From the Iraq Freedom Congress, Sept. 8: Leaders of Iraqi Federation of South Oil Unions (IFOU) join Anti-Oil Law Front The Leaders of Iraqi Federation of South Oil Unions (IFOU) and many other unionists warn the Iraqi parliament of passing… Read moreIraq: unions join Anti-Oil Law Front
From the University of Arizona Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program via the Rainforest Foundation, Sept. 7: On September 4, 2007, Hurricane Felix hit land on the Northeast Coast of Nicaragua as a level 5 hurricane. Initial reports have told… Read moreEmergency fund appeal for devastated Nicaraguan indigenous community
From the Iraq Freedom Congress, Sept. 3: The Anti-Oil Law Front Stages a Mass Demonstration in Baghdad US Forces Try to Provoke the Demonstrators The Anti-Oil Law Front staged a demonstration in the center of Baghdad (Liberation Square) under Liberty… Read moreIraq: more protests against oil law
From the sarcastically-named RNC Welcoming Committee, Sept. 3: We Will Not Be Intimidated On Friday, August 31, nineteen people were arrested after police brutally attacked cyclists with Tasers, pepper spray, and excessive physical force. The cyclists were part of the… Read moreMinneapolis Critical Mass attacked
Colombia's Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos announced Sept. 3 army troops have killed Tomas Medina Caracas AKA "Negro Acacio," a top commander in the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), wanted in the US on drug trafficking charges since 2002…. Read moreColombia: FARC leader killed?
Shaker al-Abssi, leader of the al-Qaeda franchise Fatah al-Islam, was reported killed in the Lebanese Army’s assault on a the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp Sept. 2. Lebanese officials said they were awaiting the result of a DNA test before officially… Read moreAl-Qaeda leader killed in Lebanon?
More than 670 people were arrested and some 50 people were injured in Santiago and other Chilean cities on Aug. 29 in massive protests against the economic policies of President Michelle Bachelet. The Unitary Workers Confederation (CUT), which organized the… Read moreChile: protest “Pinochet” policies
On July 28, thousands of people marched in Montevideo, Uruguay, to demand the repeal of Law 18.116, which modifies the penal code to impose prison sentences of between three months and three years on people who take part in the… Read moreUruguay: victory in squatters struggle
Two members of Panama’s militant Only Union of Construction and Similar Workers (SUNTRACS) were murdered on Aug. 14 and 15. Osvaldo Lorenzo was killed by a member of a company union when Lorenzo was protesting working conditions in the construction… Read morePanama: two unionists murdered
On Aug. 30 thousands of workers marched in Mexico City from the Angel of Independence to the central plaza, the Zocalo, to protest what they called the “anti-union and anti-worker” policies of President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, of the center-right National… Read moreMexico City: terror scare as workers march
In Chicontepec, Veracruz, members of the “Other Campaign in la Huasteca” activist network issued a statement Aug. 31 protesting the “disappearance” of three of the 10 Nahua campesinos detained at a June land occupation and since freed pending charges against… Read moreCampesinos “disappeared” in Veracruz
