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 UCSD Students/Janitors Solidarity MarchUCSD Students for Economic Justice (SEJ) and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) held a Rally/March in support of UCSD Janitor's rights, including a living wage and the right to organize. The protests in upscale La Jolla culminated in 15 arrests. Photos: [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
] Despite the attention paid to the recent talks about the Free Trade of the Americas, few seem to have noticed a proposal which would be an ominous precursor to any future free trade agreements in the Western Hemisphere: the Puebla to Panama Plan. [ IMC Print Newsletter ]  Vigil at School of AssassinsOn Sunday afternoon, May 20th, members of ACCSOA (Atlanta Coalition to Close SOA) brought puppets to a vigil at the gates of Ft. Benning, GA. The vigil was held in support of the 26 defendants who will go to trial next week. The 26 face charges stemming from participation in a civil disobedience action to protest the School of the Americas(SOA) last November. The SOA, which trains Latin American soldiers in combat skills and has produced some of the hemisphere's worst human rights violators, is dubbed by some "the School of Assassins". [ IMC Print Newsletter ] On May 23, a group of women from the Volkel Peace Action Camp blocked NATO's Northern Europe headquarters in Brunssum, Netherlands. Six women blocked the entry gates by chaining themselves to the gates of the compound. The women were dressed in purple (the color of resistance). [ IMC Print Newsletter ]  Sorry, Gray, I Can't Help Ya.Several hundred protesters gathered today in front of the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles to protest President Bush and his energy policy. While the privileged set munched down on luncheon delicacies prepared by the stellar hotel chefs, a lively crowd of between 4 and 5 hundred gathered in the warm California sun as part of the renewed and developing hardcore L.A. protest community. [Anna Kunkin Reports] Background information: http://www.powertothepeople.org/ by Global Exchange is organizing for cleaner energy and sane policies.
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Ongoing Policy Coverage  Boycott Chalupas for LaborFarm laborers in Florida are boycotting Taco Bell, demanding fair wages from their tomato suppliers. Using tactics that forced Nike to clean up their act, the CIW has engaged activists to a general protest against the Bell, fast food labor abuses, and transnational commodification of lunch. [ Congress of Immokalee Workers ] production: archives by date | single feature archives | weekly archives |
