Arizona edu group welcomes Mexico gov 40 consulates (tags)
The Mexican National Government has now been operating its 40th consulate in Alaska and in San Juan Puerto Rico
POOR TURN OUT IN OAV VOTES BLAMED TO DFA (tags)
PESANTE NEWS learned that the last elections showed the extent where the Filipinos have gone through-out the world. From Italy City to Tonga, and from Tanzania to Cook island, it seems there is no part of the world that the Filipino voter has not set foot on. The report of the joint congressional committee's canvassing of overseas absentee votes has underscored the extent of the Filipino diaspora, with certificates of canvass coming from cosmopolitan cities and little known territories all over the globe. The Philippine Congress used to manual elections, counted first the votes from these far-off lands were the first ones canvassed to determine the winning President and Vice President in the Philippines' first automated general elections.Most of the overseas Filipinos voted manually, either by mail or by filling out ballots at designated areas. They had one month to cast their votes.
AJLPP RALLIED PHILIPPINE CONSULATES TO FREE JOSE MARIA SISON IN CALIFORNIA (tags)
ANSWER Coalition and Gabriela Network-USA and other groups rallied to condemn the arbitrary arrest and detention of Prof. Jose Maria Sison last August 30th in the Philippine Consulates of Los Angeles and San Francisco. The AJLPP through its national coordinator Mario Santos in San Francisco in an interview over the FIlipino Channel (TFC) "vehemently condemn the Dutch Authorities for kowtowing for the Philippine government and its master- US Imperialism in arresting Prof Sison on trumped up charges
Upcoming Events and Worldwide Direct Action in Support of Oaxaca on November 20th (tags)
"On November 20, blockades will be set up to show the Mexican government we mean business. We are calling upon YOU to join in these blockades. That could mean blockading the consulates’ websites, jamming their phone lines with calls about the conflict in Oaxaca, occupying the offices of the consuls, or shutting down the roads around the consulates in whatever way you see fit." - EZLN
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Donate in Solidarity with Oaxaca
http://elenemigocomun.net/donate
Oaxaca is calling for US to get Organized
http://elenemigocomun.net/442
Global Solidarity with Oaxaca
http://vientos.info/cml/?q=node/6340
virtual blockade for oaxaca (tags)
join this electronic blockade of the websites for all of the Mexican embassies and consulates in the United States and Canada.
Call to Action Across the US Against Mexican Consulates (tags)
This is a call to action against mexican consulates all over the country for Monday Oct. 30.
Protest Repression in Buenos Aires, Argentina! (tags)
On December 20, at a packed demonstration of 60,000 a bomb went off to stop the commemoration of the Argentine Peoples Rebellion. This bomb injured 23. We urge you to protest this atrocity today by sending an email to the Argentine Embassy and Consulates in the US.
IT'S TIME FOR PRO-FRENCH AND PRO-GERMAN RALLIES IN U.S.! (tags)
TIME TO START PRO FRENCH & PRO GERMAN RALLIES AT THEIR CONSULATES. LET THE WORLD KNOW HOW WE FEEL ABOUT OUR REAL ALLIES: THE FRENCH. THE GERMANS!
Call to action from Argentina! (please forward everywhere) (tags)
Here's a call from Argentina for some actions, posted on various web sites.
Appeal from Argentina: A TODO EL MUNDO - TO THE WHOLE WORLD (tags)
A TODOS LOS CIUDADANOS DEL MUNDO QUE TENGAN EMBAJADA ARGENTINA/ TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD LIVING IN COUNTRIES THAT HAVE ARGENTINIAN EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES. Reposted from IMC Argentina.
Appeal from Argentina: A TODO EL MUNDO - TO THE WHOLE WORLD (tags)
A TODOS LOS CIUDADANOS DEL MUNDO QUE TENGAN EMBAJADA ARGENTINA/ TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD LIVING IN COUNTRIES THAT HAVE ARGENTINIAN EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES. Reposted from IMC Argentina.