Occupation
US is building two naval bases in Panama.
Submitted by wildleaf on Wed, 10/14/2009 - 10:14.The US is building two naval bases in Panama. I missed this development until yesterday as did many news sources I regularly check. Here is a nice opinion piece on it.
http://www.thepanamanews.com/pn/v_15/issue_16/opinion_03.html
Then there is this article:
http://www.articlesbase.com/online-business-articles/us-navy-bases-in-pa...
Which really gets into the ludicrous nature of the whole thing. These bases should be as resoundedly condemned as the ones in Colombia.
Tamil protesters leave Toronto highway
Submitted by pirate on Sun, 05/10/2009 - 22:52.
May. 11 2009 ctvtoronto.ca
Thousands of Tamil protesters have left Toronto's Gardiner Expressway, after surging onto the highway to call attention to the escalating civilian death toll in Sri Lanka.
Around midnight, protesters began making their way down an on-ramp as police monitored the situation. Some told ctvtoronto.ca they planned to take their demonstration to Queen's Park. read more »
Lewisham Bridge school occupation
Submitted by pirate on Sat, 04/25/2009 - 12:57.Libcom.org April 24, 2009
Parents have occupied the roof of a South London primary school in a bid to keep it open.
On the morning of April 23rd, parents of children at Lewisham Bridge Primary School, Elmira Street, Lewisham, occupied the roof of the school buildings. They are protesting against Lewisham Council's decision to demolish the school and replace it with a new school run by a private company for ages 3 through to 16. The school is currently closed and the pupils have to arrive an hour early to be bussed to a vacant site in New Cross. This means a very long day for the children. read more »
Belfast: Hundreds rally in support of Visteon workers occupation
Submitted by pirate on Sat, 04/11/2009 - 14:03.
Libcom.org April 10, 2009
A report and audio recordings of the rally of hundreds of supporters of the Ford Visteon workers occupying their plant against their redundancies with no pay.
Over 200 people marched today from Andersonstown to the factory in Finachy for a rally, which was addressed by Unite Shop Stewards Charlie Maxwell and John Maxwell, including representatives from the SDLP and Sinn Fein. read more »
Sacked workers end sit-in protest
Submitted by pirate on Fri, 04/10/2009 - 12:52.
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BBC April 9, 2009
A sit-in protest by 230 London workers made redundant by US car parts firm Visteon has ended. read more »
Canadian auto-workers occupy factory
Submitted by pirate on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 22:01.Libcom.org March 19, 2009
A group of disgruntled workers at a recently closed auto parts supply company in Windsor, Ontario have taken over the plant.
In the latest twist in a saga that has been brewing since two auto
plants in the area shut down early last week, about a dozen workers
occupied the Aradco plant Tuesday night. They have welded the doors
shut from the inside and say they will not leave until they get what
they are owed.
read more »
Victory for cleaners union in Greece during new ISAP occupation
Submitted by pirate on Thu, 02/26/2009 - 01:39.
Libcom.org Feb. 25, 2009
Cleaners union occupies ISAP (metro) HQs and secures series of concessions. read more »
Tense week in Greece: cultural centre occupied, protest erupts in clashes, doctors stage 48-hour strike
Submitted by pirate on Mon, 02/16/2009 - 00:31.
Feb 14 2009 Libcom.org
Tension rises again in Greece with protest marches and occupations of public buildings against repression, as well as 48 doctor strike which sees new methods of struggle like occupying hospital cashiers. read more »
National Opera House occupied in Athens and turned into counterinformation and resistance base
Submitted by pirate on Sat, 02/07/2009 - 14:34.
Feb. 6, 2009 Libcom.org
Last week the National Opera House (Ethniki Lyriki Skini) was occupied by dancers renaming the historic Athens building "Insurgent People's . Opera". Since the Opera has been functioning as a free space for revolutionary workshops and forums in solidarity to K. Kouneva and the arrested insurgents of December, as well as against the police state and the culture of the Spectacle. read more »
Greek workers occupy union offices
Submitted by pirate on Thu, 12/18/2008 - 12:47.
dec. 17, 2008 Infoshop.news
A banner handing from the facade of the building reads:
From labor "accidents"
to the murders in cold blood
State - Capital kill
No persecution:
Immediate release
of the arrested
GENERAL STRIKE
Workers' self-organization
will become the bosses' grave
The historic central offices of the General Confederation of Greek Workers in Athens have been occupied by militant workers
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