[Onthebarricades] On the Barricades part 3 (Pacific, Caribbean, Africa, S.America, Central America)
Andy Robinson
ldxar1 at tesco.net
Tue Jan 25 13:55:52 PST 2005
INDONESIA:
Women´s Day observed after year of violence
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, Bandung/Semarang/Makassar
[23 December 004]
Rallies demanding gender equality and an end to violence against women marked the commemoration of Women´s Day across the nation on Wednesday. In its statement to mark the national day, Jakarta-based Mitra Perempuan women´s crisis center said that this year it recorded more cases of violence against women than the previous years. To make it worse, most of the cases of violence against women were perpetrated by husbands or partners. Since January the crisis center has received reports of 329 cases of
violence against women, 81.82 percent of them were filed against husbands. Rita Serena Kolibonso, the director of the crisis center, said the nongovernmental organization´s next activities would focus on protection of victims. She also underlined the need for intensive efforts to disseminate information on regulations that should protect women from acts of violence. Following mounting public pressure on the legislature and the government, the House of Representatives endorsed this year the domestic violence bill. Former president Megawati Soekarnoputri enacted the law. Rallies took place in Jakarta, Bandung (West Java), Semarang (Central Java), Makassar (South Sulawesi) and some other towns across the country. Those who took to streets in Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang and Makassar were members of the Indonesian Hizbut Tahrir Muslim group. They demanded that the government pay more attention to the efforts to improve the quality of women. "The role of women in the country has not reached the maximum level.
Indeed, women are marginalized in the country," said Ratih, one of the protesters in Bandung. She expressed concern of the public´s unawareness of the role of housewives, which she said had led to the decreasing quality of the Indonesian human resources. In its latest human development index report, the United Nations Development Program placed Indonesia 110th out of 173 countries surveyed. In Semarang, around 50 mothers staged a rally, demanding termination of violence against women. They also urged television channels to stop programs they considered obscene, which they said would lead to moral decadence. The mothers marched from Baiturrahman Mosque to the provincial legislature building. In Makassar, women´s activists rallied outside the provincial legislature and near the gate of the Reformasi tollroad. Students from the Islamic Students Association (HMI) joined the rally. They presented flowers to motorists and public transportation passengers during the rally. In Jakarta, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono observed Women´s Day at the State Palace, reiterating his objection to TV programs that frequently displayed women´s navels.
TITLE: Workers at 13 airport plan massive strike on January 21
SOURCE: Jakarta Post - January 14, 2005
Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta -- Airport workers in 13 cities are threatening to strike over the upcoming long weekend in protest against the government's attempt to take over the
management of their old-age pension fund. State airport operator PT Angkasa Pura I labor union chairwoman Ice Yulinar told The Jakarta Post on Thursday that the
workers had agreed to stage a massive protest from January 18 to January 20 before going on strike on January 21. They will abort the plan to strike if the government drops its intention to take over the fund's management as workers fear abuses. "We had originally planned to strike on Tuesday, but we canceled due to the natural disaster in Aceh. We only want the government to stop its intervention," she said. On January 21, all air traffic controllers at the 13 airports will notify all airplanes that they will not be able land or take off from the airports. Should that happen, airline companies may suffer
billions of rupiah in losses as there will be no flights to the 13 destinations -- which include resort island Bali and tourist destinations Yogyakarta and Mataram on Lombok island-- while Indonesians celebrate Idul Adha (Islamic Day of Sacrifice) holiday on January 21. Angkasa Pura workers have protested since the middle of last year when the company's new management and a number of officials from the Office of the State Minister of State Enterprises planned to transfer the workers' old-age pension fund - payments for which are deducted from employees' monthly salaries - from the worker's foundation to a private insurance firm. The workers are concerned that the management and officials may embezzle the funds during the transfer due to the alluring amount of Rp 100 billion (US$11.1 million). They also argued that the insurance firm had asked for a high fee to manage the funds, reaching 30 percent of the total funds managed, thus reducing the amount of proceeds to be received by the workers. Ice said the workers had discussed the problem with Ferdinand Nainggolan, deputy state minister of state enterprises for logistics and tourism, and his assistant Bonar Manurung, but to no avail. Both officials insisted that the workers accept the plan. Neither Ferdinand nor Bonar could be reached for comment. "There is no problem with the workers. It is the
government officials and the management who have exacerbated the case. We are right to be suspicious of their plan since they keep trying to force the workers to accept it," said Ice. She was hopeful that State Minister of State Enterprises Sugiharto would be willing to help settle the problem.
