Government Approves Genetically Modified Corn Cultivation by Carmelo Ruiz Marrero, CIP Americas Program In October the Mexican government approved requests from U.S. biotechnology companies Monsanto, Dow Agrosciences, and Pioneer to cultivate “experimental” GM corn. The approved cultivation, that will cover… Read moreMEXICO: CORPORATE BIO-COLONIALISM ADVANCES
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At least six people were killed and dozens more wounded by guards who opened fire at asylum seekers and migrants attempting to escape en masse from an overcrowded detention center in Tripoli. This came after Libyan authorities rounded up and detained at least 5,000 asylum seekers and migrants in the capital. Earlier this month, the UN Human Rights Council said it believes "crimes against humanity" have been committed in Libya's detention centers. So far this year, more than 26,000 migrants and asylum seekers have been intercepted by the EU-backed Libyan Coast Guard and returned to the centers, where they face a well-documented cycle of abuse. Despite human rights concerns, the EU executive body, the European Commission, is preparing to deliver new patrol boats to the Libyan Coast Guard. (Map: Perry-Castañeda Library)
from Frontera NorteSur A caravan aimed at upholding women’s rights and stopping violence against women in Ciudad Juárez and Mexico is headed to the US border. Organized by Women in Black along with other women’s and human rights organizations, the… Read moreWOMEN IN BLACK MARCH ON CIUDAD JUAREZ
Continue ReadingWOMEN IN BLACK MARCH ON CIUDAD JUAREZAn interview with Jeanne Theoharis by Angola 3 News Jeanne Theoharis is the author of an April, 2009 article in The Nation, entitled “Guantanamo At Home,” which focuses on the arrest, prosecution, and imprisonment of US citizen Syed Hashmi in… Read moreTHE ARREST AND TORTURE OF SYED HASHMI
Continue ReadingTHE ARREST AND TORTURE OF SYED HASHMIBook Review: MEXICO UNCONQUERED Chronicles of Power and Revolt by John Gibler City Lights Books, San Francisco, 2009 WOBBLIES AND ZAPATISTAS Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism, and Radical History by Staughton Lynd and Andrej Grubacic PM Press, Oakland, 2008 by Bill… Read morePOWER FROM BELOW
Continue ReadingPOWER FROM BELOWby Sonali Kolhatkar, Foreign Policy in Focus While President Barack Obama reviews his strategy on Afghanistan, a perfect moment to send a strong unified message to end the war is slipping through our fingers. Whether it’s because we seem to… Read moreA CALL FOR CLARITY ON THE AFGHANISTAN WAR
Continue ReadingA CALL FOR CLARITY ON THE AFGHANISTAN WARDear readers: After a three-month hiatus while I was on assignment in South America, World War 4 Report is resuming publication. Response to our Exit Poll asking the readers to weigh in on the value of our project, and whether… Read moreWE RESUME PUBLICATION…
Continue ReadingWE RESUME PUBLICATION…Book Review: BLOOD AND CAPITAL The Paramilitarization of Colombia by Jasmin Hristov Ohio University Press, 2009 by Hans Bennett, Upside Down World In her new book Blood & Capital: The Paramilitarization of Colombia, author Jasmin Hristov writes: “For roughly forty… Read moreNEOLIBERALISM NEEDS DEATH SQUADS IN COLOMBIA
Continue ReadingNEOLIBERALISM NEEDS DEATH SQUADS IN COLOMBIAWashington’s Counter-insurgency Laboratory—from Mexico to Afghanistan by Bill Weinberg, NACLA News The Merida Initiative, Washington’s new security program for Mexico and Central America, was immediately dubbed “Plan Mexico” by its critics—implying it is a new version of Plan Colombia. In… Read morePLAN COLOMBIA: EXPORTING THE MODEL
Continue ReadingPLAN COLOMBIA: EXPORTING THE MODELFederal Courts Dismiss Workers’ Case by Paul Wolf, World War 4 Report On August 11, 2009, the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta affirmed the dismissal of a case against the Coca-Cola Company and its Colombian subsidiaries,… Read moreCOCA-COLA: OFF THE HOOK FOR COLOMBIA TERROR
Continue ReadingCOCA-COLA: OFF THE HOOK FOR COLOMBIA TERRORby Kent Paterson, Frontera NorteSur The following story, filed October 4 by the independent news service Frontera NorteSur, is a report on the US War on Drugs conference held in El Paso, Texas, on September 21 and 22 of this… Read moreDEINDUSTRIALIZATION, DRUGS AND RECOVERY
Continue ReadingDEINDUSTRIALIZATION, DRUGS AND RECOVERYCriminalization and Death for Indigenous Struggle by José Quintero Weir, El Libertario, Caracas The editorial collective of the Caracas anarchist journal El Libertario denounces the criminal attack that took place on Oct. 13, 2009 against the Yukpa people in the… Read moreVENEZUELA: DEMARCATION WITHOUT LAND
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