Protestor explains 'Why Nike?' Pt I
Just Do It! | 11.03.2001 21:12
Anti-sweatshop campaigners marched into Nike's central London Flagship Niketown store today in a move to highlight the abuses of workers in the majority world and show support for the Mexico-based Zapatista movement.
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300 IndonesianAmericans Protest inAtlanta1998
12.03.2001 16:16
CNN did not cover the assembly--only WXIA Channel 11 of Atlanta did.
The people assembled the rally soon after the several weeks of organized rioting in Jakarta that killed many Chinese Indonesians a minority group that often has been targeted for mass genocide by dictators, or received terribly repressive laws. This 1998 chaos included many rapes and burnings of stores.
For a detailed web site write to The Progressive Socialist Congress. Atlanta Georgia.
in Indonesian and English. Note: this protest
took place in August of 1998.
Paul Hays
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