TITLE: Workers threaten strike if government hands company to Cemex
SOURCE: Jakarta Post - January 14, 2005
Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta -- The labor union of state-controlled cement producer PT Semen Gresik (SG) will launch a massive strike if the government decides to hand over the company's Tuban, Java plants to Mexican cement giant Cemex SA. The decision is one of six options being discussed by the government to solve the ongoing contract dispute with the Mexican company over its investment in SG. The labor union assembly chairman Zubeir Halim said the strike had already been planned because the workers fear that "foreigners would dominate the cement market in Java, Bali and Kalimantan", giving them the power to control the price of the commodity. "The Tuban plants supply 80 percent of market demand in Java, Bali and Kalimantan. We just can't stand to lose
them," he told the House of Representatives' Commission VI for
industry and trade on Thursday.
The hearing was also attended by SG's management team and a number of noted councillors from Gresik and Tuban, as well as local clerics and other prominent figures. Zubeir said future cement price could easily escalate as the government could no longer use Gresik to balance pressure for price increases launched by other cement firms already controlled by foreigners. Tuban councillor Nur Aziz claimed the residents in his district would also support and get involved in the protesting, unless the government dropped the option to sell the Tuban plants to Cemex. "Tuban and Gresik councillors will also support the strike. If the government finally decides to sell the Tuban plants to Cemex, we will 'disturb' the operation of the company by all means," he warned. The Gresik, East Java-based SG has three cement plants in Tuban, east of Surabaya, with an installed capacity of 7.5 million tons per year. SG plants in Gresik can no longer produce cement due to raw material shortages. Sources at the Office of the State Minister of State Enterprises revealed that the option to buy the Tuban plants would likely be agreed upon by Cemex to settle its investment dispute with the government. Despite possible asset losses, the government will still be able to retain majority control in SG, with the proceeds from selling the plants used to establish new cement plants in East Java. However, SG marketing director Hasan Baraja reminded the hearing that setting up and operating a new cement plant would not be easy as it would take years for completion and eventual revenues. "The option to sell the Tuban plants is not strategic and will cause long-term problems for SG's business," said Hasan. The Cemex dispute emerged after the management of Gresik's subsidiary PT Semen Padang and local politicians opposed an option that allows Cemex to increase its shares in Gresik to a majority stake as stipulated by a legal investment contract in 1998. Cemex took the case to the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), demanding the Indonesian government to pay damages for not upholding its contractual obligations. However, Cemex agreed to postpone the hearing at ICSID earlier this week, pending the completion of out-of-court settlement negotiations. Elsewhere, SG independent commissioner Tjuk Sukiadi, demanded that SG management and the government be transparent on the options being offered in the negotiations to prevent any irregularities in the deal. "We are suspicious that there is something "fishy" going on in the negotiations between the government and Cemex due to the lack of transparency during the process. We must be allowed to monitor them to prevent state losses," said Tjuk. SG shares ended lower by Rp 1,500 to Rp 17,750 on the Jakarta Stock Exchange on Thursday.
Residents protest garbage dump
BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: Hundreds of residents of West Telukbetung blocked off access to the local dump over the weekend to protest what they said was pollution caused by the dump. The residents demanded the city administration relocate the dump away from their neighborhood after a meeting with Mayor Achmad Yulizar on Friday ended without resolving the issue. Residents said they would maintain the roadblocks until an amicable solution was found. Another meeting between residents and officials is scheduled for Dec. 28. The presence of the dump has angered residents, who say it causes air and water pollution. Residents staged a week-long protest against the dump in August. That protest ended after the city administration promised to provide free medical care for residents suffering from a variety of illnesses allegedly caused by the presence of the dump. -- JP
PRD demonstrates against fuel price increases in Jakarta
Tempo Interactive - December 20, 2004
Ramidi, Jakarta - Around 100 demonstrators from the People's Democratic Party (PRD) held a demonstration in front of the State Palace on Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat on Monday December 20. The action which began at 11am was protesting proposed fuel price increases which they consider will burden ordinary people. The demonstrators who were carrying PRD flags and posters took up almost a whole section of Jalan Medan Merdeka and as a result created a traffic jam. According to the action coordinator, Sudiarto, as well as the demonstration at the State Palace, simultaneous actions are also being held in a number of other cities. Sudiarto said that they disagree with the policy of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's administration to increase fuel prices on the grounds of saving money from the state budget. "We view these increases as actually being made to pay off the debt and interest obligations for the re-capitalisation of the banking industry. What is obvious is that much of these funds are taken advantage for things which are unimportant such as allowances for state officials and corruption", said Sudiarto. The fuel price increases he said are of concern because they will trigger price rises while at the same time people's purchasing power remains low. "On the other hand, demands for [an adequate] regional minimum wage have also gone unheeded". According to Sudiarto, the action was purposefully held at the State Palace because it is a symbol of the government of President Yudhoyono and Vice-president Jusuf Kalla. He said that in fact if Yudhoyono wants to work hard and consistently to serve the interests of the people there are many other cost saving measures which could be