Solidarity
Thousands protest Gaza assault in Lebanon
Submitted by pirate on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 10:50.
Dec. 29, 2008
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP)– Tens of thousands of Lebanese Hezbollah supporters stood under pouring rain Monday to protest Israel's air assault on the Gaza Strip, which entered its third day.
The demonstrators thronged a huge square and nearby streets in the militant group's stronghold south of Beirut, carrying Palestinian, Lebanese and yellow Hezbollah flags and banners supporting the Palestinian people. read more »
Economic Democracy/Equity/Sustainability/Planning
Submitted by Mike Morin on Sat, 12/27/2008 - 22:20.Planning and Economic Transition
We are facing dire prospects for people and the planet earth.
I suggest the best way to transition to a peaceful, equitable, sustainable world is to reform financial systems and to implement an ecological economic plan that is locally based and promotes inter-community, inter-regional, and world-wide cooperation. read more »
international action against state murders Dec. 20, 2008
Submitted by pirate on Sun, 12/14/2008 - 15:28.
“We don’t forget, we don’t’forgive” – day of international action against state murders, 20 – 12 - 2008 read more »
Greek-inspired protests spread across Europe
Submitted by pirate on Thu, 12/11/2008 - 22:00.
occupiedlondon.org Dec. 12, 2008
Friends call from abroad. “Is it over?” we can only laugh at that idea - What do you mean, is it over? It’s just about to start. Some comrades come back to the Athens School of Economics (our base), carrying incredible stories from the occupation of the town hall of the read more »
Support the Eco-Prisoners (December 2008)
Submitted by pirate on Thu, 12/04/2008 - 20:29.Spirit of Freedom(December 2008)Produced by EARTH LIBERATION PRISONERS SUPPORT NETWORK
"The whole experience has been tough, but all the kind and strengthening words and wise thoughts from strangers made it much easier!" (Former Swedish Animal Rights Prisoner)
Welcome to the December 2008 edition of Spirit of Freedom. Over the past month there has been a lot of activity for the international prisoner support movement. The good news is the two Spanish eco-activists who were jailed for targeting a bank which funded ecologically destructive activity have been released from prison. Also the three international animal rights activists who were jailed in Sweden have all been released from prison. For read more »
Honduras News in Review—Nov. 15-30, 2008
Submitted by rick on Thu, 12/04/2008 - 13:59.
1. Multiple politicians killed in lead-up to primary elections
2. Lucrative kidnapping wave continues unabated
3. Women’s groups launch gender-violence awareness campaign as murder rates remain high
4. Zelaya seeks to regulate media
5. Government allegedly hides poverty rates for political motives
6. Crucial transparency law component still awaits passage
7. Other news in brief…
1. Multiple politicians killed in lead-up to primary elections read more »
Support the Eco-Prisoners (November 2008)
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 11/04/2008 - 16:16.
Spirit of Freedom
(November 2008)
Produced by EARTH LIBERATION PRISONERS SUPPORT NETWORK
"The whole experience has been tough, but all the kind and strengthening
words and wise thoughts from strangers made it much easier!"
(Former Swedish Animal Rights Prisoner)
Welcome to the November 2008 edition of Spirit of Freedom. Literally as we
go to print news is coming in that the American ELF prisoner, Daniel
McGowan, is being transferred to yet another prison. Constantly moving is
very disruptive for a prisoner. It breaks bonds that you make with other
prisoners. It disrupts your prisoner support network. It delays your
letters of support and above all each move fills you with uncertainty as you read more »
Inmates in Greek prisons refusing meals to protest overcrowding
Submitted by pirate on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 13:46.By The Associated Press Nov. 3, 2008
ATHENS, Greece - Thousands of inmates in Greek jails are refusing prison meals to protest overcrowding.
A prison rights group says more than half of the prisoners at 21 of the
country's 24 penitentiaries are refusing meals. The protest started
Monday to demand better detention conditions and less stringent rules
on early release.
Inmates are still eating food brought by their relatives. But,
Ioanna Drosou, a spokeswoman for Initiative for Prisoners' Rights, says
some prisoners are planning to launch full hunger strikes in the next
few days.
Drosou says some 13,000 prisoners are crammed into jails built for 7,500, with a further 5,000 in police detention cells. read more »
Solidarity with Paraguayan farmers attacked by soja paramilitaries
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 10/28/2008 - 12:04.Oct 28, 2008
Received this urgent request from a PGA comrade working in Paraguay
against the violent invasion by "bio-fuel"and agribusiness soja. Even
just an e-mail campaign can help, especially with the new governement
there.
Obviously, if some places could do more than that...
O. SOLIDARITY ACTION TO STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST PEASANT COMMUNITIES IN PARAGUAY
Peasant organisations are resisting against the beginning of the GM
soya season all over the country of Paraguay. They demand access to
land, land reform and the stop of the pesticide spraying which
impacts on their communities. Despite the new government, many camps
have been evicted and violence has taken place: 2 leaders have been read more »
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