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This space is dedicated to the proposition that we need to know the history of the struggles on the left and of earlier progressive movements here and world-wide. If we can learn from the mistakes made in the past (as well as what went right) we can move forward in the future to create a more just and equitable society. We will be reviewing books, CDs, and movies we believe everyone needs to read, hear and look at as well as making commentary from time to time. Greg Green, site manager
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~ Delivered this message at the UNAC Plenary Panel entitled "Endless Imperial War" on May 9 in New Jersey |
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“Will Ben & Jerry’s Help
Improve Conditions for Dairy Workers?”
Great new article in Civil Eats asks:
“A little Justice With Your Cherry Garcia?”
Worker-driven Social Responsibility — the market-based model for the enforceable protection of human rights in corporate supply chains at the heart of the CIW’s Fair Food Program — is a proven success. To quote an earlier post, entitled, “Worker-driven Social Responsibility (WSR): A new idea for a new century“: … The Fair Food Program has effected unprecedented change in Florida’s fields since it was implemented across 90% of the state’s tomato industry in 2011. It has eliminated or greatly reduced longstanding abuses from sexual harassment to modern-day slavery, added over $15 million [Update: now $17 million and counting] in Fair Food Premiums to farm payrolls, and earned the praise of human rights experts from the White House to the United Nations. It has been called “one of the great human rights success stories of our day” in the Washington Post and “the best workplace monitoring program… in the US” on the front page of the New York Times.President Clinton, on the occasion of the presentation of the 2014 Clinton Global Citizen Award to the CIW for “defending the human rights of farmworkers across the United States,” agreed, phrasing his opinion of the model in somewhat folksier language: “You’ve got a success model, and you ought to put the pedal to the metal.”Well, news came this week out of Vermont that an organization of dairy workers, Migrant Justice/Justicia Migrante, is doing just that. Calling on Ben & Jerry’s to “stand up for farmworkers’ rights in its supply chain,” Migrant Justice launched a campaign this month to demand that the iconic ice cream giant use its market power to support a new worker-driven social responsibility program they are calling “Milk with Dignity”... |
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International week of actions
to close detention centres
Dear
friends
We
hope you can join in these international actions and circulate this call to your
network.
SAVE
THE DATE: In London, the All African Women's Group and others are planning a
protest against detention on 15 June, 12- 2pm. More
details soon.
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International
week of actions
to
close detention centres
15
- 21 June 2015
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To
all organizations and collectives that are working for the closure of migrant
detention centres and against migration policies that criminalize migrants and
refugees:
The
Spanish CIE´s NO Campaign is made up of organizations,
collectives and individuals organized in different parts of Spain. The third
State-wide meeting celebrated in December 2013 brought together organizations
from the majority of Spanish territories with the aim of creating a common
agenda.
One
decision taken was to create an International CIE´s
¡NO! Campaign to further the work at European and World level and coordinate
actions around specific dates. Last year, 2014, were registered actions around
the 15J (Day Against Detention Centres) from Venice and Bologna (Italy), Tacoma
(Washington – USA), Bedfordshire and Oxford (UK), Corinth (Greece) and finally
from Ottawa (Canada).
From
the Spanish CIEs ¡NO! Campaign, we ask you to support 15-21J 2015 Week Against
Detention Centers (15 June, Day against Detention
Centers), a week of concerted actions to demand the
closure of the migrant detention centres.
Every
organization can choose an action or activity. 15J provides a good opportunity
to visualize our struggle, create links and to act in a coordinated
fashion.
Right
to migrate! Close Detention Centres!
End
to racist stop and search! No more deportations!
We
also invite your organization to the international meeting in Valencia in
October.
You
can send your proposed activity by e-mail to: carlossoledad@gmail.com
All
activities will be showcased at this website: https://15jdiacontraloscie.wordpress.com/
This
website also includes certain practical information to help organisations to
join “15J – Action Day Against Detention Centers”. We are currently translating the main
content into English.
Hope
to hear from you soon,
Carlos
Soledad
International
Group Spanish CIE´s NO Campaign
Skype:
carlossoledad
Phone/Whatsapp: +34 633 89 89
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