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Tomato pickers in Immokalee, Florida are asking Publix Supermarkets for fair wages and to take a stand against slavery practices in the fields.

http://ciw-online.org

For 5 weeks in Haiti I have been aiding Father Bordeau, a catholic priest who cares for roughly 60 orphans in a rural area outside Port au Prince.  This is the first time I meet Father.

Please visit Sustainable Orphanages for Haitian Youth to help the Father help the children.

After massive budget cuts to education students and community members
decide to fight back against the layoffs, fee increases and lack of
transparency. Demonstrators marched 6 miles from UC Berkeley to Oakland
city hall demanding education reform and an end to cuts.

After the march a group of 200 or so held a dance party which turned into a march after police surrounded them on 3 sides. The group marched to UC President Mark Yudof's office before leading police on a wild goose chase through the Oakland streets. Eventually the group took over the 880 Freeway backing up traffic for hours. Even though commuters were delayed they cheered the protesters as after police beat them, arrested them and escorted them off of the freeway. 175 people were arrested. I happened to get away early after entering the freeway.

This playlist is an interview between WHYNotnews Kevin Berends in Washington, D.C. and Tyler Westbrook in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, recorded via telephone on March 4, 2010. Scroll through for all 4 videos.

Tyler has been in Haiti for a month and is currently aiding Father Bordeau, a catholic priest who cares for roughly 60 orphans in a rural area outside Port au Prince. While not nearly a decimated as Port au Prince, Croix-des-Bouquets is in dire need of food, shelter, clothing, and every necessity. Tyler describes his experiences, the challenges, and what everyday people can do to help.

Please visit:  Sustainable Orphanages for Haitian Youth

posted to commemorate the 6th annual Israeli Apartheid Week which runs from 1st to 7th of March 2010 and is a part of the Boycott Divest Sanction (BDS) movement _                     

for more information on the week's activities please visit                                    http://apartheidweek.org

this is a video about Dr. Aafia Siddiqui a victim of US policy of rendition who has become known internationally as Prisoner 650 _ Dr Siddiqui's family and her children are just some of the thousands of victims of neo-con foreign policy and the 'War on Terror'

the video was created by my friend Xalex who asked me to post it wherever i have an account _ again to spread the message far and wide and let people everywhere understand the grim reality behind the airbrushed mainstream media news.

Electricity is scarce & the internet, when available,
is slower than walking back to the states would be. 

I'll be getting some footage out eventually but for now here are some images of the disaster ravaged people & landscapes
of Haiti.

Check out Elaine Brower's YouTube Channel for some short raw video clips from our group.

Jean-Robert Lafortune, President of the Haitian-American Grassroots Coalition, provides an historical perspective on Haiti and discusses the present situation there. He points out that Haiti needs to be rebuilt by Haitians and comments on the so called "American interests" in Haiti.

2/6/10  Download  58 min.

Bruce Gagnon is the founder and director of the Global Network Against Nuclear Power and Weapons in Space. On this subject he states: "Star Wars is back and it's worse that ever. The Bush Administration is pushing to make space into an arena of war and the frontier for future multi-planetary corporations. National Missile Defense is a misnomer. The U.S. proposal is a provacative, aggressive program aimed at weaponizing space and dominating the world below."