Iraqi oil Minister transfers union activists

Syndicated from Libcom on Fri, 2008-06-06

The Iraqi Oil minister, Hussein Al-Shahirstani, had ordered the transfer of 8 Oil Union activists.

They used to work at the Oil refineries in the south. This act represents the minister's anti-union policy, and lack of respect for Unions and Unions' activists in the Oil sector.

Barricades against open garbage-dump in south Corfu end in clashes with riot police

Syndicated from Libcom on Fri, 2008-06-06

The residents of Lefkimi in the south of Corfu are opposed to the construction of an Open Garbage-Dump (XYTA) near their town. The residents claimed that their marginalised, underdeveloped area known for its left-wing tradition and defience was being used as a refuse for the tourist-industry produced garbage of the north.

UN clears cluster bombs from areas of south Lebanon

Syndicated from Tadamon on Thu, 2008-06-05

June 2008: AFP.

Photo: Qana Memorial, Southern Lebanon.

Tyre, Lebanon (AFP): Almost half of the areas in southern Lebanon contaminated with cluster bombs dropped by Israel in 2006 have been cleared, a UN official said on Wednesday.
“Forty three percent of the areas affected by the cluster bombs dropped during the July 2006 war have been cleared”, UN [...]

Pas de jeux olympiques sur les terres autochtones volées!

Syndicated from CMAQ on Sat, 2008-05-31

Twenty New York IWW members fired

Syndicated from Libcom on Thu, 2008-05-29

May 28, 2008

Flaum Appetizing, a kosher food distributor, terminated 20 IWW members last week. The IWW had a strong presence at Flaum, with about two-thirds of the warehouse being union members. Workers had been struggling for respect from the boss for almost a year before the firings occurred.

Egypt cracks down post-strike

Syndicated from Libcom on Thu, 2008-05-22

Following a period of upheavals in Egypt, the state is attempting to reassert control with a series of measures aimed at curbing both the labour movement and the Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s largest radical Islamic group.

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Lebanon: Qatar Negotiations | U.S. on Hezbollah

Syndicated from Tadamon on Tue, 2008-05-20

Broadcasts from Beirut IV: An interview with journalist Anthony Shadid.

Photo: Lebanese soldiers patrol Beirut.

A Tadamon! interview project aiming to highlight progressive voices from the ground in Lebanon on the ongoing conflict, voices independent from major political parties…

South Africa: Gangster landlord continues campaign of intimidation with police support

Syndicated from Libcom on Tue, 2008-05-13

[i]London anarchist, Antonios Vradis lived in the community for a while in late 2006 from and it was here that the anarchist magazine Voices of Resistance from Occupied London was conceived.

Lebanon: Beirut in Crisis

Syndicated from Tadamon on Fri, 2008-05-09

Interview with activist and publisher Samah Idriss in Beirut, Lebanon.

Photo: Lebanese gunman in Beirut.

À boutte de la misère, les assistés sociaux manifestent !

Syndicated from CMAQ on Wed, 2008-05-07

Event to mark second anniversary of repression against San Salvador Atenco, Mexico

Syndicated from Libcom on Mon, 2008-05-05

Atenco, 3rd of May 2008

From 10:00 a.m. there took place in Atenco an action in memory of those fallen on the 3rd of May 2006 as a result of the repression of the community meted out by Governor Peña Nieto and then-President Vicente Fox. The event began with an offering to Alexis Benhumea and Francisco Javier Cortes, on the Lechería -Texcoco Highway, the main entrance to Atenco.

Récit au « je » d’une répression policière ordinaire

Syndicated from CMAQ on Fri, 2008-05-02

Mayday march attacked by police in Istanbul

Syndicated from Libcom on Fri, 2008-05-02

Fearing workers insistence on celebrating Labor Day, police started its attacks early in the morning. At 6:30AM, the police attacked workers gathering in front of DISK (Progressive Labor Union’s Confederation). Police used tanks and pepper gas against the workers waiting peacefully in front of their unions.

Montréal: la police attaque la manifestation anticapitaliste du 1er mai

Syndicated from CMAQ on Fri, 2008-05-02