by Jennifer Blowdryer and Alvin Orloff, Zeek For years and years, hipsters and avant garde types (at least here in America) liked Jews…a lot. Jews were the chosen people of hip rebellion: antisemitism was the preserve of bigots in small… Read moreHIPSTER ANTI-SEMITISM
Continue ReadingHIPSTER ANTI-SEMITISMAutonomy Under Siege in the Zapatista Zones by Gloria Muñoz Ramírez, CIP Americas Program Autonomy Under Siege, a series of reports on the five Zapatista autonomous centers, or caracoles, by Gloria Muñoz Ramírez was first published in Spanish as a… Read moreCHIAPAS: PORTRAIT OF THE RESISTANCE
Continue ReadingCHIAPAS: PORTRAIT OF THE RESISTANCEfrom Frontera NorteSur Virtually forgotten amid the ongoing slaughter engulfing Ciudad Juárez, a long-running land battle involving members of one of Mexico’s most prominent families drags on with no immediate resolution. Located in a now-strategically important zone on the northwest… Read moreLOMAS DE POLEO: BORDER LAND BATTLE SIZZLES
Continue ReadingLOMAS DE POLEO: BORDER LAND BATTLE SIZZLESNew International Standards Needed to Resolve Dispute by William K. Barth, OpEdNews For where no law is, there is no transgression.—Romans 4.15 President Obama’s most immediate foreign policy challenge is to determine how to deal with the recent Israeli action… Read morePALESTINE: OBAMA’S FIRST FOREIGN POLICY CHALLENGE
Continue ReadingPALESTINE: OBAMA’S FIRST FOREIGN POLICY CHALLENGE“A Risk That is Unacceptable”? by Billy Wharton, CounterHegemonic Of course, Obama is no George W. Bush. He knows well how to pick off the low-hanging political fruit in order to forestall decisions which threaten to bring his administration into… Read moreOBAMA’S IRAQ WITHDRAWAL:
Continue ReadingOBAMA’S IRAQ WITHDRAWAL:Abdul Aziz Yaqubi works in the office of the American Friends Service Committee, the Quaker-founded aid and advocacy group, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Sam Diener, co-editor of the AFSC journal Peacework interviewed him via e-mail in November 2008. The interview was… Read moreAFGHANISTAN: BUILDING ON TRADITIONS OF PEACEMAKING
Continue ReadingAFGHANISTAN: BUILDING ON TRADITIONS OF PEACEMAKINGBBC translation: We thank Almighty God, who said in his holy book: “Ye who believe, take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors. They are but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst you… Read moreSulaiman Abu Ghaith statement, Oct. 9, 2001
Continue ReadingSulaiman Abu Ghaith statement, Oct. 9, 2001BBC translation: Praise be to God and we beseech Him for help and forgiveness. We seek refuge with the Lord of our bad and evildoing. He whom God guides is rightly guided but he whom God leaves to stray, for… Read moreOsama bin Laden statement, Oct. 7, 2001
Continue ReadingOsama bin Laden statement, Oct. 7, 2001Dear World War 4 Report Readers: We are one-fourth of the way to our necessary winter fund-drive goal of $2,000. Unfortunately, the carnage in Gaza is making all too clear that our mission continues even as it seems likely that… Read moreIMPORTANT MESSAGE TO OUR READERS
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Indigenous Leader Assassinated on Massacre Anniversary by Mario A. Murillo, MAMA Radio Aida Quilcué/MAMA Radio” title=”Aida Quilcué/MAMA Radio” class=”image image-_original” width=”400″ height=”300″ />Aida Quilcué/MAMA Radio December 16 is supposed to be a special day for most Colombians. It’s the day… Read moreCOLOMBIA: A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY—AGAIN
Continue ReadingCOLOMBIA: A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY—AGAINby David L. Wilson, MR Zine Part of the right wing routinely blames undocumented immigrants for just about everything. On Sept. 24, nine days after the financial meltdown started in earnest, the National Review website carried an article by columnist… Read moreTHE FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS THE IMMIGRATION DEBATE
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