12/2-3 LA Binational Conference To Cancel NAFTA and Unite Workers Of Mexico and the US (tags)
A binational conference of US and Mexican workers will be held on Dec 2&3 on the fight to cancel NAFTA and for unity between US and Mexican workers
Free Trade and Economic Growth instead of Democracy and Ecology (tags)
The TTIP agreement between the EU and the US creates a parallel private arbitration system where corporations can sue states for lost profits and decisions are irrevocable. Labor and environmental regulations can be invalidated as “takings” or “indirect expropriation.”
May 1, 2009 Riverside Immigrants Rights/Labor Rights march and rally (tags)
Photographs courtesy of the Pomona Habla Coalition
Employee Free Choice Act Now - Union Civil Rights Activists Vow to Keep King’s Dream Alive (tags)
by James Parks, Jan 19, 2009 Union civil rights activists this weekend celebrated the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., by commiting to hold the new administration and Congress accountable and carry on the work they did in the 2008 election to mobilize workers in support of a strong progressive agenda.
Peter Hallward's "Damming the Flood" - Part I (tags)
A superb book on recent Haitian history.
Cierre de Just Garments; Forzado a finalizar sus Esfuerzos como Productor “Sweat-Free”. (tags)
Declaración de USLEAP ante el cierre de Just Garments Mayo de 2007.
7/28-30 Washington, DC: National Grassroots Immigrant Strategy Conference (tags)
Together, We Build A New National, Broad-Based, Immigrant Rights / Civil Rights Movement!
S. KOREA. Last Year's Last Struggle Report... (tags)
...by - still drunken - activists in Seoul
9/6KPFA Labor Day Radio Programming (tags)
KPFA Labor Collective will be producing labor radio programming from 10:00 AM To 3:00 PM PST. You can listen to it on the web at www.kpfa.org
Wet Seal Stockholder Meeting in Costa Mesa (tags)
Come out and tell The Wet Seal it's time to respect Mexican worker rights in Costa Mesa!
Who Will Stop CAFTA Contest (tags)
Quest for Peace of the Quixote Center will run a full-page, New York Times signature ad in opposition to CAFTA- the Central American Free Trade Agreement. The 44,000 dollars and 2,500 signatures it takes is being raised from engaged citizens like you, who wish to proudly and publicly say "No" to CAFTA. The state with the highest number of signers (as a percentage of the state's total population) will be specifically acknowledged in the New York Times Ad. Show the country and Mr. Bush that your state will not tolerate CAFTA! See ad text below.
Building Bridges presents Dr. King in the fight for civil rights, labor rights and peace (tags)
Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report presents this 28 minute radio program. TO LISTEN CLICK ON INDYMEDIA LINK.
Americas Watch: 10/19 Urgent Actions on Colombia, Mexico and USA (tags)
Americas Watch: Urgent Actions on Colombia, Mexico and USA An occasional news series from PeaceNoWar.net Web: http://www.PeaceNoWar.net October 19, 2003 What happened in Bolivia truly shows the power of people's movement, the struggles against American empire and U.S.-supported semi-colonial puppet regime. However, let's don't forget there's still have many struggles lie ahead on Mexico, Colombia and of course, in the United States. Lee Siu Hin PeaceNoWar.net
Building Bridges Radio-African Cocoa & Indentured Child Labor (tags)
Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report presents this 28.5 min radio show with Terry Collingsworth, Dir of the Interntl abor Rights Fund. TO LISTEN CLICK ON iNDYMEDIA LINK
BTL:Lawsuit Charges Coca-Cola with Complicity in Attacks on... (tags)
...Colombian Union Activists Interview. with Terry Collingsworth, executive director of the International Labor Rights Fund, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus
Visit: www.americas.org/index.htm for excellent coverage of Latin American News (tags)
Excellent coverage of Bolivian issues. Dedicated to Trim Bissell and The D.C. area Campaign for Labor Rights.
Interview w French activist/farmer Jose Bove after arrest in West Bank (tags)
KPFA Flashpoints Radio June 21, 2001 (link to audio in text below) - Interview w French farmer/activist Jose Bove after arrest in the West Bank. (15 min) - Lori Berensen convicted in Peru of aiding terrorism. Interview w Rhoda Berensen, Lori's mother. (9 min) - Upcoming United Nations conference on AIDS. ACT-UP NY acts out plans. (14 min) - Villagers sue Exxon-Mobil for human rights violations in Indonesia (14 min)
Fortune 500 Takeover of the Americas (tags)
Fortune 500 Takeover of the Americas
Stop the FTAA