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LOCAL Announcement :: Peace

Nov 14: Author of Palestine, Israel and US Empire Speaks in Chicago

 

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Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights : Globalization

Security Alert: Omali Yeshitela and Uhuru delegation determined to attend Sierra Leone workers conference despite martial law.

For more information call: 727.821.6621

Supporters of human rights for African people alerted to protest if the government attempts to deter the delegation.

Be prepared to take action! Call in to the US, British and Sierra Leone embassies—numbers below! Watch Uhuru News for timely updates on this situation.
 

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LOCAL News :: Civil & Human Rights : Environment : Globalization : Labor : Protest Activity

U.S. Chamber to Small Business: GO AWAY!

Environmentalists and labor challenge the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's predatory agenda
 

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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Drugs : Globalization

Swine Flu Vaccine? Just the Facts

Medical imperialism impacts on oppressed and poor communities the hardest. Usually white and affluent communities have enough knowledge and social power to fight back, or to seek alternative~complementary medical options; it's the native, the poor, the occupied communities and people of colour who are most vulnerable to medicine's worst abuses.
 

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LOCAL Announcement :: Housing : Labor : Protest Activity

ABA, You're the Worst: 3-part show next Labor Beat

Chicago and Evanston cablecast details. Starts Thurs., Nov. 12
 

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LOCAL Announcement :: Protest Activity

Nov 12, 9am: Protest CTA fare hikes, service cuts, layoffs!

 

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LOCAL News :: Miscellaneous

Mexico Solidarity Network/Centro Autonomo event, Sun. Nov. 15

Mercado de Navidad (Christmas market) in support of Zapatista cooperatives in Chiapas, and artisans in Oaxaca.
 

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Commentary :: Labor

Will the Great Depression Be Repeated?

Global trade fell 30 percent three years after the crash. The US gross domestic product shriveled 40 percent. In 1932, every fourth American was without a job. In Germany, industry produced half of what was produced three years before.
 

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LOCAL Announcement :: Peace

Afghanistan "Surge" Announcement Coming Soon?

There were some press reports last night indicating that President Obama may be announcing his troop surge into Afghanistan as soon as TODAY (Tues., 11/10).
 

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Commentary :: Globalization

The Coming U.S. Budget Attack

The United States is moving backwards...fast. State budget cuts are decimating essential health and social services; public education is being destroyed; the social safety net is in tatters. To make matters worse, all of this is occurring when the loss of jobs stands at a twenty-six year high with no end in sight.

But this is only phase one.
 

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