used. Firstly by setting a separate price level for vehicles which consume large amounts of fuel for the middle- and upper-classes, without having to increase the price of fuel for other vehicles. Secondly by prioritising conserving the consumption of fuel in stages by limiting the number of vehicles and consumption of fuel for the middle- and upper-classes though regulations, for example by limiting additional private vehicle though increasing the tariff on imported cars. With regard to the Yudhoyono government's plans, the PRD said Sudiarto is of the view that if Yudhoyono increases the price of fuel the PRD will be calling on the Indonesian people to unite to bring down the government. It is better if the Yudhoyono administration is replaced with a new government, that is a united government of the people. This united government of the people would represent a unification of all classes, groups, social organisations and individuals who are pro-democracy and pro-people. This government he said, would have a different approach to overcoming the problem of saving money from the budget including ending foreign debt payments for the benefit of ordinary people, canceling bank re-capitalisation obligations, arresting and trying and seizing the assets of corrupters, reducing budget expenditure by prioritising the reduction of allowances, state officials wages and the purchase of goods for the needs of the bureaucracy which are unnecessary. They would also reduce the military budget by abolishing Kodam, Korem, Kodim, Koramil and Babinsa(1) and end further arms purchases, nationalise the business assets of the TNI (armed forces) and police, repeal the civil emergency in Aceh and restart negotiations with the Free Aceh Movement. The 5 trillion rupiah from the state budget which was used during the state of martial law and civil emergency can be used to subsidise fuel prices. In order to build this united government of the people, in its pamphlet the PRD calls for all of the Indonesian people, students, teachers, drivers, owners of motorcycles, fisherpeople and high-school students to unite to form anti-price increase committees in every Indonesian city as a way to resist fuel price increases. They also call for all elements of society to unite and blockade government offices and occupy petrol stations and force them to sell fuel at the old price. The action which was closely guarded by scores of police officers dispersed at around 1pm.
Notes:
1. The TNI's territorial command structure mandates the deployment of military command posts and detachments at all levels of the civil administration: provincial, district, sub- district and village. This structure provides the organisational framework for the TNI to act as a political security force at all levels of society. The five respective commands are: Kodam - Komando Daerah Militer, Regional Military Command; Korem - Komando Resort Militer, Military Command at a level below the residency; Kodim - Komando Distrik Militer, District Military Command; Koramil - Komando Rayon Militer, Sub-District Military Command (Kecamatan) level and; Babinsa - Bintara Pembina Desa, Noncommissioned military officer posted in villages and wards and affiliated with the civilian administration.
[Translated by James Balowski.]
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Workers' Alliance demonstrates over wages and fuelprice hikes
Tempo Interactive - December 21, 2004
Ramidi, Jakarta - Around 500 members of the United Workers' Alliance held an action in front of the State Palace on Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat on Tuesday December 21 to protest against wage policies and fuel price increases. The hundreds of demonstrators, who represent a grouping of organisations including the Confederation of the All-Indonesian Workers Union (KSPSI), FSPTSK, the Indonesian Metal Trade Workers Forum (FSPMI), the Indonesian Association of Trade Workers (ASPEK), the Indonesian Trade Union Action Committee (KASBI), FSPAR, PPMI, YBMI, the People's Democratic Party (PRD) and the Jabotabek Trade Union (SBJ), took up part of the Jalan Medan Merdeka road resulting in a traffic jam. The hundreds of protesters who had been demonstrating since 11am, as well as bringing a pickup truck which wascomplete with a sound system also brought flags and posters. According to one of the action coordinators, Lukman Hakim, they represent a grouping of worker organisations who reject the Jakarta Provincial Minimum Wage being set at 711,843 rupiah per month. "We demand a Jakarta Provincial Minimum Wage of 759,000 in accordance with the results of the Basic Cost of Living survey", said Hakim. In addition to this, they are also rejecting fuel price increases because they will have a adverse impact on workers and purchasing power of the poor. According to Hakim, they have also declared that the government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice-president Jusuf Kalla lied about their promises for reform. This has been proven by the policy to increase fuel prices and maintaining cheap wages, while the big-time corrupters who remain free should be arrested and their assets seized to cover the fuel subsidy. Starting as of this moment, they are demanding that Yudhoyono form a government which is clean, democratic, independent and pro-people. As well as calling for immediate wage increases, in order to confront the problem the Workers' Alliance is proposing cost saving measures such as abolishing invisible payments for industry which according to research by Institutefor the Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) areas high as 5-20 per cent. "Meanwhile to pay workers wages they are only spending 7 per cent of production costs", he said. In order to avoid fuel price increases, the alliance is offering a way out, by seizing the assets of the corrupters and withdrawing funds for the re-capitalisation of the banking industry. The other solution is that theYudhoyono government have the courage to refuse to pay the foreign debt until such a time as ordinary people achieve an appropriate standard of living. The demonstration began in front of the Indosat building then moved of towards the offices of the Jakarta governor on Jalan Medan Merdeka Timor after which they held long-march to the State Palace. Traffic conditions on Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat were congested and the sound of car horns of vehicles stuck in the traffic jam blendewith the sound of speeches from the demonstrators sound system.
