World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

Greece: The police transformed the biggest student demonstration since last year

15-03-2007 11:02 | Education | Social Struggles | World

This Thursday March 8 in Athens and Thessalonica, two great demonstrations took place at the time when the Parliament voted the new law -cadre. In Athens, 40.000 demonstrators were in the streets, 5000 in Thessalonica. The demonstration of Athens was regarded as the main event and gathered demonstrators from all of Greece. That of Thessalonica was more local and gathered students from the city itself and north of Greece.

No to the G8 - Trade Unions on the Global Stage

The following is a call by trade unionists in Germany and internationally against the 2007 G8 Summit in Heiligendamm. Groups and individuals can sign up here:

http://www.g8-gewerkschafteraufruf.de/index.php?lang=en

Support The Demands Of The Women Of Oaxaca

WOMEN AND MEN ALL OVER THE WORLD SUPPORT THE DEMANDS OF THE WOMEN OF OAXACA

An urgent call to stop the war on Iran!

14-03-2007 18:08 | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | Terror War | World

Brothers and Sisters, Iranians, Americans and peoples from around the world,
the American-Iranian Friendship Committee (AIFC) calls upon you to join us
this March 17th, show determination, resilience and unity to stop the war in
Iraq and deter the establishment from starting another war.

El Libertario # 49: por la pasión, con la razón, para la acción...

14-03-2007 00:15 | Free Spaces | Other Press | Social Struggles | World

* Está en circulación el mas reciente número de la publicación mas regular y mas ampliamente difundida del anarquismo latinoamericano actual, que tras 12 años de existencia ininterrumpida se viene erigiendo como una referencia dentro de la escena radical del continente.

On the Ground, Ireland: New Cops New Violence Part Two

Tuesday 13 March, the second day of new guards at the Shell Gas Terminal construction site at Bellanaboy, County Mayo, North West Ireland, again saw police violence escalate further.

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On The Ground, Ireland: New Cops, New Violence Part One

Monday morning, 12 March 2007, saw the transfer of a new contingent of guards to police the Shell gas terminal refinery construction site at Bellanaboy, County Mayo, North West Ireland.

KIibera: This World Is Not Your Home?

13-03-2007 19:28 | Culture | Education | Social Struggles | World

A region bordering Ngong Forest Reserve in the western part of Kenya's capital city Nairobi is now a big media hit. After a few prominent "rescue visits" from popular society.

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Support the Block G8 Call for Blockades of G8 in Heiligendamm

13-03-2007 17:56 | G8 Germany 2007 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

The following text is the concept for mass blockades of the G8 Summit in
Heiligendamm, produced by the "Block G8" network (www.block-g8.org). The
network are looking for international groups, networks and organisations
willing to sign up to the Block G8 Call for blockades (below). The list of
groups in Germany and beyond who have already signed this call are at the end
of this mail. The names of future signatories will be published on our website
and in future publicity. If you would like your group`s name to be included on
the English language Block G8 flyer which will be distributed internationally
via the Rostock III Action Conference in April (see: www.heiligendamm2007.de),
please let us know by March 31st at the latest.

To sign up, please email

info@block-g8.org

See you on the streets around Heiligendamm!

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OutRage!- Letter to Pres' of Ghana-decrim gays..

gay rights group OutRage! sends open letter to the Presdient of Ghana who is visiting London.

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Greece: Students' parents clash with the police outside the court

Athens Court, Monday: Parents clashed with the police outside building 7, were the the minor charges are facing trial. The conflict started after some parents tried to enter the building, and they were pushed away by the cops. The conflict spread around and the cops started hitting. The cops sprayed some parents on the face, one parent collapsed and another one was transferred to the hospital.
Photos posted in Indymedia show a cop hitting, by holding his baton the way round, which is strictly prohibited.

Low Intensity War in Chiapas

12-03-2007 23:54 | Repression | Social Struggles | Zapatista | World

Sunday 11 of march 2007 Alejandro Reyes
www.narconews.com

The 10th APPO Megamarch Observes Women's Day

On International Women’s Day, March 8, the APPO, teachers, civil society organizations, campesinos and women – among them the Coordination of the Women of Oaxaca (COMO), and indigenous women’s organizations – marched in defiance of the repressive policies of Governor Ulises Ruiz.

'Thousands riot' in China protest

12-03-2007 20:43 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

A protest staged by thousands of rural workers in central China ended in violent clashes last week, reports say.
Several people were injured as up to 20,000 people clashed with 1,000 police in Hunan province on Friday, a local official told Reuters news agency.

URGENT: Kenyan Social Movement Attacked - help needed

11-03-2007 02:37 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Grassroots social movement 'The Peoples Parliament' 'Bunge La Mwananchi' have been organising in slum communities and over bread-and-butter issues for 15 years. Theyve been meeting daily in the Jevangee Gardens Park, Nairobi. Yesterday, Police declared their forum an 'unlawful assembly' and arrested 56 participants and injured 5.

Reproductive Rights in South Dakota, US

11-03-2007 01:18 | Culture | Gender | Social Struggles | World

This letter is being written to you from Rapid City, SD. Rapid City is the second largest city in South Dakota and at the opposite end of the state from Sioux Falls. It is from here that women must travel five hours to Sioux Falls, seven and a half hours to Denver, or eight hours to Omaha to have an abortion. It is also from here that collectives are forming and working together to help these women gain the resources they need.

State Dept Report: Sickening Gov Abuses in Afghanistan

09-03-2007 21:11 | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | Terror War | World

The practice of courts ordering the defendant to provide compensation in the form of young girls in marriage to a victims' family continued........Most experts believe the practice of child trafficking was widespread and continued to be a problem. The law does not prohibit trafficking in persons. The government did little to combat trafficking in persons.

Australian government declares it owes no legal duty to Guantánamo detainee Davi

07-03-2007 22:44 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Whatever the outcome of the Federal Court application, the Howard government stands indicted as an accomplice in war crimes, committed in pursuit of oil and gas resources, and US global hegemony.

Dump the Democrats and unite!

07-03-2007 18:32 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

U.S. foreign policy has not and will not change direction as long as the Democratic Party continues to be dominated by corporate interests and tacit compliance with the neoconservative agenda. The antiwar movement needs to understand this reality or it is doomed to collapse like it did under the pressure of the 2004 elections.