World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

Brutal police attack on striking shipyard workers

01-03-2008 19:10 | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

On February 25, the Port, Shipyard, Ship Construction and Repair Workers Trade Union (Limter-Is) called for a 24-hour strike from February 27 in order to protest against the appalling safety and working conditions at the Istanbul, Tuzla shipyards.

Letter from Anarchist Vaggelis Botzatzis & 3 Comrades on the Run (Greece)

29-02-2008 16:11 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Vaggelis Botzatzis has been remanded into custody accused of setting fire to two company cars owned by a energy/power company. It is believed that the person or persons unknown who carried out the arson did so in protest at the destruction of the natural environment and in support of two workers who died at the power plant.

Human rights hypocrisy over Simon Mann

29-02-2008 12:31 | Globalisation | Migration | Social Struggles | World

Questions raised over the treatment of mercenary Simon Mann by the government of Equatorial Guinea do not reflect British policy, finds Rob Ray for Freedom newspaper

Children's Revolution and New Youth Movement Could Save Humanity from Extinction

A national summit meeting of children and teenagers and university students dedicated to saving the human race from extinction caused by global warming, to be held on the site of the planned third runway near Heathrow Airport this summer is being proposed by the Earth Aid Environmental Campaign.

A new youth movement is beginning to emerge in Britain as university students spearhead a drive to recruit other students to the environmental cause, and there are now plans for young people from all over Britain to come together and join forces to lend support to a massive new Children's Revolution campaign.

On top of Houses of Parliament roof

Anti-Heathrow expansion protesters have climbed on to the roof of the Houses of Parliament next to Big Ben.

Introducing The Solidarity Without Borders Campaign

25-02-2008 12:08 | Migration | Social Struggles | Zapatista | World

Dear comrades,

We are writing to introduce the Solidarity Without Borders Campaign, a
coordinated, sustained, three-pronged campaign in solidarity with
immigrant and indigenous struggles across North and Latin America.

Support Bhopal Survivors

23-02-2008 18:08 | Ecology | Health | Social Struggles | World

Bhopal Survivors marching on Delhi to get Indian PM to honour pledges

New issue of '325' Magazine is out (#5) - Social war & Anarchy.

23-02-2008 11:02 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Out Now - The 5th issue of the anarchist magazine '325', featuring news, reports and articles from the international struggle against capitalism and the state, plus letters from prisoners is off the press.

HOUSING RIGHT IN EUROPE - One Step Closer

21-02-2008 23:07 | Free Spaces | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

Follow up from the various actions and "silent" work in France (in particularly)
and in Europe towards the implementation of the Right to Housing for all and
after that the French government voted on a law that turned the right to housing
justiciable (5 March 2007).

Three French active groups, AITEC, DAL and FAPIL
finalized a document under the platform Europe – Third World Centre (CETIM)
to be presented at the next U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL between the
3rd and the 28th of March.

Attached and below is the full text.

Today 21st FEB, is called a night of solidarity with the homeless at the Place de la république in Paris.
It’s organized by 27 organizations for housing rights and homeless.

Here :

http://www.dailymotion.com/fr/featured/video/x4d8j5_poudre-aux-yeux_politics
you can watch the movie about the tent action of “Enfants de Don Quichotte" in
Canal Saint Martin, last year (71 minutes)

Rambo IV sneak premiere at rampART burma night, TONIGHT

Tonight (21st Feb, 8pm) at rampART there is a sneak premiere of the new Rambo film along with short films about the situation in Burma (now called Myanmar) and campaigns to force Total Oil to end it's economic support of the military junta.

Films start 8pm at 15-17 rampart street.

Unrest Aftermath in Copenhagen

After a week of burning barricades, cars and public buildings across the country the unrest has settled down. Now we're looking back at what actually happened.

20 years revolutionary 1st of may germany/berlin-kreuzberg

21-02-2008 11:20 | History | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

The 90 minutes video documentation about 20 years resistance at revolutionary 1st of may in berlin-kreuzberg (germany) is available in english now and for free.

Mayday 2008

reclaim mayday

Get Active!

In no way will we be able to break the hold of corporations until we all ALL growing food and performing useful trades.

Repression in Ciudad Juatez, Mexico

20-02-2008 03:05 | Repression | Social Struggles | Zapatista | World

The repression has included all the critical and urban sectors of Ciudad Juarez, from the curfew against minors, outside any lawful order and despite the opposition of the families of young people; the assault of the residents of the Colonia Lomas de Poleo by the state and the Zaragoza brothers [one of the richest and most powerful families of the Ciudad Juarez oligarchy, also suspected of involvement in the “femicides”. They are one of the owners of the Corona Beer Company so BOYCOTT CORONA BEER!, translator notes] who have made an illegal claim to the land where the “colonos” (residents) live, and now the harassment and imprisonment of the compañeros of collective and social organizations.

Denmark: 3rd night of riots in Copenhagen

18-02-2008 09:27 | Free Spaces | Social Struggles | World

Denmark. The struggle for a new social centre and youth house in Copenhagen continues. Yesterday was the 3rd nigth of riots in the Dansih capitol.

Venezuela: ... Autonomous struggle from the ground up!

17-02-2008 23:30 | Analysis | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

* Issue #52 of El Libertario is out www.nodo50.org/ellibertario. In its editorial we reaffirm the commitment of this voice of Venezuelan anarchism to maintain a critical viewpoint on the country's realities, as well as our stand in solidarity with the struggle for liberty and equality.

Obama: The “Best Face” For Imperialism

17-02-2008 14:51 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

Sullivan writes that a (ruling class) “consensus” agenda for endless war and increased repression will be in effect regardless of who is president. He challenges the reader to pick who could best implement all this in the face of global isolation and profound domestic alienation. And, in the process, he sheds light on the real role of elections in this society.

LSE Union Demands Divestment from Israel

The London School of Economics Students' Union (LSESU) yesterday voted overwhelmingly to call on its university and the National Union of Students (NUS) to divest from companies that provide military and commercial support for the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, condemning the decades of human rights abuses and systematic oppression that has occurred as a result.