[Slightly abridged translation by James Balowski.]
International Human Rights Day commemorated in Yogyakarta
Detik.com - December 10, 2004
Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta - Commemorating International Human Rights Day, on Friday December 10 students and activists in Yogyakarta, Central Java, held a long march carrying four biers and photographs of recently murdered human rights defender Munir. Written on each of the respective biers was "Marsinah", "Kedung Ombo", "The people of Aceh" and "The people of Papua". The demonstrators called on the government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) to keep its promise to uphold human rights. The action was followed by 100 or so Papuan and Acehnese students from Aceh-Papua Solidarity (Solidaritas Aceh-Papua, SAP) and demonstrators from the United Alliance for Human Rights. The long-march, which started at 9am at the Gajah Mada University roundabout, headed towards the central post office intersection on Jalan Senopati. At around 10.50am they had already reach Jalan Malioboro.
"In commemorating this International Human Rights Day, we want to declare that violence is still being practiced in Aceh and Papua by the SBY government", said Yogyakarta SAP spokesperson Hilman Afriyandi. SAP is also calling on President Yudhoyono's to fulfil his commitment during his election campaign when he said that the conflicts in Aceh and Papua would be resolved justly, peacefully, democratically and without more blood being spilled. "But the reality is the exact opposite. The facts in Papua are that violence is still occurring such as the Puncak Jaya and Abepura cases. In Aceh meanwhile, when the six month period of civil emergency ended on November 18, 2004, it was actually extended", asserted Afriyandi. SAP he continued does not wish for any more violence to occur in Aceh and Papua which can be brought about by the end to the military operation and the withdrawal of all organic and non-organic troops. "We remind [the government] that the human rights situation in Indonesia is still of great concern and far from expectations. We also demand that the government fully investigate the case of Munir's death and notify the public of all developments in the investigation of the case", said Afriyandi. An activist from the United Alliance for Human Rights named Syamsul Nurseha reminded demonstrators that the Yudhoyono government promised to uphold human rights and eliminate corruption in its first 100 days in office and this must be made a reality immediately. "And there should no longer be any further use of violence", he said. (sss)
[Translated by James Balowski.]
Budi Hartadi, Surabaya - Around 300 activists from a number of groups in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya held an action in front of the Grahadi Building and at the grounds of the provincial parliament on Friday December 10 to commemorate International Human Rights Day. Arriving in waves between 11am and 2pm, during the action they criticised the government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for not being serious about investigating human rights cases. This has been proven by the fact that up until now it has yet to fully investigate the perpetrators of human rights violations which have occurred in Aceh, Maluku, Tanjung Priok and Bojong Bogor. The also expressed regret over the president's position of not wanting to fully investigate the death of human rights activist Munir. They brought a number of posters and banners to the action which were filled with condemnations of a government which does not want investigate human rights violators. Demonstrators brought an effigy of a corpse wrapped in a shroud as a symbol of the death of democracy in Indonesia. They also placed wreaths of flowers and carried posters of Munir while reading prayers and poetry.(jon)
[Translated by James Balowski.]
West Java workers want more pay (from Jakarta post)
National News - December 16, 2004
Yuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung
Thousands of West Java factory workers, grouped under the National Workers Union (SPN), staged a five hour protest on Wednesday outside the West Java governor's office, demanding that the governor raise the minimum wage in the province.
