Videomensaje de l@s Zapatistas de San Marcos Avilés
Solidarity!
August 2012
No silver medal: Mexican farmers battle Canadian mine for control of their land
Civil disobedience has halted production at Mexico’s “top grade producer of silver.”
Marketing Consent: A Journey into the Public Relations Underside of Canada’s Mining Sector in Latin America
“…well outside of the headlines, another industry, one that purports to link Indigenous people internationally in order to benefit from resource extraction, has slowly taken off.”
Worldwide Echo in Support of the Zapatistas: Freedom and Justice for San Marcos Avilés and Sántiz López
Tuesday, August 28th, 7-9pm
Friends’ Meeting House – 4312 SE Stark St, Portland, OR
GM Workers Enter 4th Week on Hunger Strike with Growing International Support
Dozens of people protested in front of GM’s headquarters in Detroit last week, outraged at the company’s treatment of its Colombian workers.
‘Yo Soy 132’ Mexican student movement looks to the future
“It started out as an act of solidarity with the Ibero students, but it soon became about much more,”
FSRN Fired GM Workers in Colombia Stage Hunger Strike
English language explanation of hunger strike and injured workers, please SHARE!!! Explicando todo en ingles, compartelo!
U.S. Protests Tell GM to Resolve Colombian Hunger Strike
Student, community, and labor groups demonstrated outside GM corporate headquarters in Detroit and around the U.S. in support of Colombian hunger strikers who have sewed their lips closed in protest.
Belo Monte Dam Suspended by Brazilian Appeals Court
A group of judges from Brazil’s Regional Federal Tribunal (TRF1) upheld an earlier decision that declared the Brazilian Congress’s authorization of the project in 2005 to be illegal.
Unity in Community Land Liberation Following Arrest
Nearly 75 members of Portland’s Rapid Response Network (RRN) assembled outside Alicia Jackson’s home at noon today, within ten minutes of receiving a text message calling for their assistance.