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Author: Bill Weinberg

Venezuela-Colombia tensions escalate

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez charged Nov. 1 that Colombian intelligence agents were behind plots against his government, although he denied that they had undermined relations between the two neighbors. The accusations come days after the firing of a top official… Read moreVenezuela-Colombia tensions escalate

North America

California convict smells coffee: Jews not white

A Jewish inmate at California’s San Quentin prison says his life is in danger because he’s being housed with white inmates, many of whom belong to anti-Semitic white supremacist gangs. The inmate is asking prison authorities to reclassify him from… Read moreCalifornia convict smells coffee: Jews not white

Europe

Racism and repression behind French Intifada

Yeah, we think it’s pretty obvious too. The violence in France now enters its 12th night. It has spread to every major city, as well as Brussels and Berlin. The scale of the violence has been widely reported. Nearly 1,000… Read moreRacism and repression behind French Intifada

Europe

Franco-Intifada: right wing wants “blood”

Following an 11th straight night of violence in France, extremely unseemly gloating is starting to emerge from the right wing in both America and Israel. Given that the uprising provides the opportunity to indulge both Francophobia and Islamophobia simultaneously, how… Read moreFranco-Intifada: right wing wants “blood”

Cruel? Humiliating? Degrading? OK with us!

It is increasingly apparent that the Bush administration is riven by a divide between the State Department and CIA on one hand, which still cling to some semblance of traditional notions of state legitimacy, and Cheney and the Pentagon on… Read moreCruel? Humiliating? Degrading? OK with us!

Italy denies role in “Nigergate”

What we gringos call the “Valerie Plame scandal” is in Italy being called “Nigergate,” and Berlusconi’s government is doing somersaults to dis-associate itself with the sleazy episode of forged documents that helped embroil the Italians in Bush’s war. From the… Read moreItaly denies role in “Nigergate”

Iraq

Another slow news day in Iraq

Well, the suicide minivan atttack on the Shi’ite town of Musayyib Nov. 2 that killed 20 and injured 60 (AP, Nov. 3) failed to rate even a mention on the front page of the next day’s NY Times. It was… Read moreAnother slow news day in Iraq

New York City

Sweet smell of biological warfare?

By the way, a week later we’re still trying to figure out what this was all about, and we note with trepidation that there have been no follow-up stories. WW4 Report‘s chief blogger became aware of the smell at around… Read moreSweet smell of biological warfare?

Inner Asia

US to exploit Kyrgyz prison crackdown?

Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev defends his use of force to put down unrest in the country’s prisons, which cost four lives on Nov. 1. “Police did the right thing when they demanded that suspects and other inmates leave the prison… Read moreUS to exploit Kyrgyz prison crackdown?

Energy Department: continued fossil fuel use will doom planet

Well, the White House already appears to be at war with the CIA. Is the Energy Department next? The latest doom-and-gloom predictions on global climate change are coming from Livermore Labs, Ed Teller’s old stomping grounds… Not exactly Greenpeace… From… Read moreEnergy Department: continued fossil fuel use will doom planet

Ethiopia-Eritrea tensions: mutual scapegoating?

Ethiopian police have killed at least 40 since protests erupted Nov. 1 over disputed parliamentary elections in Addis Ababa, the capital. Violence continues as protests are now spreading to other cities, including Dessie, Gondar, Bahar Dar, Arba Minch, Awassa, Dire… Read moreEthiopia-Eritrea tensions: mutual scapegoating?

Europe

Parisian Intifada: jihadi conspiracy?

As unrest in the Muslim immigrant suburbs of Paris enters its ninth night, violence appears to be spreading to other towns such as Dijon, Marseille and Normandy, and into the capital itself. Trouble has now been reported from almost 90… Read moreParisian Intifada: jihadi conspiracy?

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