The protesters damaged the gate of the governor's office but their attempts to occupy the office were thwarted by a police cordon of hundreds of police personnel.
After a scuffle with police personnel, several representatives of the workers were allowed to talk with government officials and councillors in the West Java Provincial Legislative Council building, which is next to the governor's office.
In the meeting, the workers demanded that West Java Governor Danny Setiawan set a single minimum wage that applies in all cities in West Java. They urged the government to set a minimum wage at least Rp 600,000 a month in every city in the province.
They also said that there was currently a discrepancy among cities in the province in term of the minimum wage.
For 2005, the minimum wage in Ciamis and Banjar regencies is set at Rp 408,500, the lowest minimum wage in the province. In stark contrast, the highest is in Bekasi, where a worker will get minimum wage of Rp 710,000 a month next year.
"We demand that there be no great discrepancy between one city and another, because the cost of living among cities in West Java is quite similar," said Titin, a factory worker in Bandung municipality.
In the meeting, councillor Imas Masitoh promised workers that the provincial council would press the provincial government to revoke a gubernatorial decree that set the minimum wage for 2005 and that the governor should grant a higher minimum wage for workers.
Meanwhile, the head of the manpower office at the provincial administration, Wahyumijaya, said in the meeting that the decree was final.
WEST PAPUA
MASS PROTEST IN JAYAPURA - WEST PAPUA TODAY
FOLLOWING THE PRESS CONFERENCE ORGANIZED BY A COALITION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, CHURCH AND STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS YESTERDAY (16 DEC) ON THE DETERIORATING SITUATION OF THE HIGHLANDS OF WEST PAPUA, TODAY (FRIDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2004) MORE THAN 500 WEST PAPUANS OCCUPAYING THE WEST PAPUAN PARLIAMENT BUILDING IN JAYAPURA, THE CAPITAL OF WEST PAPUA. THE PROTEST HAS STARTED AT 10.00 AM (EASTERN INDONESIA TIME) THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THEIR DEMANDS ARE FULFILLED. THE PROTEST THIS TIME FOCUSING ON THE DETERIORTING SITUATION IN THE HIGHLANDS OF WEST PAPUA WHERE INDONESIAN MILITARY IS NOW LAUNCHING A MASSIVE MILITARY OPERATION THAT HAVE RESULTED IN DOSENS OF ORDINARY CIVILIANS KILLED, MORE THAN 6000 PEOPLE DISPLACED AND UNHELPED AS THE MILITARY BLOCK ANY HUMANITARIAN ASSISSTANCE. TWENTY THREE PEOPLE, MOST OF THEM CHILDREN AND WOMEN HAD DIED FROM STARVATION. THEY URGE " UNLESS THE INDONESIAN PRESIDENT SUSILO BAMBANG YUDOYONO STOPS MILITARY OPERATION IN THE HIGHLANDS THE WEST PAPUAN PEOPLE WILL BAR HIS VISIT TO WEST PAPUA DURING THE CHRISTMAS TIME". THE MASS PROTEST ORGANIZED BY STUDENT ACTIVISTS, HUMAN RIGHTS AND CHURCH ORGANISATIONS IN WEST PAPUA.
Radio New Zealand International
Papuan protestors present plea calling for Jakarta to end Punchak Jaya military action
Posted at 03:31 on 17 December, 2004 UTC
Hundreds of students and activists in the Indonesian province of Papua are protesting outside the provincial parliament calling for an end to what they say is an intensifying military campaign in the Highlands. They are now meeting with members of the provincial government to present their call that President Yudhoyono call off a planned visit at Christmas unless he orders the withdrawal of the military. Church reports say that in the Highlands around Punchak Jaya, at least 23 people have died of starvation in recent weeks, and up to six thousand people have been displaced during a military offensive against the separatist OPM. Dr Benny Giay, coordinator of an NGO called the Bureau of Peace and Justice, says villagers fled into the jungle after their houses were burned down and the military is denying them access to their food gardens. The protestors say President Yudhoyono should not go to Jayapura unless he orders the military action to end, allows the refugees to return home and provides aid for them.
