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REPSOL SUES ARGENTINA OVER YPF NATIONALIZATION

by Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero, CorpWatch Repsol, a multinational based in Spain, has brought a class action lawsuit in New York courts against the Argentine government for the re-nationalization of YPF, the former Argentine state oil company. The company has also lodged a… Read moreREPSOL SUES ARGENTINA OVER YPF NATIONALIZATION

REDD: LAND-GRAB IN THE NAME OF CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION?

Peruvian Rainforest Dwellers Charge Privatization Scheme by Bill Weinberg, Indian Country Today When the United Nations process on climate change unveiled the program known as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) three years ago, it was hailed as… Read moreREDD: LAND-GRAB IN THE NAME OF CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION?

LEFT-LIBERTARIANS: THE LAST OF AN ANCIENT BREED

by Bill Weinberg, The Villager Last year, I was approached by Peter Lamborn Wilson—the elusive underground intellectual who is a refugee from the Lower East Side—who beseeched me to revive the Libertarian Book Club. Revolution was shaking the Arab world,… Read moreLEFT-LIBERTARIANS: THE LAST OF AN ANCIENT BREED

Ron Paul Hall of Flame

Here are some the choice comments that we chose to preserve here rather than approving them on the original page where they will further drag down the level of dialogue (as if that were possible)… There are… Submitted by Anonymous… Read moreRon Paul Hall of Flame

THE DISPOSSESSION OF THE PALESTINIANS, PT. V

Continued from node 9140 The Bedouin Struggle While stopping short of explicitly protesting the displacement of Palestinians on the West Bank, the coordinating committee of the Tel Aviv rent protests did adopt the demand for legalization of “unrecognized” Bedouin villages… Read moreTHE DISPOSSESSION OF THE PALESTINIANS, PT. V

We Lurch Resolutely into the Future…

Dear Readers: We are depending on the success of our winter fund drive to pay for our long-awaited redesign, which we hope will be a more general reboot of World War 4 Report. Our total now stands at $1,225, which… Read moreWe Lurch Resolutely into the Future…

iDIDN’T MOURN STEVE JOBS

by Michael I. Niman, ArtVoice i know I’m skating on thin ice with this column. Writing about the FBI, CIA, NSA, or any of the other spook agencies? No problem. But mention the deceased Steve Jobs as anything other than… Read moreiDIDN’T MOURN STEVE JOBS

BRAZIL: GUARANI LEADER SLAIN BY MASKED GUNMEN

by Bill Weinberg, Indian Country Today A hit squad of some 40 masked gunmen on Nov. 18 executed a cacique or traditional leader of Brazil’s Kaiowa-Guarani people. Nísio Gomes, 59, was shot down in front of his community, on disputed… Read moreBRAZIL: GUARANI LEADER SLAIN BY MASKED GUNMEN

‘THIS LAND IS OURS!’

Land Theft as Legacy of Genocide in Guatemala by Frauke Decoodt, World War 4 Report "This land is ours! It does not belong to the State. It is ours, as indigenous people!" So said 20-year-old Guatemalan Lorena Sánchez on May… Read more‘THIS LAND IS OURS!’

1954 REVISITED

Justice and Jacobo Árbenz in Guatemala by Paul Imison, Upside Down World The news barely raised a murmur in the US media and the BBC covered it only fleetingly, but last week the Guatemalan government of Álvaro Colom formally apologized… Read more1954 REVISITED

WILL ASEAN BETRAY BURMA’S PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT?

by Nava Thakuria, World War 4 Report Burma’s elevation as the “would-be chair” of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has irked many—primarily the pro-democracy Burmese and their sympathizers in Asia. Terming the recent initiative of ASEAN to… Read moreWILL ASEAN BETRAY BURMA’S PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT?

OCCUPY JUAREZ DEFIES REPRESSION

by Dawn Paley, Upside Down World CIUDAD JUAREZ — On October 15, people all over the world responded to a call from Occupy Wall Street to join and become part of the movement. Folks from all walks of life who… Read moreOCCUPY JUAREZ DEFIES REPRESSION