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TRADITIONAL O'ODHAM ASK FOR SUPPORT TO STOP TOXIC WASTE DUMP NEAR CEREMONIAL SITE

Arizona Indymedia - Sat, 05/10/2008 - 11:45am
Circulated Petition to be Presented to Governments of the United States and Mexico
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[Vancouver] NOII-Van: Take Action Against Bill C-50! No to Repressive Immigration Controls!

Mostlywater.org | Migration - Fri, 05/09/2008 - 9:09pm
Start: 2008-05-13 19:00 Timezone: Canada/Pacific

Refuse to be invisible
Join the fight against racist immigration laws

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TAKE ACTION AGAINST BILL C-50
NO TO REPRESSIVE IMMIGRATION CONTROLS!

TUESDAY, MAY 13TH @ 5 P.M.
Meet outside BURRARD SKYTRAIN STATION
(corner Burrard and Dunsmuir)

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WHAT IS BILL C50?


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Was hat Gemüse mit Migration zu tun?

No-Racism - Fri, 05/09/2008 - 4:00pm
Die Broschüre "Peripherie & Plastikmeer. Globale Landwirtschaft - Migration - Widerstand" thematisiert die Lebens- und Arbeitsbedingungen von MigrantInnen in der europäischen Landwirtschaft.
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The Armed Forces of Malta have r...

Meanwhile at the Border - Fri, 05/09/2008 - 2:00pm
The Armed Forces of Malta have recovered three corpses from the waters off the southern shores of Malta. The corpses which appeared to have been North African immigrants are believed to be related to two accidents at sea, in which boats full of african migrans trying to reach European shores capsized in the Mediterranean sea between Tunisia and Malta
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May 9th

insurrección - Fri, 05/09/2008 - 1:10pm
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European Companies will be Tried for Crimes Against Human and Environmental Rights

insurrección - Fri, 05/09/2008 - 1:03pm

Over 20 European corporations will be tried in Lima, on May 13th and 14th, during the second session on European Transnational Corporations in Latin America and Neoliberal Policies of the Peoples’ Permanent Tribunal (PPT), over human rights violations in Latin America.

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Juarez Mothers Demand Justice for their Murdered Daughters

insurrección - Fri, 05/09/2008 - 5:02am

As families demand justice, cases of women murdered in Ciudad Juarez mount and impunity continues.

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Protest against detention in Brussels

No-Racism - Thu, 05/08/2008 - 4:00pm
On May 7, 2008 a protest against a European "return directive" that authorises detention for at least 18 months of foreigners took place. The protesters demanded the closure of all detention centres and remebered on the death of Ebenizer Folefack Sontsa who died on May 1, 2008 in a Belgian detention centre.
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Morales and Correa Confirmed Participation in the Closing Event of Linking Alternatives 3

insurrección - Thu, 05/08/2008 - 2:11pm

The Presidents of Bolivia and Ecuador, Evo Morales and Rafael Correa, confirmed their presence in the closing event of Linking Alternatives 3, to be held from May 13th through 16th in Peru’s capital, Lima. The activity will be held in parallel to the 5th Summit of Heads of State and Government of Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union (LAC-EU), with the participation of heads of state from both blocs.

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Uruguay and the US Sign “Cooperation” Agreement on Biodiversity and Natural Resources

insurrección - Thu, 05/08/2008 - 2:08pm

A few days ago Uruguay’s chancellery signed a “cooperation” and “exchange” agreement with the US State Department that includes aspects like biodiversity as well as “biological and genetic” resources.

The agreement was signed on April 30th in Washington D.C. It did not have wide coverage by the Uruguayan media. The Uruguayan Foreign Minister Gonzalo Fernandez and the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signed “a bilateral agreement of Cooperation on Science and Technology” according to an official article of the US Embassy in Montevideo.

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San Blas Atempa: “We don’t want any more of this repression”

El Enemigo Común - Thu, 05/08/2008 - 11:18am
May 6, 2008 On the second day of the Caravan on the “Jaguar Path for the Recovery of our Historic Memory and Territorial Defense” we stopped over in San Blas Atempa, a town known for its constant struggle for autonomy against the local power bosses and their corruption. We expected it to be a difficult visit due [...]
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La revolución de 1968: Cuando el sótano dijo ¡Basta!

insurrección - Thu, 05/08/2008 - 5:46am

¿Qué nos queda si al 68 le quitamos las multitudinarias manifestaciones en las grandes alamedas? ¿Qué, si dejamos de lado los colosales acontecimientos, fugaces por cierto?

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Polarizing Bolivia: Autonomy Vote in Santa Cruz

insurrección - Thu, 05/08/2008 - 3:40am

The May 4th vote for autonomy in Santa Cruz, Bolivia was part of a larger conflict in the region over...

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Drug Trafficking, Violence, and Repression

insurrección - Thu, 05/08/2008 - 1:12am

In the latest of our series of columnists, Victor Quintana explains how the criminalization of social protest and persecution of social leaders are the first results of Operation Chihuahua.

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Indymedia Journalists Targeted in Ecuador

insurrección - Thu, 05/08/2008 - 12:36am

Ecuadorian police detained five journalists associated with Ecuador Indymedia late Tuesday night. Four of the five were released from custody...

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May Day Becomes an Annual Tradition for Immigrant and Workers' Rights

Indybay - Wed, 05/07/2008 - 4:59pm
In San José and all across the United States, marches for immigrant and workers' rights are reviving the long-dormant American tradition of May Day. While legislation for comprehensive immigration reform has stalled in Congress, demonstrators are poised to take the struggle to the next level. From coast to coast, over a hundred thousand marched on May 1, 2008 to demand respect and recognition as workers who contribute so much to building the United States.
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Deutschnationalem NS-Gedenken ein Ende setzen

No-Racism - Wed, 05/07/2008 - 4:00pm
Presseaussendung der Gruppe AuA! anlässlich der deutschnationalen Gedenkkundgebung am 8. Mai
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Oaxacan Perspectives on the Binational Struggles of Mexican Indigenous Migrant Communities

insurrección - Wed, 05/07/2008 - 2:52pm

On April 24th and 25th, Centolia Maldonado Vasquez and Bernardo Ramirez Bautista, Oaxaca-based members of the Binational Front of Indigenous Organizations, gave presentations in Greenfield and at UC Santa Cruz on indigenous Mexican migration to the U.S. and its impact in the communities of origin, the current political situation in Oaxaca, the role of women in the movement for social justice in Oaxaca, and current challenges of indigenous governing community institutions in Oaxaca.

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one migrant was killed and anoth...

Meanwhile at the Border - Wed, 05/07/2008 - 2:00pm
one migrant was killed and another five injured near Xanthi in north eastern greece when the car in which they were being transported crashed after being chased for some 10 kilometers by police.
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European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean: Linking Energy Alternatives

insurrección - Wed, 05/07/2008 - 12:42pm

Within Linking Alternatives 3, that will take place in Peru between May 13th and 16th, social movements will discuss a key issue for their interests: energy.

Pablo Bertinat, Coordinator of the Energy Axis of Argentina Sustentable, Cono Sur Sustentable, said the meeting will discuss the false energy alternatives to climate change, the path of food sovereignty and the discussion on resistance proposals within the regional integration.

The Heinrich Böll Foundation, Friends of the Earth Latin America, the Institute for Policy Studies, also confirmed their participation.

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