New Zealand: SuperSizeMyPay.Com campaign
Over 1,000 fast food workers and their supporters filled the Auckland Town Hall on February 12, to give added impetus to the campaign and to other low paid workers campaigns.
Egypt: Social programs bolster appeal of Muslim Brotherhood
The Muslim Brotherhood was officially banned in the mid-1950s...In the 1970s, however, the group officially renounced violence...It did not support the passage of legislation aimed at bolstering the legal status of women.
Nigeria: Dozens dead as sectarian violence continues in southern city
Nigeria's more than 126 million people are roughly divided between a mainly Muslim north and a south populated largely by Christians and followers of other traditional faiths.
Mine Deaths: The Face of American Tragedy
Miners who have worked at union and nonunion mines—took part in a special coal mine safety forum organized by Rep. George Miller (Calif.)... after Republican leaders refused to schedule a hearing on the recent rash of mine deaths while they were still in the headlines.
Check Your Conscience at the Door: We're Building an Empire
My strong support of universal human rights and dignity, social justice, equality, peace, and protection of the environment has led me to dissent vehemently against the American Empire.
Women Mariners Take on the Sea and Myths
'Shipping Out: The Story of America's Seafaring Women' is a comprehensive, spirited look at the women of today who sail the seas for a living.
Plane Thinking
The multi-billion dollar Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) project has only two clear beneficiaries: the Bush administration and Lockheed Martin.
A Movement to End Militarism: Reflections from Project YANO
The Project on Youth and Non-military Opportunities (Project YANO) has been doing counter-recruitment for over two decades in the San Diego community.
Electoral coup in Palestine
There is no doubt that the recent legislative council elections in Palestine were an electoral coup.
THE BAMAKO APPEAL
The experience of more than five years of global gatherings of those people and organizations opposing neo-liberalism has led to the creation of a new collective conscience.
