The Call for a National Plan of Action on Racial Justice is also a Call to Build a Movement, by Board Chair Ajamu Baraka

by Janvieve on May 9, 2012

The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement recently called on the Obama administration to commit to the development of a national plan of action on racial justice, in light of the Trayvon Martin case. This is an important and necessary call, and an example of how to use human rights processes and discourse to demand accountability for human rights violations.  Read More

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Reflexiones de Fidel Castro: Dormir con los ojos abiertos

by saltenor on April 17, 2012

TELESUR–En su columna el comandante Fidel Castro hace referencia a la VI Cumbre de las Américas celebrada este fin de semana en Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, cuyas imágenes “debieran conservarse bien, como ejemplo de un desastre”.

Fidel Castro sostiene que “el sistema impuesto por el imperialismo en este hemisferio está agotado y no puede sostenerse”.

Cuestiona el discurso y actitud del presidente de EE.UU Barack Obama en la “cumbre irreal” y destaca que las empresas estadounidenses y sus soldados “debieran abandonar las bases militares y retirar sus tropas de todos y cada uno de nuestros territorios; renunciar al intercambio desigual y el saqueo de nuestras naciones”. [click to continue…]

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Free Trade and Labor Rights in Colombia

April 17, 2012

UPSIDEDOWNWORLD–Rodolfo Vecino has a death sentence on his head. He has been told he will be kidnapped, tortured and his family will be murdered. Already this year one of Vecino’s colleagues has been killed – in January, Mauricio Arrendondo and his wife Janeth were gunned down in front of their children. Vecino is the president [...]

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Controversy Abounds in Haitian Reconstruction Investigations

April 9, 2012

NACLA–With the release of two separate investigations this week, it is becoming increasingly clear why the reconstruction has failed the Haitian people on such a massive scale—it is lucrative business opportunity first, with the humanitarian priorities coming in at a distant second. On March 30, the Washington-based Center for Economic and Policy Research’s (CEPR) Haiti [...]

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