Street Demonstration

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Via Campesina's world wide call for action

Please join Seattle's Community Alliance for Global
Justice CAGJ in
responding to the Via Campesina's world wide call for action on

Saturday 17 April 2010 - the International Day of Peasant Struggle

Noon Saturday April 17th

Where: University District Farmer's Market

CAGJ is planning street theater to commemorate the International Day of
Peasant Struggle on April 17th.  Via Campesina encourages organizations
around the world to take action and unite against corporate control of
the
global food system.

Through street theater, which will be filmed and posted online, we will
be
educating the community about the links between the Gates Foundation,  read more »

HONG KONG: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY STILL MEANS SOMETHING TO THESE WOMEN

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

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

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.

[David Rovics] Report from Cop-enhagen

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 »

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