World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

Live Audio& Video streaming @ Hague hearing on Palestinian Wall.

22-02-2004 21:41 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

International Court of Justice: Live video coverage of Court hearings on the Internet Press Release, International Court of Justice, February 19th, 2004

THE HAGUE, 19 February 2004. The public hearings before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), principal judicial organ of the United Nations, to be held from 23 to 25 February 2004 in the case concerning the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (request for advisory opinion), will be broadcast live and in full on the Court's official website (www.icj-cij.org).

South Korea: Migrant workers struggle continues

21-02-2004 16:55 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Since 100 days Migrant workers are in sit-in strike in Seoul.

Repressive squat evictions in Barcelona

20-02-2004 18:14 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Increasingly repressive evictions in BCN, leading to 4 arrest yesterday and more evictions to follow from the 23rd

Greenwash and The NGO-friendly Corporation

20-02-2004 14:42 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | Cambridge | World

The following gives an interesting insight into how Corporations view the movement that opposes them and how they hope to gain credibility by co-opting the less radical elements by forming partnerships with them. It's long, but worth a read I think...

South Korea: Migrant Workers Struggle, update

18-02-2004 15:13 | Migration | Social Struggles | World

Yesterday immigration officers and riot police again attacked protesting migrant workers in the South Korean capital Seoul and captured one migrant.

Drug War Film Festival Fund Raiser

16-02-2004 00:52 | Health | Social Struggles | World

911 and the BC Compassion Club Society present:
DRUG WAR FILM FESTIVAL
Friday, March 12 8pm
$6 / $4 (911 members)

The World economic Forum - European Economic Summit: Warsaw

15-02-2004 11:47 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM - EUROPEAN ECONOMIC SUMMIT
Warsaw, Poland April 28-30, 2004

THE ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIC FORUM
WARSAW, POLAND APRIL 28-30, 2004

On the eve of accession to the European Union (significantly planned for May 1 to change the nature of that holiday), the European Economic Summit (which was cancelled in Dublin due to planned protests) is coming to Warsaw.

ISM Reports: ISM Activist Wins Libel Suit Against Right Wing Israeli Journalist

14-02-2004 15:16 | Social Struggles | World

INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT

February 13, 2004

For Immediate Release

ISM ACTIVIST WINS LIBEL SUIT AGAINST RIGHT-WING JOURNALIST!

FTAA negotiations failed at meeting in Puebla

14-02-2004 00:18 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

At the start of february representatives of 34 american states have met for one week in Puebla, 65 km south of Mexico City, to negotiate about the introduction of the free trade area of the Americas.
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Puebla in opposition to the FTAA (span: ALCA) negotiations.
10 years after the introduction of NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Area, the US is persuing an expansion of the free trade area over the continents for the 1. Januar 2005.
The talks have been abandoned after 4 days without result.

Honduras: Declaration by Popular Resistence Organization

12-02-2004 20:54 | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

Translated declaration of struggle from Honduran coordinating organization

Simon Chapman Letter

11-02-2004 22:40 | Repression | Social Struggles | Cambridge | World

A letter from Simon...

4.5 yrs for J18

11-02-2004 20:51 | Globalisation | Repression | Social Struggles | World

American Anarchist Gets Sent down For J18
Jim Borek Sentenced to 4 1/2 Years

Subject: American Anarchist Gets Sent down For J18

The World Social Forum: a worm's eye view

The World Social Forum, Mumbai, 16-21 January 2004: a worm's eye view

Anti Coca Cola Campaign

09-02-2004 12:40 | Repression | Social Struggles | Oxford | World

The communities near the Plachimada plant of Coca Cola in India,
where one of the bottling plants of Coke is situated are
engaged in a battle since last two and a half years
against the exploitation of the ground water and the
subsequent drying up of wells in the area resulting in
acute shortage of drinking water.

Zimbabwean Bishop takes the gospel to the West

09-02-2004 06:43 | Culture | Social Struggles | World

Zimbabwean Bishop Nehemiah Mutendi leader of the Zion Christian Church is taking religion the other way round. He is taking the gospel to the West to show howGod has manifested himself in Africa.

Palestine: The Hour Before Dawn

03-02-2004 17:32 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

A British traveller in Palestine reports again on his experiences of the occupation.

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE FARC

29-01-2004 18:26 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

COLOMBIAN COMMUNITY ATTACKED

Threatened Societies

28-01-2004 21:33 | Anti-racism | Culture | Social Struggles | World

A look at some of the cultures threatened by Anglo-American linguistic globalisation.

From passivity to proaction! (flyer and art)

27-01-2004 23:21 | Social Struggles | World

Your alleged "leaders" often believe you are "incapable" and feeling too powerless to be more proactive than simply attending rallies and marches in a passive way. The flyer text here is meant to do two things: inspire you, and many others, to become more proactive--in a basic resistance of consciousness! Here is a giant pile of deep info that should inspire!