Seattle Post-Intelligencer blogger Monica Guzman writes that local voices are calling for the Seattle Critical Mass to be banned following a violent incident at the last ride. For a study in contrasts, let’s compare corporate and alternative media accounts of… Read moreSeattle: curtains for Critical Mass after cyclists bash back?
A glimmer of hope that this has, at least, sparked an outcry—thanks to a tourist with a video-camera, and YouTube. From the New York Times, July 29: Officer Investigated in Toppling of Cyclist A New York City police officer was… Read moreNYC: police assault of Critical Mass cyclist probed
On July 27 voters in Mexico’s Federal District (DF, Mexico City) and nine states were scheduled to vote in a non-binding referendum on President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa’s proposals to allow more involvement the state oil monopoly, Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), by… Read moreMexico: Pemex referendum starts
The body of Colombian unionist Guillermo Rivera Fuquene was found buried in a garbage dump in a rural area of Ibague, Tolima department, on July 15. Rivera Fuquene, an economist in the Bogotá Controller’s Office and the president of the… Read moreColombia: Bogotá unionist found dead
On July 14 former US Congress member James “Jim” Courter (R-NJ, 1979-1991) resigned from the presidential campaign of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), in which he was one of 20 national finance co-chairpeople. The resignation followed a July 9 decision by… Read moreFCC probe of Haiti telcom deal hits McCain backer
On July 25 a jury in Brooklyn, New York, convicted right-wing paramilitary leader Emmanuel (“Toto”) Constant of mortgage fraud. He faces a 5-to-15 prison sentence in New York, followed by deportation to Haiti. “The trial proved there is rampant fraud… Read moreHaitian death squad leader convicted in New York —of mortgage fraud
Suicide bombers struck Shi’ite pilgrims in Baghdad and a Kurdish rally in Kirkuk July 28, killing at least 57 people and wounding nearly 300, police said. Three female bombers detonated their explosive vests in the middle of a group of… Read moreIraq: more Shi’ite pilgrims killed; more terror in Kirkuk
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) denied involvement in two bombs that exploded in a busy Istanbul suburb on July 27, killing 17 people. “The PKK has nothing to do with this event,” the group’s leader, Zubeyir Aydar, said in a… Read morePKK denies Istanbul terror blasts
Ahmedabad, capital of the Indian state of Gujarat, was hit by 17 blasts in a space of 70 minutes July 26, killing at least 45 and leaving some 150 injured—one day after eight near-simultaneous explosions rocked the southern city of… Read more“Indian Mujahedeen” claim Ahmedabad blasts
World War 4 Report is switching to a new server this weekend, and our Daily Report blog will be inactive during the transition. If all goes well, we should be rocking and rolling again in 24 hours or so. So… Read moreWe are experiencing technical difficulties, please stand by
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced July 24 that it had received eight of ten persons detained by the FARC guerillas July 17 when their boat was stopped on the Río Atrato in Chocó departament. The captives,… Read moreColombia: FARC releases eight hostages
A suicide bomber on a motorbike blew himself up and injured 13 Algerian troops in an attack on an army convoy in Lakhdaria July 23. On June 8 a French engineer and his Algerian driver were killed in a bomb… Read moreAlgeria: jihadis attack army —and villagers