Treason suspect on hunger strike
[From: Jakarta Post 15 December 2004]
JAYAPURA, Papua: Treason suspect Felip Karma has been on a hunger
strike at the Jayapura Police Station since Dec. 3. Felip is accused of leading a rally on Dec. 1 to commemorate the declaration of Papuan independence. The suspect also has refused to answer questions from police investigators. He communicates with his lawyers
through signs or by writing his responses. A doctor monitoring Felip's health, Samuel Maripadang, said on Tuesday the suspect was in danger of dehydration and digestive
problems if he continued the hunger strike. The doctor did not recommend, however, that Felip be admitted to the hospital. Felip said in a written statement that he went on
strike to protest the use of violence by officers during his arrest. He said the police handcuffed him and beat him during his arrest. Police arrested Felip and Yusak Pakage on Dec. 1 after they allegedly raised the Morning Star separatist flag and led people
in observing the declaration of Papuan independence. -- JP
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20041215.C07&irec=10
SOLOMON ISLANDS:
Fwd from GI Special
OCCUPATION SOLOMON ISLANDS
Australian Officer Shot
[THANKS TO MAX WATTS WHO E-MAILED THIS IN: HE WRITES: THIS WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN SOONER OR LATER, I'D EXPECTED IT IN PAPUA
NEW GUINEA...CHICKENS DO COME HOME TO ROOST, BUT AS THEY
ARE STUPID BIRDS THEY OFTEN MIX UP THE HOMES.]
[The Australian government has been doing some occupying of its' own, not just sending troops to kill Iraqis, but grabbing some nearby Pacific real estate that doesn't belong to them. As usual, invasion and occupation is lied about as "peacekeeping" blah blah
blah.]
December 22, 2004 The Sydney Morning Herald
Australia will send a rapid response unit to the Solomon Islands after a sniper shot dead a young Australian in what authorities fear was a targeted attack. Australian Protective Service (APS) officer Adam Dunning, 26, died when he was shot in the back during the early morning attack in what had been considered a secure area of the capital, Honiara. Late this afternoon, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and Defence Minister Robert Hill said the government would immediately redeploy an Australian Defence Force rapid response unit from Townsville. "This is to send a clear message to the thugs ... that
we will not tolerate the murder of our police officers," Senator Hill said. [Looks like the thugs that run the Australian government got sent the message.]
A 100-strong infantry company from the 2nd Royal Australian Regiment will begin leaving Australia tomorrow. [Brilliant. Now soldiers can get killed too.]
Mr Dunning, of Canberra, died when two of six bullets fired from a military-style rifle hit him as he and a fellow officer were on routine patrol in their unarmoured Toyota Land Cruiser. He died at the scene. Australian Federal Police commissioner Mick Keelty said the attack appeared to be the work of a sniper with the deliberate intention of
targeting police. [Wow. Did he figure that out all by himself?]
An estimated six shots were fired from a military-style weapon, with four entering the rear of the vehicle and two hitting Mr Dunning. "The officer's routine patrol was a night shift patrol of secure areas." [Very secure indeed.]
The AFP currently has about 150 personnel in the Solomons, 95 of them police officers and the rest members of the Australian Protective Services (APS), [translation: occupation cops] which is now part of the AFP. They are part of the Australian-led Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) which arrived in the country in July last year. [Translation: occupation force.]
"We believe that the weapon that was used is a 7.62mm cartridge," Mr Keelty said. "That would indicate that the weapon has been fired from a high-powered weapon which is a SLR rifle or an AK47 rifle but it's early stages in the investigation." Mr Keelty said the vast majority of Solomons' people welcomed RAMSI's presence, intended to rescue the country from becoming a failed state after murderous civil strife. [Just like the Iraqis
welcome the U.S. occupation "presence." Imperial politicians need some new writers, all the lame bullshit starts sounding the same.]
But there was clearly a minority which was seeking revenge for the work of RAMSI, which has made more than 4000 arrests and seized more than 3700 weapons. [Probably some Saddam Hussein remnants and die hard Baath Party members.]
"The message for the SI people who have carried out this murder is that we will not be put off by the murder of our officer," he said. "The murder of our officer has not been in vain. The work of the police, not only for the AFP but for the other participating police forces of the Pacific region, has to continue. "It has to continue for the future of the people of the SI." He said the killing was something that could happen to police anywhere in the world. [That is certainly to be devoutly hoped for, anywhere
cops occupy somebody else's country.]
Prime Minister John Howard today expressed his sorrow at Adam Dunning's death but said the country's mission there would continue undeterred. "It is a reminder that although the intervention has been remarkably successful, it is still dangerous." [Grabbing somebody else's nation usually is.]
