Kosovo’s Independence Reverberates Across Eurasia by Rene Wadlow, Toward Freedom The self-proclamation of independence by Kosovo may be the last act in the division of former Yugoslavia, or it may be one step in a new chain of territorial adjustments…. Read morePHANTOM REPUBLICS
Continue ReadingPHANTOM REPUBLICSCzech Republic Intransigent on Honoring the Forgotten Holocaust by Gwendolyn Albert, WW4 Report PRAGUE — As has been amply documented over the 15 years of its existence, the Czech Republic has a poor record when it comes to protecting the… Read moreROMA DEMAND REMEMBRANCE
Continue ReadingROMA DEMAND REMEMBRANCEDear WW4 Report Readers: Last month, we admitted that we were at an existential crisis, and that if our Winter Fund Drive failed to raise $2,000, we would have to cease publication. Today our total stands at $2,485, exceeding our… Read moreThank you to our readers!
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Yemen's Houthi rebels have launched an offensive on the central province and city of Marib, where fierce fighting has forced hundreds to flee their homes. Some newly displaced people have reportedly been unable to reach camps, and are taking shelter under trees. Marib province has already swelled by some 2 million over the past years, as those displaced from elsewhere in Yemen have taken refuge there. The Houthis came under harsh criticism from international rights groups after three missiles struck a house in the provincial capital, killing three children and injuring some 30 people. The house was in a neighborhood that hosts thousands of internally displaced people. Marib is a hub of Yemen's oil industry, and its fall could prove a turning point in the seven-year civil war. (Map via Perry-Castañeda Library)
On the sixth day of a declared civil strike (paro) in Peru's Amazon rainforest, hundreds of indigenous protesters armed with spears seized oil installations, effectively shutting down the NorPeruano Pipeline. Station 5 on the pipeline, as well as oil exploitation blocs 192, 95 and 8, are under occupation. State company PetroPerú admitted that personnel have been evacuated from the pumping station, and that seizure of the installation has "paralyzed the operations" of the pipeline. Awajún apu (traditional leader) James Pérez, speaking for the Indigenous Association for the Development & Conservation of the Bajo Yurimaguas, said the paro will continue until the central government responds to protesters' demands for environmental remediation following hundreds of oil spills. (Photo via Gestión)
by Brain Tokar, Toward Freedom If 2006 was the year that the “inconvenient truth” of global climate disruption made its way into the popular consciousness—and sparked a huge new wave of green products and corporate greenwashing—then hopefully the results of… Read moreGLOBAL WARMING AND THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE
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Is OPEC the Real Cartel —or the Transnationals? by Vilosh Vinograd, WW4 Report At its Vienna summit, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided Feb. 1 against pumping more oil—in an open rebuff to Washington at a time when… Read moreOIL SHOCK REDUX
Continue ReadingOIL SHOCK REDUXVenezuela’s Recognition of the Colombian Insurgency by Paul Wolf “Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.”… Read moreBOLIVAR’S SWORD
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Continue ReadingtestDear WW4 Report Readers: We hate to admit that we are at an existential crisis. We think that it is bad form to hold out our demise as a threat to get readers to donate. But after five years, World… Read moreFinal Message to Our Readers?
Continue ReadingFinal Message to Our Readers?New Constitution Escalates Polarization by Ben Dangl, Upside Down World “Let’s go unblock the road, compañeros!” a man in an old baseball cap yells as he joins a group of people hauling rocks and tires from a central intersection in… Read moreFEAR AND LOATHING IN BOLIVIA
Continue ReadingFEAR AND LOATHING IN BOLIVIAMoribund National ID Act Revived by Spitzer-Chertoff Love Fest By A. Kronstadt, The Shadow Even here in sophisticated New York City where we are all supposed to know something and be savvy about politics, everyone thinks that there is a… Read moreORWELLIAN LIBERAL SPITZER SAYS “I DO” TO SURVEILLANCE STATE
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