PFLP prisoners: Attacks on prisoners’ rights reaching point of no return Source: REDLINE Prisoners in Israeli occupation jails who are members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine warned of an escalation of attacks against prisoners and a deepening crisis of abuse and deteriorating conditions within the prisons on January 16, 2012. In an… [Read more…]
January 30, 2012
ILWU Local 21 Victory in Sight Longview Port Workers Set Example for All Labor BY JEFF MACKLER Until Jan. 23, few people in the labor and social justice movements expected anything less than a major class confrontation at the state-of-the-art $200 million grain facility at Longview, Wash. The scab complex is operated by the multi-billion-dollar… [Read more…]
January 28, 2012
Mumia Abu-Jamal move into general prison population Source: Free Speech Radio News Mumia Abu-Jamal has been transferred to the general prison population for the first time in three decades. Supporters celebrated last month when the Philadelphia DA’s office announced it would no longer seek the death penalty in his case. Prison officials transferred Abu-Jamal from… [Read more…]
January 26, 2012
Occupy responds to ILWU & EGT tentative agreement for Longview For Immediate Release January 23, 2012 Occupy responds to ILWU & EGT tentative agreement for Longview Occupations will continue to mobilize until the agreement is finalized by ILWU membership Longview, WA –Occupy protesters and members of labor are still poised to converge on Longview, despite news of… [Read more…]
January 26, 2012
Note from PWV: We have been posting articles about the struggles of dock workers on the US west coast. Today, we offer some links (see below this article) on the fight by wharfies in New Zealand. Workers worldwide face a relentless attempt by the capitalist class to suck every penny of profit out of the… [Read more…]
January 26, 2012
NEW AFRIKANS & OCCUPY WALL STREET Source: Malcolm X Grassroots Movement The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement struggles to defend the Human Rights of African people in the United States and around the world. The Occupation of Wall Street is an important opportunity to highlight the economic struggles of the 99% and in particular… [Read more…]
January 24, 2012
video: Pinheirinho fighters prepare for police attack
January 24, 2012
The 22nd Congress of the UGTT Nizar Amami (source: International Viewpoint) The 22nd congress of Tunisia’s UGTT trade union federation was held from December 25-28, 2011. A large part of it was devoted to the election of the new national leadership. The new Executive Bureau (EB) is clearly better than the old one. It is… [Read more…]
January 24, 2012
TUNISIA [from ILC International Newsletter No. 55 (424 Old Series) -- January 6, 2012] The National Congress of the UGTT Trade Union Federation Met on December 25-27, 2011 Independence of Organisation and Defence of Workers’ Demands at the Centre of the Congress “Allah wakbar” (“God is the greatest” – translator’s note). That was the slogan that… [Read more…]
January 24, 2012
Military Union Busting? That’s Disgusting! “Using U.S. military forces to intervene on behalf of the employer in a local labor dispute threatens the interests of every union and union member in the country.” Sign the US Labor Against War Open Letter Sign the Open Letter NOW
January 31, 2012
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