Street Demonstration
HONG KONG: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY STILL MEANS SOMETHING TO THESE WOMEN
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 16:34.HONG KONG: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY STILL MEANS SOMETHING TO THESE WOMEN
Women workers took to the streets of Hong Kong for International Women's Day and directed their anger at both government of Hong Kong and Indonesian government. "We are women, we are workers!" The women complained about recruitment agencies that illegally overcharge women migrants.
Another group of women went after the sexism in the mass media. An example of what they were talking about concerned the outrageous sexist attacks and sexual harassment against well-known youth activist Christina Chan Hau-man by various gossip sheets and others. read more »
State of Emergency Rally for Basic Health
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 01/09/2010 - 12:46.As Governor Gregoire prepares to deliver her January 12th State of the State Address, students, community activists, the elderly and uninsured will hold a State of Emergency Rally for Basic Health at 11am on the steps of the Capitol Building. Protesters will deliver thousands of signatures on a petition calling for elected official to fully fund Basic Health and other vital human services by taxing the income of the wealthy and the profits of large corporations. read more »
Freedom March: Activists Reject Egypt's Gaza Offer
Submitted by rick on Wed, 12/30/2009 - 21:15.
Members of an international group gathered in Cairo to protest against the siege of Gaza have rejected an Egyptian offer to allow 100
of them entry into the Palestinian territory.
of them entry into the Palestinian territory.
Rally for the freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal outside the most hated embassy in México
Submitted by rick on Mon, 12/21/2009 - 12:45.
by Amig@s de Mumia, México
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[David Rovics] Report from Cop-enhagen
Submitted by rick on Tue, 12/15/2009 - 14:25.The signs up all over the airport and various places elsewhere in town
are calling it Hopenhagen, but everybody I know is calling it
Cop-enhagen, which seems far more appropriate. The international media
has been giving this lots of coverage, and rightly so. Of course much
of the media is unable to walk and chew gum at the same time, so other
things, such as the reason the protests are happening in the first
place, can get lost.
Inside the Bella Center lots of stuff is going on. Namely the US,
Australia and others leading the way in making sure nothing meaningful
takes place there, while many other delegates and activists within try
to make the best of it, or at least make the effort to thoroughly read more »
Monthly Demonstration/Vigil at NW Detention Center
Submitted by rick on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 13:59.
DEMAND HUMAN RIGHTS AT TACOMA IMMIGRATON PRISON
1623 E. J St., Tacoma WA
SAT., DEC. 12 12noon to 3pm.
For carpool/ride from Olympia: Meet at Media Island @ 11:30am read more »
MOBILIZE! – NOVEMBER 30, 2009
Submitted by rick on Wed, 11/18/2009 - 10:21.
As
the world’s biggest companies and their friends in government continue
to fight a transition to more just and sustainable ways of living,
climate change threatens to turn our world upside down with water
shortages, crop failures, sea level rise and ecosystem collapse. A
million species face extinction by the end of the century, and the
people who have contributed least to the problem will continue to be
the hardest hit. What can be done at this critical juncture, with our
future at stake?
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DEMAND HUMAN RIGHTS AT TACOMA IMMIGRATION PRISON!
Submitted by rick on Tue, 11/10/2009 - 15:42.***Monthly Demonstration/Vigil at NW Detention Center
1623 E. J St., Tacoma WA 98421(Tacoma tideflats)***
SAT., November 14, 12noon-3pm. Bus leaving Media Island / Olympia Timberland library at noon
The Northwest Detention Center is guilty of violating the human and constitutional rights of
its 1000 detainees. Recent studies have brought this out. The prison is run by a private for-profit
operator named Geo. Geo profits from our taxes and from the suffering
of immigrant workers in detention. Geo owns prisons all over the
country.
Immigrant workers are being arrested, jailed and deported for the simple act of working. This read more »
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