Mr. Laibar Singh was not deported on December 9th as was threatened by the Canadian Border Services Agency. He remains in sanctuary in Guru Nanak Sikh Temple in Surrey.

A second article has been added with a link to Aaron Lakoff's audio interview with Mariana Payet of No One Is Illegal - Vancouver.

The Associated Press | Dec. 16, 2007

NEW DELHI - Nearly 300 communist prisoners escaped in a daring jailbreak amid a hail of gunfire Sunday in restive eastern India, police said.

Jeff Lee, Vancouver Sun | Monday, December 10, 2007

METRO VANCOUVER - An attempt to deport a paralysed man [Laibar Singh] back to India on International Human Rights Day fell apart after a grass-roots protest at Vancouver International Airport Monday literally halted traffic and prevented border and immigration agents from taking custody of him.

Child workers, some as young as 10, have been found working in a textile factory in conditions close to slavery to produce clothes that appear destined for Gap Kids, one of the most successful arms of the high street giant.

Oct 27, 2007 | by Michael Parenti

[...] Mother Teresa, the Roman Catholic nun of Albanian origin [...] had been wined and dined by the world's rich and famous while hailed as a champion of the poor. The darling of the corporate media and western officialdom, and an object of celebrity adoration, Teresa was for many years the most revered woman on earth, showered with kudos and awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work and spiritual inspiration.

Sunera Thobani and Harsha Walia talk about the "War on Terror" and its impact at home and globally. These talks were video recorded at SFU Harbour Centre on Sept. 11, 2007.

Namita Kohli, Hindustan Times

It’s a two-way street: of greed and need. When traffic flows, at the dead end are unsuspecting people, bartered every day in a consumerist society. As the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) identifies India as a top source, transit and destination country for human trafficking, the spotlight is, yet again, on the issue and its million victims.

By Pablo Ouziel | October 2, 2007 | Consortium News

October 2nd marks the birth anniversary of human rights activist Mahatma Gandhi, and for the first time, the United Nations is officially proclaiming this day to be the International Day of Non-violence.

I wonder what it means to have an International Non-violence Day. Does it mean that American soldiers, UN 'peacekeepers', NATO Forces, the Israeli military and Blackwater USA will put down their weapons for the day and reflect on the horrors that they are committing in the vague name of an international “war on terror”?

The Coca-Cola company has been charged with illegally seizing lands communally owned by small farmers and indiscriminately dumping sludge and other industrial hazardous waste onto the surrounding community...The San Francisco-based India Resource Center...further charged Coca-Cola with releasing untreated wastewater into surrounding agricultural fields and a canal that feeds into the Ganges River in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

A protest against Canada's continued export of asbestos will be held at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, 6th and Pennsylvania Avenue, on Workers' Memorial Day, Saturday, April 28, 2007, at 2 PM. April 28th is the international day of action on work-related injuries and deaths.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 125 million people throughout the world are exposed to asbestos in the course of their work, while an estimated 100,000 die each year from asbestos-related diseases. Despite international efforts to block Canada's export of asbestos, the Canadian federal government continues to defend the economic interests of the asbestos industry. Virtually all of Canada's asbestos is exported to developing countries, led by India, Indonesia, and Thailand.

Be it Right or Left, it is becoming increasingly clear that Governments across the world are eager to get in bed with the corporations. The message is clear in West Bengal [India]: Economic development will be pursued at any human cost. Protesters will be brutally dealt with and killed if required...How can [the Communist Party of India (Marxist)] reconcile its conflicting history of admirable land reforms in West Bengal with the recent brutal repression of farmers in its desperate bid of industrialization?

It's 6 a.m. when we accompany the women from their homes to the railway station. Most have been up two hours already. "I've finished the cooking, washing, sweeping and cleaning," says Buribai cheerfully. "So now we can talk." No other member of her household is awake when we arrive. "Poor things," she says, "they're tired out." Isn't Buribai tired out, too? "Yes, but what to do? We have no options."

I should like to trace the paradoxical discourse not only of the western doctrines, but also of Middle-Eastern contexts, to show the contrary relations between dominant readings/interpretations and the volition and power which resistance and refusal can garner for its benefit. I will shortly speak about the Shari-ah. The Shari’ah is the body of Islamic law that was developed by religious scholars (Ulama’s) after the death of the Prophet Muhammad.

Trivandrum, India (August 9, 2006): The state government of Kerala in south India has banned the production and sale of Coca-Cola and Pepsi in the state. The companies will be asked to close their operations entirely.

Chief Minister V. S. Achuthanandan stated today that the ban was being imposed because of the health hazards posed by Coca-Cola and Pepsi.

Coca-Cola is one of the most recognizable brands in the world. The company claims to adhere to the "highest ethical standards" and to be "an outstanding corporate citizen in every community we serve". Yet Coca-Cola's activities around the world tell a different story.