Cindy Sheehan announced July 3 that she is asking people to join her in a 10-day walk from Atlanta to Washington DC, starting July 13 for a “people’s accountability movement.” On her blog, she said “the straw that broke my… Read moreCindy Sheehan back in the game
From CISPES, July 3: On July 2, various organizations and communities in the municipality of Suchitoto gathered for a protest against the official announcement of the “National Policy of Water Decentralization” by President Antonio Saca. The peaceful protest was brutally… Read moreProtests against water privatization repressed in El Salvador
Security forces arrested Maulana Abdul Aziz, imam of the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) in Islamabad, as he attempted to escape covered in a burqa with a group of similarly clad women July 4. More than 1,000 of his followers surrendered… Read morePakistan: Red Mosque imam escapes in drag —almost
WW4 REPORT has received the following letter from David Ridenour, vice president of the National Center for Public Policy Research (link added): You may wish to remove the article, “The Gas-Guzzling Lobby Stops Time” from your site, as it is… Read moreGas-Guzzler Lobby strikes back
From the Nobel Women’s Initiative, June 19: While the Bush administration has repeatedly claimed that the war in Iraq is not about oil, U.S. oil corporations are poised to take control over the 115 billion barrels of known oil reserves… Read moreIraq: Nobel laureates oppose oil law
The Iraqi Journalists Union said in statement last month that 227 journalists and media staff have been killed since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, with an additional 15 missing. The Union demanded that the Iraqi government and US… Read moreIraq: 227 journalists killed under occupation
An urgent alert from the Iraq Freedom Congress informs us that at 3:00 AM Baghdad time on July 4, US and Iraqi government forces attacked the home of the head of IFC Safety Force, Abd-alhussein Saddam, causing serious injuries to… Read moreIraq: US attacks civil resistance
Ostensibly, its only a dispute about fishing rights, but it has far deeper implications. Mohamed Ahmed Iman, director-general of Somalia’s Ministry of Fisheries, has publcily dismissed as invalid ongoing talks between the governments of Yemen and Somalia’s autonomous enclave of… Read moreSomalia: transition government showdown with Puntland?
Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said initial investigations into the July 2 suicide-bombing that killed seven Spanish tourists indicate that al-Qaeda was behind the attack. Moratinos said the information was provided by his Yemeni counterpart Abu Bakr Abduallah al… Read moreAl-Qaeda behind Yemen suicide blast?
First Nations activists held protests across Canada over the Canada Day holiday weekend in a National Day of Action against the Conservative government emphasizing land claims and other disputes. In Ontario, camouflage-clad Mohawks, some reportedly armed, blocked Highway 401 between… Read moreCanada: Mohawks block roads, rail lines in National Day of Action
On June 19 US District Judge Leonard Sand of the Southern District of New York ruled against Chevron Corp.‘s efforts to have the American Arbitration Association settle its dispute with Ecuador and the Ecuadoran state oil company Petroecuador. This was a… Read moreSetback for Chevron in Ecuador suit
On June 28, the US and Panamanian governments signed a free trade treaty (TLC) at the headquarters of the Organization of American States in Washington. The treaty must still be ratified by the legislatures of the two countries. Panamanian grassroots… Read morePanama: trade pact signed amid protests
