PAKISTAN: One month after earthquake and 500,000 still without shelter
UN agencies and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have forecast a current shortfall of $42.4 million needed to carry out the most immediate life-saving activities during the month of November alone, without which many programmes will have to close. Funding is desperately needed for shelter, camp management, logistics and early recovery.
Communist Party of France: Statement about events in suburbs of major cities
Stigmatised, humiliated, discriminated, certain young people — a small number of them — have become hostages of this process of confrontation, in which they hope to be able to express their anger, their revolt and their despair...The Minister of the Interior’s policy, recycling the ideas of the extreme right, is more than a complete failure — it kindles all the tensions and produces results that are the strict opposite of those it claims to secure.
News on Cuba and Latin America
Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque said Tuesday´s vote at the 60th UN General Assembly against the US on the 45-year blockade of his country will be a sound and smashing victory for the Cubans.We expect this 14th consecutive vote will give a clear and determined sign in favor of the rights of the Cuban people(and more topics)
'ARISTIDE and the Endless Revolution' : Film Prem.,Thurs. Nov. 17 at Two Boots Theater 155 E.3rd(NY)
ARISTIDE and the Endless Revolution focuses on the complex period in Haiti’s history from the time when Aristide, a former parish priest, was removed from office with CIA support in 1999, up to the recent U.S. led coup d’etat in 2004 when he was once again deposed, and this time exiled to Pretoria, South Africa where he now remains.
The Summit That Lost Its Way
When the Summit conclud[ed] on Saturday, it is unlikely that any major new developments will be there to create headlines. No radical programs will be implemented, nor will major agreements be signed. It is possible that there will not even be any lofty proclamations.
Ethiopia-Eritrea: UN envoy urges restraint over border situation
Speaking in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, at the start of a two-day tour of the two nations, Kenzo Oshima said 'delicacy, skills and good judgment' were needed to try to resolve the situation. He was visiting the region following reports of military movements on both sides of the 1,000-km frontier, over which the two nations fought a two-and-a-half-year war that ended in 2000.
Protect Working Families’ Voice in California: Stop Proposition 75
Prop. 75 would unfairly restrict political involvement by teachers, nurses, firefighters and other public employees and their unions but would do nothing to limit big corporations, which regularly spend shareholder money on politics without permission. Corporations already outspend unions in national politics by a 24–1 margin.
‘Labor Laws No Longer Protect Workers’ Rights’
American workers’ freedom to form unions, which has enabled millions of employees to make family-supportive wages and benefits, is under attack by employers—and the nation’s labor laws are not protecting against employer intimidation and harassment, according to both Reagan- and Clinton-appointed members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
LIBERIA: Worries about turnout for presidential run-off
Almost 75 percent of the electorate voted in the first round on 11 October, but since then heavy rains have left more polling stations inaccessible, some people who trekked home to cast their ballot cannot afford to make a second journey, and others are no longer interested now that their candidate is not in the race.
Haiti -As Guerillas Strike and UN Troops Kill Again:Election Confusion Spreads
Doubts, delays, and disorganization still dog the elections which the illegal government and occupation forces are trying to hold. De facto Prime Minister Gérard Latortue reiterated last week that his government would step down on Feb. 7, 2006. “When we say that we will hold elections, we will hold them,” he declared
