World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

Euromayday Hamburg and its media production

04-05-2010 12:29 | Mayday 2010 | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

The most obvious purpose of media activism is to provide counter-information. But revealing facts doesn't exhaust the potentials of "doing media". It's also about storytelling, feelings, social relations. Radical media produces knowledge, political subjectivities, communication. In many cities, the EuroMayDay parades of the precarious engage in this kind of media making. This article attempts to tell the story of EuroMayDay in Hamburg through a collection of links to its media production.

Continuing Conflicts that Create Refugees, April 2010

04-05-2010 12:11 | Repression | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

Five actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and none improved in April 2010, according to the International Crisis Group's monthly bulletin CrisisWatch 81, 04/05/10.

Iranian dissisdent Bita Ghaedi due to be deported Wednesday - emergency action

04-05-2010 10:16 | Migration | Repression | Social Struggles | World

From Maria in Parliament Square:

"AIRPORT EMERGENCY ACTION

Bita Ghaedi: airport action tomorrow."

Around the Campaigns - Tuesday 4th May 2010

04-05-2010 08:26 | Migration | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

'in its present form, Italy's policy of intercepting migrants at sea and obliging them to return to Libya or other non-European countries, violates the principle of non-refoulement.'

Teachers Unionist occupy the GREEK national TV station during the speach of ....

04-05-2010 05:09 | Social Struggles | World

Teachers union occupy the National Brooadcast TV - NET , during speach of the education minister Mrs Diamandopoulou >>>> VIDEO >>> last night

http://garizo.blogspot.com/2010/05/teachers-union-occupy-national.html

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Labor Day statements from the Philippines

04-05-2010 00:10 | Repression | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

LABOR URGED TO USE LABOR VOTE TO ADVANCE LABOR AGENDA. May 1 protest demands a stop to layoffs and contractualization.

South Africa:

03-05-2010 11:50 | Energy Crisis | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

The sight of people, mostly women or children, walking kilometres over dusty roads to haul wood back to their homes for cooking, heat and light is not uncommon in South Africa’s rural areas. Likewise, every winter, fires rampage through the thousands of shanty towns that dot the urban landscape because people are forced to use dangerous sources of energy like coal and paraffin.

Mayday! Peace Camp / Democracy Village - Parliament Square

Statement From The Democracy Village, Parliament Square

Arthur Scargill addresses Dublin Mayday rally

On a miserable wet day around 400 workers marched through Dublin in the annual Mayday march organised by the Dublin Council of Trade Unions. Speakers at the end included Arthur Scargill, president of the British National Union of Mine Workers during the bitter year long 1984 strike in which 10 people were killed.

Report of May Day march and rally in Edinburgh

A report with photos of the May Day march and rally in Edinburgh with news of other May Day events around the globe

Home Builders Federation Condone and Tolerate Members Who Bully?

01-05-2010 23:52 | Education | Social Struggles | World

Bullying is wrong. Everyone knows it. It’s been just over one year since the Shalom Family Campaign for Social Justice approached the Royal Society of Arts AND The Home Builders Federation (HBF) asking for help. That effort seems to have been met in wilful ignorance and with contempt. So, another Family appeal was made at the HBF AGM and Open Council Meeting in London last Wednesday.

Cruelty companies closing sites, Cops obstruct Science Park road. Good Times!

Sites closing? The police obstructing highways? Things are going good!

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Threatening Iran Is Wrong

01-05-2010 21:39 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Social Struggles | World

The antiwar movement everywhere should be extremely alarmed about the Obama Administration’s declaration in April that Washington can target Iran with nuclear weapons. Although vague “all options are on the table” warnings were also issued under George W. Bush, now the threat of a pre-emptive nuclear strike on Iran is enshrined in the revised Nuclear Posture Review of the United States.
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for first time in the Greek modern history .. ARMY officers from all UNITS

30-04-2010 23:24 | Social Struggles | World

for first time in the Greek modern history .. ARMY officers from all UNITS will demostrate next MONDAY in ATHENS

French government officials “deplore” French/Western Sahara human rights

30-04-2010 16:11 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Today a cross-party group of 40 French government representatives joined French civil society leaders in condemning the attempt by France to block a United Nations resolution that would introduce human rights monitoring in Western Sahara.

Around the Campaigns Friday 30th April 2010

30-04-2010 07:06 | Migration | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

Octavie Bei, won't be flying next Tuesday
. . . . as UKBA hoped, though told by immigration at Yarl's Wood, Removal Directions (RDs) had been cancelled, no explanation of why was given.
Many thanks to all who Emailed/faxed on Octavie's behalf
ANSU UK campaign group /

g_macv@yahoo.co.uk

Free the Anarchist Dimitrakis - demo from Berlin also..

30-04-2010 04:14 | Social Struggles | World

the leaflet discribing the demand

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Wellcoming IMF in ATHENS , today SYNDAGMA square

29-04-2010 20:26 | Social Struggles | World

an out of the blue , not program demo is ending with clashes with the Police this evening

Greece: a radical turn in the situation is being prepared

29-04-2010 13:01 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

The downgrading of Greece’s credit ratings by Standard & Poor’s has sent shockwaves around the world’s financial markets, with stock exchanges seeing significant falls yesterday. The fear is that Greece could default and drag the rest of the eurozone into a severe crisis, putting immense pressure on the euro.