The case of RCTV and the fictional democratization of communication from El Libertario, Caracas On May 27, Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV), a pillar of Venezuela’s media establishment, went off the air when its license expired, sparking a wave of angry… Read moreFREE SPEECH IN VENEZUELA
Continue ReadingFREE SPEECH IN VENEZUELACauca and the Afro-Colombian Renaissance by Bill Weinberg Heading south in a “chiva” mini-bus from the teeming and chaotic city of Cali, the road crosses into the southern department of Cauca—one of the most conflicted in Colombia—as suburbs and industrial… Read moreAFRICAN RENAISSANCE IN A COLOMBIAN WAR ZONE
Continue ReadingAFRICAN RENAISSANCE IN A COLOMBIAN WAR ZONEFrom the Chinese news agency, Xinhua, June 1: Israeli army fire kills two children in northern Gaza GAZA — Israeli soldiers stationed in northern Gaza Strip shot dead on Friday afternoon two Palestinian children, paramedics and eyewitnesses said. The witnesses… Read moreIsraeli forces kill two children in occupied Gaza Strip
Electronic Journal & Daily Weblog RESISTING THE NEW EURO-MISSILES Czech Dissidents Stand Up Again—This Time to the Pentagon! by Gwendolyn Albert, WW4 REPORT ALGERIA: DEMOCRACY CRUMBLING? Islamist Violence and State Legitimacy by Kanishk Tharoor, Madrid11.net AFRICA’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES The Fight… Read moreIssue #. 134. June 2007
One Woman’s Journey from Warlord Somalia to Neocon Washington by Chesley Hicks, WW4 REPORT Book Review: The Caged Virgin An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam by Ayaan Hirsi Ali Free Press/Simon & Schuster 2006 (translated), originally published in Netherlands… Read moreAYAAN HIRSI ALI: INGENUE OR PROVOCATEUR?
Continue ReadingAYAAN HIRSI ALI: INGENUE OR PROVOCATEUR?from Weekly News Update on the Americas Bolivian president Evo Morales, Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega and Cuban vice president Carlos Lage joined Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez in Barquisimeto, in the Venezuelan state of Lara, on the weekend of April 28… Read moreLATIN AMERICA: ALBA GROWS, WORLD BANK SHRINKS
Continue ReadingLATIN AMERICA: ALBA GROWS, WORLD BANK SHRINKSfrom Weekly News Update on the Americas Bolivian president Evo Morales, Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega and Cuban vice president Carlos Lage joined Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez in Barquisimeto, in the Venezuelan state of Lara, on the weekend of April 28… Read moreLATIN AMERICA: ALBA GROWS, WORLD BANK SHRINKS
Continue ReadingLATIN AMERICA: ALBA GROWS, WORLD BANK SHRINKSThe draft declaration addresses individual, collective, cultural and identity rights. It extends to indigenous people the rights to education, health and employment. It also grants them the right to self-determination, to maintain their distinct political, legal, economic, social and cultural… Read moreDeclaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Continue ReadingDeclaration on the Rights of Indigenous PeoplesMexican Peasants Resist Land Grab for Hydro Dam from SIPAZ Tension is growing in the conflicted southern Mexican state of Guerrero over the planned La Parota hydro-electric dam on the Rio Papagayo. The project would inundate thousands of hectares of… Read moreNEW ALERT AT LA PAROTA
Continue ReadingNEW ALERT AT LA PAROTACree Nation Divided Over James Bay Mega-Project by Bill Weinberg, Indian Country Today Hydro-Quebec, the provincial utility which is a major energy exporter to the Northeast US, has commenced construction on a new mega-project on Cree lands of the far… Read moreHYDRO-COLONIALISM ADVANCES IN CANADA’S FAR NORTH
Continue ReadingHYDRO-COLONIALISM ADVANCES IN CANADA’S FAR NORTHBOOK REVIEW HOW DE BODY? One Man’s Terrifying Journey Through an African War by Teun Voeten St. Martins Press, 2002 by Bill Weinberg Belgium-based Dutch photojournalist Teun Voeten was already a veteran of the bloodbaths in Bosnia, Rwanda, Chechnya, Afghanistan… Read moreHOPE AND HORROR IN SIERRA LEONE
Continue ReadingHOPE AND HORROR IN SIERRA LEONEGlobal South and Anti-Corporate Activists Clinch Major Victory at Cancun WTO Summit by Soren Ambrose The fifth World Trade Organization ministerial conference has ended in Cancun, Mexico, and the measure of the organization’s worth can again be seen by the… Read moreCANCUN: GLOBOPHOBES KICK CORPORATE ASS!
Continue ReadingCANCUN: GLOBOPHOBES KICK CORPORATE ASS!
