by 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
Continue ReadingPRIVATE PRISONS, PUBLIC PAINDear readers: World War 4 Report remains deeply in debt after our travel to Bolivia to cover the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth. On the evening of June 18, we will be hosting… Read morePlease Support Our Summer Fund Drive
Continue ReadingPlease Support Our Summer Fund DriveAn Interview with Batay Ouvriye by David L. Wilson, World War 4 Report It is now more than four months since a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, leveling much of the Port-au-Prince area and killing nearly a quarter of a… Read moreHAITI: STRUGGLE AND SOLIDARITY AFTER THE CATACLYSM
Continue ReadingHAITI: STRUGGLE AND SOLIDARITY AFTER THE CATACLYSMEcological Contradictions of the Bolivarian Revolution by Maria Pilar Garcia Guadilla, El Libertario Venezuela is a country with a mining and extractive industry economy, whose model development has been based on the exploitation of oil and other non-renewable resources that… Read moreVENEZUELA: THE MYTH OF “ECO-SOCIALISM”
Continue ReadingVENEZUELA: THE MYTH OF “ECO-SOCIALISM”Demanding Justice for Missing Migrants from Frontera NorteSur A Mexican lawmaker is demanding that government authorities pay more attention to a case of 31 missing migrants. Juan Fernándo Rocha Mier, a state legislator for the National Action Party (PAN) in… Read moreMEXICO’S OTHER DISAPPEARED
Continue ReadingMEXICO’S OTHER DISAPPEAREDFrom Copenhagen to Cochabamba to Cancún by Karah Woodward, The Indypendent TIQUIPAYA, Bolivia — Bolivian President Evo Morales spoke for many developing nations last December when he rejected the United Nation’s Copenhagen Accord as “an agreement reached between the world’s… Read moreTHE CLIMATE JUSTICE GROUNDSWELL
Continue ReadingTHE CLIMATE JUSTICE GROUNDSWELLPeasants Protest Irrigation Megaproject by Milagros Salazar, Tierramérica The Olmos megaproject, which will divert water from the Huancabamba River through a trans-Andean tunnel to desert land along Peru’s northern coast, is being presented as a catalyst for farm development, but… Read moreMURKY WATERS FLOW FROM PERUVIAN ANDES
Continue ReadingMURKY WATERS FLOW FROM PERUVIAN ANDESA Muslim Woman Confronts Her Fear of Voting—Eight Years After the Gujarat Massacres by Subuhi Jiwani, Sarai Reader The dot on my index finger nail has been moving stealthily towards the edge. It is the show-sign of patriotism. I have… Read morePOGROMS, PARANOIA AND POLLING IN INDIA
Continue ReadingPOGROMS, PARANOIA AND POLLING IN INDIADear readers: After a month-long semi-hiatus while I was traveling overseas—including on assignment in Bolivia—our Daily Report is resuming full publication. I was in Bolivia to cover the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth,… Read moreWORLD WAR 4 REPORT IS BACK…FROM BOLIVIA
Continue ReadingWORLD WAR 4 REPORT IS BACK…FROM BOLIVIAfrom IRIN NAIROBI—Living in a war-torn city is hard enough for Mogadishu’s youngsters, but even those few opportunities for entertainment they used to enjoy have now been banned. Listening to music, watching football or films can earn one up to… Read moreSOMALIA: WHERE FUN IS FORBIDDEN
Continue ReadingSOMALIA: WHERE FUN IS FORBIDDEN
