Month: June 2012

http://tinyurl.com/cdpc43p Workers at the Palermo’s Pizza plant have been on strike since June 1st, after the company threatened them with termination simply for trying to unionize to receive better working conditions. You can find more info here: http://www.theuptake.org/2012/06/10/records-show-palermos-strikers-safety-concerns-are-real/ And you can keep updated with the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/boycottpalermos Please show support by joining them this […]

New motion in favor of Rene Gonzalez filed: He offers to renounce his U.S. Citizenship to return to Cuba. UN Rapporteur concerned about process against Cuban 5 & More updates at: http://www.thecuban5.org/wordpress/index.php ###

http://tinyurl.com/7hoyn4z Ms. Miriam Miranda is a founder of the Observatory of the Human Rights of Indigenous and Black Peoples of Honduras (ODHPINH) and the General Coordinator of the Fraternal Black Organization of Honduras (OFRANEH), a federation of the Garifuna communities of Honduras. In this capacity Ms. Miranda has participated in the United Nations Permanent Forum […]

From the International Action Center: http://www.iacenter.org/nafricamideast/syria/ ###

Here are things you can do to help the striking workers immediately: – Donate to the strike fund: https://www.wepay.com/donations/170361 – Sign & share the petition: http://signon.org/sign/tell-palermos-pizza-stop.fb10?source=s.fb&r_by=2739117 – Join the picket line at 3310 W. Canal Street in Miwaukee! Bring supplies (food, water, umbrellas for the sun, signs, music, etc) – Join the official Strike Facebook page, “Support Striking […]

THURS ►JUNE 28 @ 4 PM TIMES SQUARE Protest Against the U.S. Backed Coup  in Paraguay! D E M A N D : Solidarity with The People of Latin America and the Caribbean! Reinstall President Lugo to the Presidency Now! Commemorate the Resistance in Honduras against the Coup Against President Zelaya! No U.S. War in Syria! […]

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/727/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=10980 ###