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14 DEAD, 133 ARRESTED, HUNDREDS MISSING IN THE VIOLENT DISPERSAL OF HACIENDA LUISITA STRIK
In a violent strike dispersal in Hacienda Luisita last November 16,
2004, 14 people were killed, including two children aged 2 and 5 years
old who died from suffocation from teargas lobbed by the police and
army dispersal teams....
Posted: Sat, Nov 20, 2004 3:09pm PST
Canada and free trade
Canada sticks a chop-stick in the eye of the worker- Steamed over rice: Riot cops hose down a bamboo-wielding farmer as he and his comrades march on the president's house in Seoul. Farmers and students hurled rocks and apples at police while protesting South Korea's free trade in rice....
Posted: Fri, Nov 19, 2004 9:43pm PST
Building Bridges Radio- Bangladeshi Worker's Dream & SEIU: Labor Must Organize or Die
Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report brings you this 28 minute radio program. TO LISTEN CLICK ON INTERNET WEB ADDRESS LINK...
Posted: Wed, Nov 17, 2004 6:34pm PST
Freedom Now for the Workers in Caleta Olivia, Argentina
Kirchner verfolgt, nimmt fest und verurteilt diejenige, die für Arbeit, Lohn und Essen kämpfen.
In Anbetracht dieser Tatsachen wollen wir eine internationale Kampagne starten. Alle Gewerkschaftsorganisationen, sozialistischen und sozialdemokratischen Parteien müssen diese Tatsache zurückweisen und die sofortige Freilassung der inhaftierten Arbeiter von Caleta Olivia bei der argentinischen Regierung Kirchner fordern....
Posted: Wed, Nov 17, 2004 11:00am PST
KOREA. General Strike, Cops are Hunting Activists
Since yesterday's declaration of the general strike, the government is reacting with repression. Today migrant workers in Seoul are exactly ONE year in sit-in strike!...
Posted: Mon, Nov 15, 2004 9:29am PST
Lessons From the Million Man March
a look back at the recent Million Worker March in D.C....
Posted: Sun, Nov 14, 2004 5:43pm PST
Shinning Path Sham Trial Goes Down in Flames Again
By Majdur Travail
TUCSON, Nov. 13 — (Al-Masakin) The show trial of Chairman Gonzalo and 16 cadre of Sendero Luminoso (PCP-SL) went down in flames again Nov. 12 after two of the three presiding judges reportedly quit....
Posted: Sat, Nov 13, 2004 3:45pm PST
Mass looting of supermarkets in Rome, Italy
A story from today's Guardian (UK)...
Posted: Mon, Nov 8, 2004 2:07pm PST
Reenact Reverend Billy's Crime Against Starbucks
Well, Reverend Billy finally got put on trial...in Los Angeles no less. So, while he's stuck in court, throw on a collar and white blazer, slick your hair back, and preach in your local Starbucks!...
Posted: Thu, Nov 4, 2004 8:13am PST
Working America Turns Out for Change
Working America Turns Out for Change; Food and Commercial Workers Union Calls for Action to Rebuild Working America...
Posted: Wed, Nov 3, 2004 10:17am PST
S. KOREA. 11.02/Last week's struggle report...
...by Myeong-dong Sit-in Struggle Collective (MSSC), nowadays since more than 350 days in strike against mass arrestings and deportation of migrant workers....
Posted: Tue, Nov 2, 2004 4:56am PST
Solidarity Begins to Go Nationwide
More than 4,000 workers are locked out in SF in their struggle against the multinational hotel chains that are trying to take away their healthcare (while only offering only a measly $.05 raise to tipped and $.20 raise to non-tipped employees). Fellow workers in Hawaii are honoring their picket lines against the Starwood chain, which owns the Sheraton Palace and St. Francis hotels here. This is what needs to continue happening to strengthen working class struggles against global capitalists. ...
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 1:17pm PDT
S. KOREA. 10.26/Last Week's Struggle Report...
...by MSSC (Myeong-dong Sit-in Struggle Collective) - now since 346 days in strike against government's policy of man hunt and mass deportation....
Posted: Tue, Oct 26, 2004 9:36pm PDT
Eerie silence surrounds failure to ratify FTAA Treaty
Excerpts from Miami Today journalist Claudio Mendonca’s 10/21/04 story “ FTAA or no, Miami leaders forge ahead on Latin Trade”.
Because of an impasse between the US and Brazil and Argentina on commercial issues ranging from dumping to subsides, the 34-country Free Trade Area of the Americas, originally scheduled for ratification by the end of this year, has been put on hold....
Posted: Sat, Oct 23, 2004 9:35am PDT
Venezuela: Venepal Workers Solidarity Appeal
Bolivarian Revolution...
Posted: Thu, Oct 21, 2004 7:14am PDT
10/17 Labor March Banner: Bush Regime Engineered 9-11
What the milestone Labor March on Washington of 10/17/04 lacked in numbers, it more than made up in spirit and knowledge. One banner said what needed to be said in big bold letters in the belly of the beast: "The Bush Regime Engineered 9-11."...
Posted: Wed, Oct 20, 2004 10:17pm PDT
Jack Heyman, Local 10, ILWU
One of the moving forces behind the Oct. 17th "Million Worker March," on Washington, D.C., was Local 10, ILWU, and its Business Agent, Jack Heyman. (Url is a link to a film on the rally.)...
Posted: Tue, Oct 19, 2004 9:11pm PDT
[gangbox] MARCH TO IRRELEVANCE
MARCH TO IRRELEVANCE...the Million Worker March and the decline of the left in the American labor movement...
Posted: Mon, Oct 18, 2004 9:48pm PDT
Unemployed Mail Revolt
Artist Calls 4 Unemployed 2 Participate in Public Art...
Posted: Sun, Oct 17, 2004 7:48pm PDT