UK Social Struggles Newswire Archive
Haití Can Awaken from the Dark Night of the Boar
26-01-2010 17:18
Haití Can Awaken from the Dark Night of the Boarby Amanda Huerta
"In 1986, Duvalier Jr. was toppled by a popular uprising, that watched the continuance of the dictatorship for two more years until in 1988 Leslie Manigat was elected to the presidency of the Republic, a noble government that was toppled by General Henri Namphy who was replaced that same September by General Prosper Avril. Avril, in power until 1990, had to contend with new revolts. His resignation opened the path to elections under international control and an apparent normalization of political life.
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a Catholic priest who had advocated for the poor, obtained a brilliant victory in December of 1990. Coups d’etat, forced exile and return to power were all part of the first Aristide term, who was succeeded by René Preval. Aristide returned to power democratically, and in 2004 a coup d’etat organized and covered by the US obligated him to resign.
In this brief summary of the history of Haiti I omitted “small details” like the economic embargos, assassinations, persecutions, etcetera. Since 2004 the Haitian people have lived, anew, under old and new military occupations at the hands of the US, a country that to this day remains in military control with the collaboration (by omission or commission) of the UN and allied countries.
This same North American occupation force is that which today controls the airport, impeding and/or delaying the arrival of aid for Haiti, as has been denounced by the government of France and an infinity of journalists and reporters in Port au Prince."
The crisis in Venezuela: understanding the causes, assigning blame and ...
25-01-2010 23:03
Mad World presents 'Insight in Mind'
25-01-2010 20:01
The EDL Issue Terror Threats To Taxi Drivers
25-01-2010 16:42
Sanctuary for the Adda Family
25-01-2010 16:12
OFT "puerile and childish" ,not Ryanair
24-01-2010 22:21
The OFT is "puerile and childish" in comparison with the german VZBV, who took ryanair to court last year and banned ryanair from extra charges on creditcards.Protocol Temp Agency Implements Overt System of Age Discrimination
24-01-2010 17:31
Protocol is a temp Agency used up and down the county by public sector employers to provide temp staff- primarily to avoid staff accruing pension rights- it is therefore especially insidious that they are allowed to discriminate on the basis of age.PMOI vigil for Political Prisoners. London - pictures.
24-01-2010 15:43
The Anarchist / Indymedia reaction to the EDL is not working
24-01-2010 11:41
The Anarchist / Indymedia reaction to the EDL is not workingReport & Pics: Life's too short to be controlled! demo
23-01-2010 23:23
Report and Pics in IMC-London:
http://london.indymedia.org/articles/4196 Hardcore Nazis of the EDL
23-01-2010 20:33
How Do You Institutionalise a Swarm?- Tadzio Müller and Ben Trott.
23-01-2010 17:57
Here's a funny text:Call for EU pressure over Serbian human rights
23-01-2010 15:22
The continued incarceration of the Belgrade Six and fears over Serbia's willingness to maintain the human rights of its citizens has prompted mutterings both inside and outside the country - particularly as the process for country's EU membership application speeds up.Beyond Democracy?
23-01-2010 13:36
Why we should be mobilising against the electionsThe trial of the Greek Cop who shot a teenager and BBC Lies
22-01-2010 22:46
The trial of the Greek Cop who shot dead a 15-year-old boy in Athens has now started. The BBC has attempted to report on it, but the article is a disgrace, full of lies and inaccuracies. Read the actual facts here, in short, as found on Athens Indymedia (in Greek) and as reported from comrades who are there and are witnessing what is happening.Haiti 2010: An Unwelcome Katrina Redux
21-01-2010 22:38
Where is "Stop The War"?
21-01-2010 21:02
What would our alternative society look like?
21-01-2010 14:13
India: State and Corporates Hand in Glove -PUBLIC MEETING
21-01-2010 10:11
Please join for an evening of presentations and discussions on some of the prominent struggles against the State-Corporate nexus in India
Tuesday 26 January 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Room G2, SOAS, London
Human Rights Watch / World Report 2010 / Events 2009
21-01-2010 08:11
Taking Back the Initiative from the Human Rights SpoilersThe 20th annual World Report summarizes human rights conditions in 80 countries and territories worldwide. It reflects extensive investigative work undertaken in 2009 by Human Rights Watch staff, usually in close partnership with human rights activists in the country in question.