SAKHALIN: Indigenous people plan protest over drilling
They claim an industrial invasion by oil, gas and other companies is threatening their ecology and way of life
Blockades of industrial sites are also planned
http://quebec.indymedia.org/en/node.php?id=19509
http://www.tass.ru/eng/level2.html?NewsID=1665944&PageNum=0
http://vn.vladnews.ru/News/upd21_2.HTM
NEW CALEDONIA: Tear gas used as New Caledonian police break-up picket
Police in the French territory of New Caledonia this week used tear gas to break up a picket in an industrial suburb of the capital Noumea. About 14 strikers were arrested after armoured police vehicles broke through a barrier of burning tyres. Workers retaliated by hurling petrol bombs and stones. The strikers-members of the Union of Pacific Workers employed by the synthetic mould-making company Rotocal-had been blocking access to the company's plant at Ducos for two weeks in support of a pay increase.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/labo-j08.shtml
GAMBIA: Journalists strike and protesters demonstrate after a journalist is shot
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/041218/1/3pcopi.html
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=44787&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=GAMBIA
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/e1ff67ccf7ce9ead6a220e68e6395b23.htm
http://www.voanews.com/english/2004-12-21-voa10.cfm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4117189.stm
http://english.epochtimes.com/news/4-12-21/25131.html
http://www.afrol.com/articles/15082
FIJI: General strike called off after government raises national pay
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/dec2004/awkr-d18.shtml
GUINEA: Teachers strike for 40% pay rise
http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050110134813508
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/euro-j14.shtml
SIERRA LEONE: Two-day general strike called off after government offers talks
The strike has been "suspended" rather than called off, for talks with the government
It was called to protest falling wages and a rising cost of living, and to demand the establishment of a minimum wage
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20050105-094451-2369r.htm
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=86&art_id=qw1104922622628S452
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/842b7e087348cdb542e80f38d6547a53.htm
http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=309397
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-01-05-voa38.cfm
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=44936&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=SIERRA_LEONE
http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1642920,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4145931.stm
http://allafrica.com/stories/200501130341.html
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/wkrs-j07.shtml
http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1643322,00.html
Workers defy union call to return to work at striking hospital; Radio workers also strike
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/wkrs-j22.shtml
http://allafrica.com/stories/200501130396.html
GHANA: The Corporate Social Responsibility Movement (CSRM) on Thursday said it would embark on a peaceful demonstration to attract the attention of the authorities to adopt measures that would safe the country's lagoons from extinction.
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=73879
Farmers protest global food trade regime
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=73264
LIBERIA: Soldiers win back-pay with protests and blockades
Thousands of demobbed soldiers have been paid salary arrears after protests and clashes in the capital Monrovia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4118713.stm
Teachers strike and students rise up in Monrovia
http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=04/12/14/3307280
Rubber workers on go-slow to protest unpaid wages
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/wkrs-j22.shtml
http://allafrica.com/stories/200501130435.html
WESTERN SAHARA: Protests against occupation stepped up
http://www.themilitant.com/2004/6847/684760.html
SOMALIA: Protesters oppose the plan to send
peacekeepers to impose a new government
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0501090053jan09,1,675995.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=2&cset=true
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L08107010.htm
NIGERIA: Strike in military schools paralyses academic activities
http://allafrica.com/stories/200412160619.html
http://allafrica.com/stories/200501200621.html
Doctors strike over unpaid salaries
http://allafrica.com/stories/200412160592.html
http://allafrica.com/stories/200412160025.html
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/dec2004/wkrs-d17.shtml
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/euro-j14.shtml
Oil workers strike over welfare packages as government cuts fuel price
http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/cover/f222122004.html
University staff strike over pay
http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=5767
Workers at Tidex oil servicing company strike over conditions of service
http://allafrica.com/stories/200501030361.html
Jos locals protest tree fellings
http://allafrica.com/stories/200501190172.html
More problems for Shell as locals target another facility
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/78351D56-39C2-4C4B-9527-E4F615EDB2DC.htm
NIGER: Teachers end strike after reaching agreement on retirement and pay arrears
http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=310316
ANGOLA: Nurses strike
http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=306880
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/dec2004/wkrs-d31.shtml
TANZANIA: Death row prisoners on hunger strike
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4155309.stm
