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SUDAN: PREPARING FOR MASSIVE DEMOBILIZATION

The Uyghur Tribunal, an "independent people's court" convened by exile and human rights groups, concluded after months of hearings in London. Following a request from the World Uyghur Congress, the Tribunal was organized last year by Sir Geoffrey Nice, the lead prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The Tribunal heard testimony from some 500 witnesses, including survivors of the detention camps in Xinjiang, on torture, sexual abuse, coerced labor, and forced sterilization. (Photo via Coda)

DARFUR AND SUDAN: A REVOLUTION IN THE MAKING

by Savo Heleta, Pambazuka News In his review of recent events in the Sudanese Darfur crisis, Savo Heleta assesses the role of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebel group. With its explicit goal of overthrowing the current Omar Bashir… Read moreDARFUR AND SUDAN: A REVOLUTION IN THE MAKING

THE DISPOSSESSION OF THE PALESTINIANS, PT. II

An Historical Outline Continued from node 5991 Operation “Peace for Galilee” Violence was at this time growing in Lebanon, which was poised to become the scene of a brutal proxy war between Israel and Syria—and both power against the Palestinians…. Read moreTHE DISPOSSESSION OF THE PALESTINIANS, PT. II

Weinberg: cause of global warming “kinda does matter”

A post about Sarah Palin’s denial of the human roots of global climate change generated a back-and-forth between World War 4 Report editor Bill Weinberg and an Anonymous Reader. It was turning into something of a distraction in the original… Read moreWeinberg: cause of global warming “kinda does matter”

BEHIND THE ECONOCATACLYSM

Globalization, Oil Shock and the Iraq War by Vilosh Vinograd, World War 4 Report On Sept. 29—perhaps to be remembered as Black Monday—a majority of House Republicans, and a minority of Democrats, voted down the $700 billion bailout bill. The… Read moreBEHIND THE ECONOCATACLYSM

THE GREAT WALL OF BOEING

Corporate Power and the Secure Border Initiative by David L. Wilson, MR Zine On September 10 the US government acknowledged that its Secure Border Initiative (SBI) was behind schedule and over budget. Promoted in 2005 as a new way to… Read moreTHE GREAT WALL OF BOEING

A MATTER OF JUSTICE

by Jane Guskin, The Huffington Post Two Muslim men that our federal government has unfairly accused of supporting Palestinian terrorist groups celebrated victories last week. Both men are Palestinian immigrants who have been living legally in the US for many… Read moreA MATTER OF JUSTICE

COMING IN FROM THE COLD

UN Membership for Eurasia’s Phantom Republics by Rene Wadlow, Toward Freedom The “Phantom Republics” has been the name given to the states demanding the status of independence after the break-up of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union: Abkhazia, Chechenya, Kosovo, Nagrono-Karabakh,… Read moreCOMING IN FROM THE COLD

THE NEXT CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS?

The Russo-Venezuelan Military Alliance & Cold War Deja Vu by Nikolas Kozloff, NACLA News In a move that undoubtedly set off alarm bells in Washington, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez announced that Venezuelan and Russian ships could soon hold joint naval… Read moreTHE NEXT CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS?

THE DISPOSSESSION OF THE PALESTINIANS

An Historical Outline by Bill Weinberg “Millions of peasants are robbed of their farms and sent trudging along the roads with no more than they can carry: this is called transfer of population or rectification of frontiers.” —George Orwell, “Politics… Read moreTHE DISPOSSESSION OF THE PALESTINIANS

IMMIGRATION DETENTION: THE CASE FOR ABOLITION

by Jane Guskin, The Huffington Post On August 6, 34-year-old immigration detainee Hiu Lui Ng died in Rhode Island, in severe pain from a fractured spine and terminal cancer which went undiagnosed and untreated over the year he spent in… Read moreIMMIGRATION DETENTION: THE CASE FOR ABOLITION

INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORT ECUADOR’S NEW CONSTITUTION

by Marc Becker, Upside Down World In a lengthy meeting on July 29, Ecuador’s highland Indigenous organization Ecuarunari decided to support in a tepid and tentative manner President Rafael Correa’s project of rewriting the country’s constitution. Ecuarunari (the Confederation of… Read moreINDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORT ECUADOR’S NEW CONSTITUTION

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