm Pluspetrol.
A video of a rally in support of the Shining Path, which supposedly took place at Lima’s San Marcos University, has sparked a media frenzy—and fears of police or military intervention on campus.
Electronic Journal & Daily Report PRIVATE PRISONS, PUBLIC PAIN Systematic Abuse in Texas’ For-Profit Archipelago by Peter Gorman, Fort Worth Weekly THE WILDCAT STRIKES IN CHINA Towards an Independent Labor Movement? by Lance Carter, Insurgent Notes COLOMBIA TERROR: CLINTON’S COMPLICITY… Read moreIssue #169, July 2010
Dear Readers: We have a very important question for you. Do you exist? No really, we need to know. We work hard on World War 4 Report every day. A month ago, with our June issue, we both asked for… Read moreDoes World War 4 Report Have Readers?
Continue ReadingDoes World War 4 Report Have Readers?by Pamela Merchant, Center for Justice and Accountability This month, in one of the most significant human rights cases to be heard by the Supreme Court in years, the Court unanimously ruled that former foreign government officials who come to… Read moreIT’S OFFICIAL: THE U.S. IS NOT A SAFE HAVEN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS
Continue ReadingIT’S OFFICIAL: THE U.S. IS NOT A SAFE HAVEN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERSby Lisa Haugaard, Colombia Peace Update Colombia’s outgoing President Alvaro Uribe has launched an assault against his country’s courts for taking some initial steps to bring high-ranking military and government officials to justice for their role in murder, illegal wiretapping,… Read moreCOLOMBIA’S PRESIDENT RAILS AGAINST JUSTICE, CLINTON STANDS BY
Continue ReadingCOLOMBIA’S PRESIDENT RAILS AGAINST JUSTICE, CLINTON STANDS BYTowards an Independent Labor Movement? by Lance Carter, Insurgent Notes The wildcat strike at the Nanhai Honda factory which formally ended on June 4 with a partial victory for workers, has subsequently inspired two other Honda factories in the Pearl… Read moreTHE WILDCAT STRIKES IN CHINA
Continue ReadingTHE WILDCAT STRIKES IN CHINAIn prisons run by private companies, the bottom line is the only thing that matters. by Peter Gorman, Fort Worth Weekly Reeves County straddles Interstate 20 in far West Texas, between Odessa and El Paso. The county seat is Pecos,… Read morePRIVATE PRISONS, PUBLIC PAIN
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