FTUB unlawfully detained, likely tortured On April 1, 2009, five members of the Federation Trade Unions Burma (FTUB) were arrested in their homes in Rangoon after returning from border areas where they had participated as delegates in the 1st National Congress of FTUB. The five members are likely being held […]
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New research by Oxfam International uncovers a hidden aspect of the global economic crisis – its impact on women workers in developing countries. Preliminary findings from Oxfam’s research with women in global supply chains shows that the crisis is having a devastating impact on their livelihoods, their rights, and their […]
Salt of the Earth: An inspirational movie classic with lessons for tough times Saturday 2 May, 6:30 pm Solidarity Salon, 580 Sydney Road, Brunswick This film tells the story of the Empire Zinc mine strike — one of the most dramatic international union struggles of the McCarthy years. The strike, […]
The “International commission of inquiry of the democratic and labour movement against repression in China” greets Yao Fuxin, workers’ delegate who was discharged from Lingyuan Prison N° 2 (Liaoning province) on March 16th, 2009, after staying the full duration of the prison term he had been disgracefully sentenced to: a […]
No to the State of Emergency! No to the Military Crack-down! Return Thailand to Democracy Now ! Giles Ji Ungpakorn and Watana Ebbage, on behalf of Thai Red U.K. Thai Red U.K., the association of Redshirts in Britain, condemns the declaration of a State of Emergency by the illegitimate government […]
International Workers Memorial Day Rally Rally 10 am, Trades Hall, Lygon St Carlton South Eleven Victorian workers have already died at work in 2009. It is expected that many more workers will be injured or made ill from their work before this year is through. Every year more […]
Mansour Osanloo believes that Tehran’s bus drivers deserve a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work. For that he has been thrown in prison for five years. Please join us and hundreds of thousands of other people worldwide today who are trying to help Mansour Osanloo, an ex-bus driver […]
Free Dr Binayak Sen Dr Binayak Sen is a very well known human rights activists in India. He has been jailed by the right wing government in the Indian States of Chhatisgarh since 14 May 2007. There is a protest movement in India and worldwide for his release. On […]
Stop Sri Lanka’s Genocide of the Tamil People: Hear Tamil women speak Radical Women Public Meeting Thursday 23 April, 7:00 pm Since January 2009, more than 2,000 Tamils have been killed and 7,000 wounded by Sri Lankan troops. More than 200,000 are trapped inside a barren and shadeless 12-kilometre strip […]