NO IMMUNITY FOR BAJA: A VICTORY GAINED FOR THE IMMIGRANT AND WORKERS COMMUNITY (tags)
“Half of the battle has been won!” The Alliance-Philippines (AJLPP) acclaims the decision of Judge Victor Marrero of the New York Southern District Court that denied former Philippine ambassador Lauro Baja’s motion to dismiss the case on the basis of diplomatic immunity. The Alliance-Philippines (AJLPP) rejoices in the fact that charges against the former Ambassador, his wife Norma Baja, their daughter Elizabeth Facundo and the Baja-owned LaBaire Travel Agency will proceed without the barrier of diplomatic immunity that has protected Baja.
Human Rights Begins at Home (tags)
On December 10th, 2008, DAMAYAN Migrant Workers Association celebrates the 60th anniversary of United Declaration of Human Rights with the domestic workers, women, im/migrants, people of color and all oppressed people whose human rights are under attack and are struggling for justice, dignity and liberation. Filipino im/migrant women workers continue to face the brunt on the deepening global economic crisis and are subjected to rampant human rights violations perpetrated by bad employers, diplomats, governments. We demand that individuals and institutions be accountable for upholding the basic rights of all people as recognized in the United Declaration of Human Rights and the need to develop additional protection for domestic workers. Like Marichu Baoanan, a Filipina nursing school graduate and caregiver who filed 15 counts of trafficking, forced labor and racketeering against former Philippine Ambassador to the United Nations Lauro Baja, women workers from around the world have first-hand experience of abuse, dehumanization and enslavement. Marichu was forced to make the painful and risky decision of migrating abroad in the interest of her family's survival. While she expected to earn a living in a forieign land, away from her family and familiarity of her homeland, she did not anticipate the slave wage equivalent to 6 cents per hour, 18-hour working conditions and being subjected to routine insults, curses and humiliation.
Boycott Campo La Jolla Punta Banda, Baja California (tags)
A look at environmental and labor abuse at a popular vacation destination in Baja California Norte.
SUPPORT THE CUCAPÁ IN MEXICALI (tags)
The Government of Mexico has sentenced the Indiginous Cucapá to extinction by refusing to recognise their traditional and cultural right to fish in the Gulf of Mexico, while at the same time granting permits only to multi-national corporations and tourists for sports fishing.
Call to All Indigenous Peoples and All People Fighting for Justice (tags)
This Tashunka Witko Brigade radio program, in English and Spanish, features an interview with the organizer of the Ceremonial Run for Indigenous Dignity in BC. This run is part of the efforts to fulfill the prophecy of the condor and the eagle to unite all indigenous peoples.
Spring Equinox 2004 Global Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes - Mexico (tags)
You are invited to the gathering!
Nautical Ecocide Threatens the World's Aquarium (tags)
(versión en Español pendiente) Analysis of the Escalera Nautica or Nautical Stairway project in Northwest Mexico, with regards to environmental impact and global economic forces.
About the Heroic Struggle of Maclovio Rojas in Tijuana (tags)
SQUATTING, REPRESSION AND RESISTANCE: THE CRIMINAL CODE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR LAND IN BAJA CALIFORNIA
Strikers in La Paz, B.C., need your help (tags)
Repression against maquila workers in La Paz (Baja California) continue involving the PUNG KOOK and BAJA WEST y CALIFORNIA CONNECTION factories. A testimony and a call for support of this independent union is made in SPANISH.
The History of Free Speech in San Diego, or Can't Jail the Spirit! (tags)
In 1912, the IWW (the Wobblies) were brutally suppressed in a struggle to maintain a freespeech area in downtown San Diego.
Democracy Not Plutocracy (bilingüe) (tags)
Democracia no Plutocracia es lo que pidieron los protestantes contra el ALCA en la frontera entre San Ysidro California, y Tijuana Baja California, Democracy and not Plutocracy is what the protestors against the FTAA being signed in Quebec that day were protesting at the border between San Ysidro, CA USA and Tijuana Baja California, MExico
Border Evidence - Maclovio Rojas (tags)
Border action ends a20 weekend with plans for the future.