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Ayer, en las marchas por el Día de Trabajo participaron alrededor de 40 mil personas. Representantes de los movimientos sociales se ubicaron detrás de una gran bandera roja donde se leía: "Trabajadores y fuerzas populares, fuera Gutiérrez, Gobierno popular"....
Posted: Sun, May 2, 2004 8:58am PDT
The first reports are that there were thousands of police in Kreuzberg quarter of Berlin, and they quashed some mayday people.
This is a list of links to pictures of buildup to mayday and may day itself in Germany....
Posted: Fri, Apr 30, 2004 7:45pm PDT
Peruvian health advocates targeted by big polluter....
Posted: Fri, Apr 30, 2004 11:05am PDT
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quick download (3.3MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, Spain, Russia, China, and Cuba....
Posted: Thu, Apr 29, 2004 4:31pm PDT
It strikes me that it is not at all obvious what we should do, and that by implying that it is, we risk making people feel stupid, when in fact they are quite right to ask the question, "What should I do?"...
Posted: Thu, Apr 29, 2004 2:12pm PDT
Secretary General of STISSS Violently Arrested in a Peaceful Occupation of the San Salvador Cathedral...
Posted: Wed, Apr 28, 2004 5:47pm PDT
Una organización indígena demandó nuevamente el lunes que el presidente Lucio Gutiérrez "renuncie inmediatamente" por no haber hecho caso a los pedidos de rectificaciones....
Posted: Wed, Apr 28, 2004 9:58am PDT
most U.S. news outlets, apparently taking cues from Bush administration officials, have played down or completely ignored the historic accord, signed April 3 in Buenos Aires by Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela and set to take effect July 1....
Posted: Wed, Apr 28, 2004 9:55am PDT
Last year public health workers held 37 national work stoppages in 12 countries of Latin America, highlighting the grave crises plaguing health systems that have few prospects of recovery....
Posted: Tue, Apr 27, 2004 9:55am PDT
April 22 - About 20,000 demonstrators swamped downtown La Paz on Thursday to demand the resignation of Carlos Mesa just six months after nationwide protests toppled the previous president....
Posted: Tue, Apr 27, 2004 9:52am PDT
Quemaron propuesta publicitada del gobierno sobre modificación a la Ley de Hidrocarburos. Organizaciones cochabambinas se organizan para actuar de manera conjunta contra intentos de golpe.
Coordinadora de Defensa del Gas convoca a “resistencia civil” por venta de gas a Argentina...
Posted: Mon, Apr 26, 2004 9:17am PDT
Since the uprising, this corner of Bolivia, where the dry altiplano, a high plateau, around Lake Titicaca meets lush tropical mountains, has become a kind of an Indian liberated zone. "Before, they were the bosses. They made us work, they would run everything. But people realize what's going on now. It's not like it was before."...
Posted: Mon, Apr 26, 2004 8:59am PDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of demonstrators banged pots and pans, blew whistles and beat drums on Saturday in a Latin American-style protest of World Bank and IMF policies in poor countries....
Posted: Sat, Apr 24, 2004 1:37pm PDT
International Activists Denounce Genetically Engineered Trees, World Bank Prototype Carbon Fund and Call on U.N. to Reverse Pro-GE Trees Decision...
Posted: Sat, Apr 24, 2004 12:07am PDT
On April 20th, 2004, the third and final degree of the Marini trial ended by confirming the sentences of the accused anarchists. Besides those already in prison, Angela Maria (Marina) Lo Vecchio, Alfredo Bonanno, Orlando Campo, and Carlo Tesseri have now been arrested and are in various jails across Italy....
Posted: Fri, Apr 23, 2004 1:17pm PDT
A Colombian death squad struck at the family of a Coca-Cola union leader, killing two and wounding three kids....
Posted: Fri, Apr 23, 2004 12:29pm PDT
The World Bank/IMF Annual Meeting is happening in D.C. this weekend (4/23/04-4/26/04). A fast in solidarity with anti-dam struggles will take place outside the World Bank office. Please send letters or faxes to World Bank officials urging them to meet with protesters outside. Visit the website http://www.aidindia.org/wbfast/ for more info....
Posted: Thu, Apr 22, 2004 11:13pm PDT
Leading Saudi dissidents have said the latest attack in the kingdom's capital is an indication of the government's failure to adequately address calls for reform....
Posted: Wed, Apr 21, 2004 2:01pm PDT
