Those truly naive enough to think Howard Dean’s ascendency to the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee shows a progressive agenda should look no further than the ex- Gov. of Vermont’s terrible record in denying the indigenous rights of fellow Vermonters… Read moreNew DNC head fought indigenous rights in Vermont
You read it here first, but now its official. Iran’s government has officially blamed US spy drones for a wave of UFO sightings, and warns that it will shoot the craft down. Information Minister Ali Yunessi threatened that if the… Read moreIran: US using spy planes
John Negroponte has been named by Bush to be the first Director of National Intelligence, a post created by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Act, recommended by the 9-11 Commission and signed into law in December. If confirmed by the… Read moreNegroponte fingered for intelligence czar
Two weeks ago, WW4 Report cited a little-noted UPI story that the US Air Force has already started flying misions over Iran, to "grid" the country’s military and industrial infrastructure for bombing raids. Today comes a report from Israel’s Haaretz… Read moreUS air strikes in Iran?
The NY Times notes today that when accused Serbian war criminal Vladimir Lazarevic surrendered himself to the UN tribunal at The Hague last month, he was hailed in his own country as a national hero. Serbia’s Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica… Read moreAccused Serbian war criminal hailed as hero
In the men-only elections for half the seats on Saudi Arabia‘s municipal councils–a landmark step towards democracy by Saudi standards–results are in from the capital, Riyadh, and over 30 losing candidates are claiming the seven winners violated campaign guidelines. The… Read moreOpposition: Islamists cheat in Saudi elections
In a case being compared to that of Chico Mendes, the Amazon defender killed in 1988, US missionary Sister Dorothy Stang was shot dead by unknown assailants at a remote jungle settlement near Anapu in the Brazilian state of Para… Read moreForest defender assassinated in Amazon
Pakistan’s restive province of Baluchistan was hit with devastating floods when torrential rains burst the Shadikor Dam near Pasni, sweeping people, homes and livestock into the Arabian Sea. A smaller dam also burst elsewhere in the province, while landslides also… Read moreCatastrophic floods hit Pakistan, Venezuela; Chavez sees climate threat
Ecologists protested at the US embassy in London Feb. 12 over President Bush’s refusal to join the Kyoto agreement to cut greenhouse gases and tackle climate change. The long-stalled treaty goes into effect this week, committing 136 countries to reduce… Read moreKyoto takes effect —without world’s biggest polluter
The UK Independent reports Feb. 14 that over 5,000 neo-Nazis swarmed the official 60th anniversary commemoration of the Allied bombardment of Dresden, effectively "hijacking" the event in the east German city. Bused in from all over Germany, they overwhelmed the… Read moreNeo-Nazis “hijack” Dresden commemoration
International Solidarity Movement volunteer Pat O’Connor has been held for over two weeks in Israeli prison in awaiting deportation. O’Connor was denied entry in 2003, and since gained entry on another passport. Israel is expelling him because he is an… Read moreJailed ISM activist: Israel is failing the moral test
Indian Country Today, the national weekly published by the Oneida Nation in upstate New York, ran an editorial Feb. 10, "The Churchill Episode: Two Unfortunate Currents." The piece decries that the affair has been exploited by right-wing pundits and defends… Read moreIndian Country Today: Churchill must come clean on identity
