May 19, 2008 - Some News, Views, and Info
Plans For New Coal Plants Under Fire In UK: Protesters are to launch one of the hardest-hitting environmental campaigns for more than a decade over plans to build a new generation of coal-fired power stations in the UK. (London Observer) May 18, 2008
I Give Up, Says Brazilian Minister Who Fought To Save The Rainforest: In a letter to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Ms Silva said that her efforts to protect the rainforest acknowledged as the "lungs of the planet" were being thwarted by powerful business lobbies. (The Independent UK) May 15, 2008
The Emergence of Real Trade Unionism in Wal-Mart Stores in China (China Labor News Translations) May 4, 2008
Comments on the Strike Movement in Egypt (International Socialist Review) May-June 2008
Women - The Guardians of Potato Biodiversity in Peru (Inter Press Service) May 16, 2008
Iraq Veterans Describe Atrocities to US Lawmakers (OneWorld.net) May 17, 2008
Santa Ana, California Labor Rally: HEY, ARNOLD! NO BUDGET CUTS! (Los Angeles Indymedia) May 15, 2008
Labels: Asia, Audio/Video, California, Capitalism, Ecology, Europe, Green, Imperialism, Indigenous, Labor, Latin America, Middle East, Veterans, Women
posted by tim @ Monday, May 19, 2008
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