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SF Protest Against Honduran Coup » People gathered outside the Honduran Consulate today in San Francisco to protest the illegal coup in Honduras and demand the reinstatement of President Manuel Zelaya. The action was in solidarity with the Global Day of Action for Honduras. August 11-Protesters gathered at 5 p.m. today in front of the Honduran Consulate to protest the coup that removed elected President Manual Zelaya, and called for an end to repression in Honduras and the return of Zelaya to office.
ROHR protest » A continuation of ROHR Zimbabwe demonstration held at the courts on 25 February 2009 to put pressure on the inclusive government to release journalists, human rights and political detainees who were victims of enforced disappearances in October - December 2008. ROHR Zimbabwe stands for restoration of Human Rights Zimbabwe, a human rights pressure group whose vision is to see a 'peaceful, just and free Zimbabwe that is conscious of and respects human' ROHR was founded in March 2007 and registere...
The next wave of health care sit-ins begins today » As the debate in Congress continues over health care reform, activists are continuing to put the pressure on. In a new article at The Nation, Peter Dreier writes that momentum for reform is growing, with groups like Health Care for America Now (HCAN) and MoveOn having organized hundreds of protests in front of insurance company offices around the country, at the homes of insurance company CEOs, and at the annual conference for America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) in Washington, D.C. over the ...
Students lose funding for backing MDC » JOHANNESBURG – Zimbabwean students studying at a South African university claim that Zimbabwe secret service agents are harassing and victimising students aligned to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC party.The students, who came to Fort Hare University (FHU) on a scholarship fund started by President Robert Mugabe a few years ago, claim that a number of them have been stripped of the scholarships because of their affiliation to the MDC, the former main opposition that formed a coalition gov...
Venezuela the most corrupt country in Latin America, TI says » Venezuela is one of the world's most corrupt countries and the worst in Latin America after being ranked 162nd. By contrast, Chile and Uruguay are considered role models, since both are ranked 25th, followed by Costa Rica (43rd) and Cuba (61st), according to the annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), released by Transparency International on Tuesday. New Zealand, Denmark and Singapore top the list of the most transparent countries in the world according to the report, which measures the perc...
Protest outside defence firm ends » Up to 70 protesters are blocked the entrance to Raytheon. A protest outside the Londonderry premises of US defence firm Raytheon has ended. Up to 70 people from the Derry Anti-War Coalition blocked workers from entering the building in Springtown on Friday morning. They were protesting against the Israeli offensive in Gaza.
Budget protest at UNLV » Hundreds of students from UNLV, the College of Southern Nevada and Nevada State College staged a rally yesterday in opposition to proposed cuts to higher education. The "Las Vegas Review-Journal" cites Nevada State College student body president Ryan Crowell as saying Governor Jim Gibbons has failed education and the state. Facing a financial crunch, Gibbons wants to slash 36-percent of the state budget for higher education. UNLV could take as much as a 52-percent hit. Duri...
Granville Nonviolent Action Team (GNAT) » Butner, N.C. — They banded together in the late ‘80s, fighting to keep a proposed incinerator from coming to Granville County. Now, that same group – the Granville Non-Violent Action Team, or GNAT – is reuniting with a similar goal. GNAT wants to stop a proposed bio-defense lab from coming to Butner.GNAT says it’s committed to its cause, but others in Granville say that getting the federal facility would be a "win-win." Edie McKellar is a veteran of the 1989 incinerator battle“It's a scary thing...
GUINEA: Youths on hunger strike for "dialogue", "justice" » DAKAR, 28 October 2009 (IRIN) - Youths in the Guinea capital Conakry went on hunger strike on 28 October - one month after the deadly military attack on civilians – to call for political dialogue, an end to violence and the arrest of those who attacked demonstrators. “No to violence, no to injustice and impunity, yes to national unity, yes to peace and social tranquillity” is written on a banner hanging outside the Dixinn Port youth centre, where some 30 people gathered for the five-day hunger s...
Moldova unrest: protests sweep Chisinau » Most of the protesters on the streets of Chisinau were students who say they see no future if Communists keep their hold on the ex-Soviet state of four million people.