Swift & Co. said on Jan. 4 that a series of Dec. 12 immigration raids at its six of seven meatpacking plants nationwide are expected to cost the company $30 million. Swift, the nation’s third-largest processor of fresh beef and… Read moreSwift to lose $30 million from raids
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From Ali Javadi of the Worker-Communist Party of Iran, Jan. 1: A Step toward a Dark Future! The UN Security Council has unanimously voted on a resolution to impose a series of political and economical sanctions against the Islamic Republic… Read moreIranian left-opposition speaks on UN sanctions
From Bangkok’s The Nation, Jan. 4: Blasts shatter hopes for reconciliation The bomb blasts that hit Bangkok on New Year’s Eve signalled that the worst is yet to come. The explosions, which killed three people and injured almost 40, were… Read moreConspiracy theories abound in Thailand terror
A communique from the Iraq Freedom Congress, Dec. 29: Iraq Freedom Congress statement on Saddam’s execution The execution of Saddam was carried out and announced by the global media. As IFC stated soon after the death sentence was issued, this… Read moreIraq Freedom Congress on Saddam Hussein execution
A communique from the Worker-Communist Party of Iran, Dec. 30, received via e-mail: On the execution of Saddam Hussein This morning Saddam Hussein, the former dictator of Iraq, was hanged on the orders of the US government and its hand-made… Read moreWorker-Communist Party of Iran on Saddam Hussein execution
On Dec. 15, a group of 18 former employees at Swift & Co. filed a $23 million lawsuit charging the company with conspiring to keep wages down by hiring undocumented workers. The plaintiffs are all naturalized US citizens or legal… Read moreRICO suit against Swift in wake of ICE raids
On Dec. 15, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested Mexican immigrant Martin Barrios on an outstanding deportation order at his home in the Chicago suburb of Berwyn, Illinois. A spokesperson from Centro Sin Fronteras, a Chicago-based immigrant rights… Read moreICE harasses Chicago immigrant advocate
From La Jornada, Dec. 28 via Chiapas95: The nation’s top electoral court ruled Wednesday that irregularities preceding the Oct. 15 gubernatorial election in Tabasco were not serious enough to affect the outcome. The unanimous decision cleared the way for Andres… Read moreMexico: court rules for PRI in contested Tabasco election
A communique from the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) “Intergalactic Commission,” Dec. 24 (our translation): Compañer@s, Herman@s: In a few days more will be Dec. 30, 2006, the start of the “Encuentro de los Pueblos Zapatistas con los Pueblos del… Read moreChiapas: EZLN “Intergalactic Encuentro” draws activists from 30 countries
On Dec. 12, nearly 300 indigenous Tupinikim and Guarani people and supporters occupied the Portocel port facilities used by the Aracruz Celulose wood pulp company at Aracruz, in Brazil’s Espirito Santo state. The protesters are demanding that the Brazilian government… Read moreBrazil: Guarani occupy port
Agents from the Haitian National Police (PNH) and soldiers from the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) carried out a huge joint operation in Port-au-Prince’s impoverished Cite Soleil neighborhood the night of Dec. 21-22. According to MINUSTAH spokesperson Sophie… Read moreHaiti: UN raids Cite Soleil —again
