WHERE : In front of Shramshakti Bhawan, near Constitution Club lawn. WHEN : 4.00 P.M. on 24.05.2013 Activists of worker’s movement, revolutionary & progressive organizations, trade union movement and civil rights organization have jointly given a call for Gherao of Central Labor ministry office situated at Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg New Delhi in solidarity […]
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Delhi – Joint demonstration against attack on May 19 protest of Maruti workers, May 24
On 19th May, around 1500 people had come from different parts of Haryana and adjoining places to Kaithal to extend solidarity to the workers of Maruti who have been sitting on an indefinite dharna since 24th March, 2013. A curfew was enforced in Kaithal from the previous evening in order to stop this mass dharna […]
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Delhi – Joint Protest Against State Repression on Anti-POSCO People’s Movement, May 24
WHERE : Odisha Bhawan, 1 Niti Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi WHEN : 11 am, 24th May (Friday), 2013 In the continuum of brutal attacks on the struggle against forcible land acquisition for a POSCO steel plant in Odisha, the most recent case of repression has been the unlawful arrest of POSCO Pratirodh Samgram Samiti (PPSS) […]
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A Glance at the Workers of the Brick Kilns
by Sunil Many stories lie buried inside the kiln. When industries come to a place, they bring roads and markets along for transportation of goods. There exists one industry, where in the name of roads, there is an alley and a market which is 3-4 kilometers away. These are the markets where the workers go […]
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MP – Thousands of Adivasis protest against a law breaking district administration in Barwani
Adivasis issue notice to Chief Minister demanding reasons for supporting terror and intimidation by pubic representatives and corrupt district administration, and quashing of false cases against Madhuri and others. On the 21st of May 2013, thousands of adivasi women and men from different villages of Barwani district gathered at the district headquarters and took out […]
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Wales: First raising of the Red Flag on Hirwaun Common : Remember the Merthyr massacre in 1831 – Great Unrest Group Commemoration 1-2-3 June 2013
If you would like to express your solidarity with Great Unrest Group for a Welsh Socialist Republican Party on our ceremonial raising of the Red Flag on June 1st 2013 at Hirwaun in memory of the first raising of the Red Flag on Hirwaun Common in 1831 during the Merthyr Rising send us a solidarity message at
greatunrest2012@gmail.com.
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May 21 : Bangladeshi Police Attack Garment Workers’ Protest
http://www.countercurrents.org/ratnayake210513.htm Bangladeshi Police Attack Garment Workers’ Protest By K. Ratnayake 21 May, 2013 WSWS.org Police fired rubber bullets on tens of thousands of protesting Bangladeshi garment workers in the Ashulia industrial belt near Dhaka yesterday, injuring at least fifty. Workers were protesting to demand higher wages and safe working conditions. They were also demanding the […]
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Hyderabad – Report on public meeting of the brick kiln workers’ movement
Solidarity Committee of the Rangareddy Brick kiln Workers’ Union organised a public meeting of the Brick-kiln Workers’ Movement.on 19th May 2013 at Dundigal village bus stop, Qutbullahpur mandal, Rangareddy dist. The speakers included S.L. Padma (IFTU), Vengal Reddy (Commitment), V. Praveen (IFTU), A. Krishna (Prayas), Shantilal (Activist, Brick kiln workers movements in Rajasthan and Gujarat), […]
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May 21 : Protest against arrest of sacked Maruti workers
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/protest-against-arrest-of-sacked-maruti-workers/article4732297.ece Protest against arrest of sacked Maruti workers Staff Reporter Several students and faculty members of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi University and Jamia Millia Islamia staged a demonstration outside Haryana Bhawan here on Sunday to protest against the arrest of sacked Maruti workers in Kaithal. The Maruti workers, who were holding a peaceful sit-in at […]
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Free the Cuban Five!
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Committee to Stop FBI Repression
Many of the U.S. government’s recent campaigns of repression, including the September 2010 FBI raids, grand jury subpoenas, and ongoing investigation of anti-war and international solidarity activists known as the Anti-War 23, have been pursued under the guise of investigating “material support of terrorism.” The bankruptcy of this rationale is revealed when we look to another ongoing case of political repression by the U.S. government – this time attacking individuals who were actively working to prevent terrorist attacks – the Cuban 5. The FBI targeted these five men because they were monitoring terrorist groups that the U.S. government supports. They were working to defend the country of Cuba from terrorist attacks.
Since the victory of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, Cuba has been the target of more terrorist attacks than any other country in the world. 3,478 Cuban citizens have been killed in these attacks and 2,099 have been injured. The overwhelming majority of the attacks originated in southern Florida. The attacks were launched by groups who have been sheltered and in some cases financed by the U.S. government. Gerardo Hernandez, Ramón Labañino, Fernando Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero and René Gonzalez, now collectively known as the Cuban Five, were working to monitor the groups who have led and threatened these terrorist attacks. Their work to prevent further acts of terror from being unleashed on the Cuban people led to their arrest by FBI agents in Miami in September 1998.
The U.S. government has kept the Cuban Five imprisoned since September 12, 1998, convicted of “conspiracy to commit espionage.” There is no evidence, nor is there even an accusation, that these men engaged in any actual acts of espionage. They did nothing wrong – they only worked to defend Cuban sovereignty and defend the Cuban people from attacks. Their case has garnered international attention, including from a United Nations working group, which found that the imprisonment of the Five was a case of arbitrary detention and is in violation of Article 14 of the International Convention on Civil and Political Liberties.
The real reason for the imprisonment of the Cuban Five has nothing to do with espionage, just as the more recent acts of repression against international solidarity activists have nothing to do with combating terrorism. These are acts of political repression, plain and simple. Whether for defending Cuban sovereignty and the Cuban people, or for supporting people resisting U.S. wars and occupations in other parts of the world, the Cuban Five and the Anti-War 23 were all targeted for their opposition to the foreign policy aims of the U.S. government.
The Committee to Stop FBI Repression stands in solidarity with the Cuban Five and condemns the ongoing repression against these heroes of the Cuban people. We call for the immediate release of the four of the Cuban Five who remain imprisoned. Defending the Cuban people is not a crime!
Take action for the Cuban 5!
Join the week of action for the Cuban 5 in Washington D.C. from May 30 – June 5, 2013. There will be rally in front of the White House on Saturday, June 1st at 1:00 p.m. Info on the week of actions here: http://www.thecuban5.org/wordpress/2013/01/04/save-the-dates-5-days-for-…
* One of the five, René Gonzalez, was released from prison on October 7, 2011 but was forced to stay in Southern Florida on probation. He finally won the freedom to return home to Cuba earlier this month.