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100 Arrested at Wal-Mart Construction Site in Allentown - immigration violations In 2003, a raid of 60 Wal-Mart stores in 21 states led to the arrests of 245 illegal workers. An affidavit claimed a pair of senior Wal-Mart executives knew cleaning contractors were hiring illegal immigrants. The retailer agreed to pay $11 million in March to settle the case but denied senior executives knew of the hirings....
Posted: Fri, Nov 18, 2005 1:47pm PST
As Flames Die Down, Young People in France Exhale and Organize PARIS--Burnt and rotting garbage spills from melted dumpsters at the entrance to a public housing project here in Saint Denis, a suburb north of Paris. The refuse has lain here for more than a week, blocking the walkway and serving as a reminder of the violence. Four teenagers stand in front of the building, one of them holding tight to a dog on a leash. As they turn to walk away, one of them says, "Nobody has come to clean it up because nobody cares."...
Posted: Thu, Nov 17, 2005 2:42pm PST
Action Wednesday, Event Thursday *****ACTION WEDNESDAY AGAINST EXPLOITATIVE EMPLOYER*****
Thursday: Screening of Film About the Minutemen...
Posted: Tue, Nov 15, 2005 2:09pm PST
Weekend arson attacks on cars in Netherlands 
Amsterdam - More than a dozen cars were firebombed and several others damaged in incidents in the Dutch port of Rotterdam and the town of Waalwijk over the weekend, reports said Monday....
Posted: Mon, Nov 14, 2005 11:35am PST
France’s state of emergency—Sarkozy threatens mass deportations French Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy has given a clear racist coloration to the state of emergency, which was imposed at midnight on November 8. The following day, he explained to the National Assembly his instructions to the préfets (regional central government officials), whose task it is to carry out the police repression of the suburban youth revolt that has been raging in France’s council estates for over two weeks...
Posted: Fri, Nov 11, 2005 9:46pm PST
Solidarity with the Rebels of France The o.r.g.a.n.i.c. collective wishes to extend our feelings of solidarity to the rebels of the migrant communities of France. It is clear to us that the recent uprising which has spread across the country is a reaction against years of bitter racism that has ruined countless lives as well as a reaction against racist immigration policies based on that racism....
Posted: Thu, Nov 10, 2005 4:10pm PST
'Mort pour Rien' Had French society allowed for nonviolent social movements to form and flourish, violence would have seemed politically inefficient. Because immigrants and the working-class are so effectively shut out of French society, they have no other way to effect change than to violently demand it....
Posted: Thu, Nov 10, 2005 4:06pm PST
Sarkozy orders deportation of foreign rioters France's Interior Minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, announced that he has ordered the expulsion of all foreigners convicted over two weeks of rioting....
Posted: Wed, Nov 9, 2005 7:19pm PST
The Roots of Civil Unrest in Europe Robert Fisk and Behzad Yaghmaian on Post-Colonial Muslim and Arab Immigrants...
Posted: Wed, Nov 9, 2005 7:15pm PST
A Look at the Plight of Immigrant Youth in Europe The French government has declared a state of emergency in response to the youth-led uprising that began nearly two weeks ago, and has spread to over 300 towns and cities across the country as well as Brussels and Berlin. We go to Paris to speak with French-born journalist Naima Bouteldja and French-American activist Julia Wright about how the current civil unrest is rooted in decades of social discrimination....
Posted: Wed, Nov 9, 2005 7:14pm PST
French Unrest Sends Shockwaves Across Europe EUROPEAN CAPITALS, November8 , 2005 (IslamOnline.net) – The seemingly unabating unrest across France has sent shockwaves across Europe, with similar, though limited, incidents reported in several European countries....
Posted: Tue, Nov 8, 2005 2:22pm PST
The Explosion in the Suburbs:Paris is Burning The Explosion in the Suburbs
Paris is Burning
By NAIMA BOUTELDJA...
Posted: Mon, Nov 7, 2005 10:17pm PST
Paris Uprising: Rebellion in Real Time Paris Uprising
Rebellion in Real Time
By MATT REICHEL...
Posted: Mon, Nov 7, 2005 10:15pm PST
The Left's Response to the French Riots Why The Left has been so slow to respond to the French riots....
Posted: Mon, Nov 7, 2005 9:00pm PST
Urban Unrest Escalates in France as Riots Continue for 11th Straight Night Urban unrest escalated around France this weekend as youths continued rioting throughout the country for an eleventh straight night. Over 3,300 cars had been destroyed throughout the country, along with dozens of public buildings and private businesses. More than 300 people have been detained. We go to Paris to speak with Christian Science Monitor correspondent, Peter Ford....
Posted: Mon, Nov 7, 2005 7:24am PST
French violence hits fresh peak A night of rioting in France has left 1,408 vehicles burnt out and resulted in 395 arrests - the highest tolls yet in 11 nights of unrest....
Posted: Mon, Nov 7, 2005 7:13am PST
French Muslim fatwa condemns violence One of France's largest Muslim organisations has issued a religious decree against rioting in bid to put an end to the unrest....
Posted: Sun, Nov 6, 2005 7:11pm PST
An Interview with Two Anti-Minuteman Project Activists Two Anti-Minuteman Project Activists Speak...
Posted: Sat, Nov 5, 2005 3:22pm PST
Eyewitness to Paris riots charges police with deliberate provocation Rioting in Paris suburbs and other urban areas in France entered its second week Friday, as impoverished and angry youth continued to battle police. The fighting has extended to the eastern city of Dijon and the southern port city of Marseilles....
Posted: Sat, Nov 5, 2005 9:21am PST
France: widening anti-police riots provoke government crisis Nightly riots and clashes in the Paris suburbs, between the police and youth mainly of North African and African descent, are entering their second week. A thousand police officers were deployed Wednesday night in Seine-Saint-Denis, northwest of Paris, and half of the department’s 40 towns were affected by violence. Shots have been fired at police officers, and one official spokesman described events as a descent into civil war....
Posted: Thu, Nov 3, 2005 10:32pm PST
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