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Afghanistan

Japan ends Afghan support mission

Japan has ordered the withdrawal of its two ships supporting US-led operations in Afghanistan following the government’s failure to agree a deal with the opposition to extend the mission beyond the end of its mandate on Nov. 1. The administration… Read moreJapan ends Afghan support mission

The Andes

Venezuela: two dead in student protests

Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse student protesters who turned out by the tens of thousands in Caracas Nov. 1 to protest constitutional reforms that would permit Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to run for re-election indefinitely. Chanting… Read moreVenezuela: two dead in student protests

Iran

Iran: prison for transit union leaders

An appellate court in Tehran confirmed a five-year sentence against imprisoned union leader Mansur Osanlu Oct. 30. The court also upheld a two-year prison sentence against another senior member of Osanlu’s union, Ebrahim Madadi, for acting against Iran’s national security…. Read moreIran: prison for transit union leaders

Southern Cone

Uruguay police clash with Argentine eco-activists

Uruguayan police clashed with Argentine environmentalists who were on a boat to protest a Finnish paper mill they fear will spew pollution into a border river Oct. 27. Police boarded one of 20 boats in a protest flotilla on the… Read moreUruguay police clash with Argentine eco-activists

Iraq

Iraq’s civil resistance: the debate continues

WORLD WAR 4 REPORT editor Bill Weinberg led another modestly-attended presentation this evening about the Iraq Freedom Congress, this time at a meeting of the New York chapter of the Socialist Party USA. An announcement for the event, which featured… Read moreIraq’s civil resistance: the debate continues

North America

San Francisco federal judge halts crackdown on immigrant workers

On Oct. 10, federal judge Charles R. Breyer of US District Court in San Francisco granted a preliminary injunction barring the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from launching a planned crackdown on workers whose social security numbers don’t match the… Read moreSan Francisco federal judge halts crackdown on immigrant workers

North America

Over 1,300 arrested in California ICE sweeps

In a two-week sweep that ended Oct. 2, ICE officers arrested 1,327 immigrants in five southern California counties: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura. A total of 530 people were arrested in their communities on immigration violations; ICE… Read moreOver 1,300 arrested in California ICE sweeps

North America

Long Island ICE raids challenged

On Oct. 2, officials in Nassau County on New York’s Long Island called for a federal investigation into an “anti-gang” sweep carried out by ICE Sept. 24-30 during which 186 immigrants were arrested in Nassau and neighboring Suffolk county. Nassau… Read moreLong Island ICE raids challenged

Palestine

Separation walls and the new security state: our readers write

Our October issue featured the story “Israeli High Court Returns Palestinian Lands? Don’t Believe the Hype!” by WW4 REPORT co-editor David Bloom, finding: “A review of the decisions shows that even in the few cases where the High Court decided… Read moreSeparation walls and the new security state: our readers write

Africa

Darfur rebels boycott peace talks, target oil industry

Libyan authorities expressed pessimism as key Darfur rebel factions failed to show up for the peace talks with the Sudanese government at the Mediterranean port of Sirte. On the eve of the AU/UN-mediated talks, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM)… Read moreDarfur rebels boycott peace talks, target oil industry

South Asia

India: landless peasants march on New Delhi

From AFP via Pakistan’s Daily Times, Oct. 28 (links added): PALWAL — A serpentine column of India’s poorest of the poor is moving across cities, determined to reclaim their land taken over in the name of the country’s heady economic… Read moreIndia: landless peasants march on New Delhi

Iraq

San Francisco tops Sept. 27 anti-war mobilization

From AP, Oct. 27: SAN FRANCISCO – Thousands of people called for a swift end to the war in Iraq as they marched through downtown on Saturday, chanting and carrying signs that read: “Wall Street Gets Rich, Iraqis and GIs… Read moreSan Francisco tops Sept. 27 anti-war mobilization

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