KENYA: Strike by non-academic staff paralyses university
http://allafrica.com/stories/200412160877.html
Traders protest new market fees
http://allafrica.com/stories/200501050033.html
Council staff strike over salary arrears
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/wkrs-j22.shtml
Kenyan university staff strike to protest suspension of colleagues
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/dec2004/wkrs-d24.shtml
Nurses strike over deaths of babies at the hospital due to conditions, understaffing
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/dec2004/wkrs-d24.shtml
Farmers protest resettlement delay
http://allafrica.com/stories/200501241165.html
UGANDA: Retired workers protest retrenchment package
http://allafrica.com/stories/200412290446.html
Ugandans in America protest at the UN over the crisis in the north
http://allafrica.com/stories/200412210788.html
Examiners strike, delaying exam results
http://allafrica.com/stories/200501101255.html
ZAMBIA: Opposition protest for new constitution goes ahead despite ban; many arrested
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GreenLeft_discussion/message/12007
http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1637894,00.html
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=68&art_id=qw1103534463774B251&set_id=
http://www.sabcnews.com/africa/southern_africa/0,2172,94457,00.html
Teachers strike amid rising frustration
http://allafrica.com/stories/200501200393.html
NAMIBIA: Clashes as unwitting scabs brought into mill
http://allafrica.com/stories/200412130211.html
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/dec2004/wkrs-d17.shtml
Farm disputes escalate
http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/12/28/news/namibia.html
SOUTH AFRICA: Cosatu protest over further repression in Zimbabwe
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=594&art_id=qw1103114880580B254
Council workers strike and are locked out
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=594&art_id=vn20041215132945272C751581
Coca-Cola workers stage wildcat strike
http://www.theherald.co.za/herald/2004/12/17/news/n07_17122004.htm
Nestle workers strike over pay
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/euro-j14.shtml
Nestle workers march in ongoing wages deadlock, as strike continues
http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__business&articleid=195057
SWAZILAND: Unions hold general strike to demand democracy
Several hundred protesters gathered ahead of the strike and were attacked by riot cops
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/ff0f5a6d49c5dd3bb1fcfc7d01464c3a.htm
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=84&art_id=qw1104771242401B224
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=44885&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=SWAZILAND
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=44951&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=SWAZILAND
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L23460189.htm
http://www.sabcnews.com/africa/southern_africa/0,2172,96351,00.html
ZIMBABWE: Zanu-PF party members blockade Mugabe loyalist in protest over imposition of candidates
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw110491632325B252
http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/Zimbabwe/0,,2-11-1662_1645758,00.html
ZIMBABWE: Zvakwana campaign causes stir
Zimbabwe Says 'Enough' to Bank Note Protest
By VOA News
05-January-2005 1701
Zimbabwe has condemned opposition activists for stamping
protest messages on the country's bank notes.
Deputy Finance Minister David Chapfika warned Wednesday the
government would punish those behind the vandalism.
No group has claimed responsibility for printing the words
"enough" and "get up, stand up" on some bank notes found in
circulation in Zimbabwe.
Last year, officials blamed an underground rights group
known as "Enough" (Zvakwana) for a similar campaign in which
messages were printed on condom packages.
Opposition groups say the government of President Robert
Mugabe has launched a new crackdown ahead of key
parliamentary elections due later this year.
Some information for this report provided by AFP and Reuters.
*****
The Mercury
Slogan culprits to face wrath of the law
Harare: The Finance Ministry and central bank warned human
rights activists yesterday that they were breaking the law
by stamping political slogans on Zimbabwean bank notes.
Deputy Finance Minister David Chapfika said culprits would
face "the full wrath of the law", state radio reported.
Rubber-stamped slogans urging Zimbabweans to
"Get up, stand up" against President
Robert Mugabe's dictatorial rule have started appearing on
bank notes.
Notes have also been stamped with the word "enough",
commonly used by Mugabe's opponents when calling for an end
to the five years of political and economic turmoil they
blame on his repressive policies.
No group has claimed responsibility for the stamps, but the
same slogans have been spread by a secretive, underground
group calling itself Zvakwana, or "Enough is Enough", in the
local Shona language.
--Sapa-AP
Published on the web by Mercury on January 6, 2005.
*****
Zim Observer
'Mischievous' banknote slogans anger Zim govt
by STAFF EDITORS (1/5/2005)
The Zimbabwe government today slammed what it called
mischievous political slogans appearing on banknotes as
campaigning heats up ahead of parliamentary polls due in
March. State media have published pictures of banknotes
stamped with the messages "enough" and "get up, stand up"
and linked them to a pressure group which the ruling party
says is aligned to the main opposition Movement for
Democratic Change (MDC).
The underground group, Zvakwana (Enough), which routinely
distributes leaflets critical of the authorities, has not
responded to the charges. Last year the same group was
accused of putting similar messages on condom packets.
They also quoted the late Bob Marley's popular protest song
Get up, stand up for your rights.
David Chapfika, the deputy finance minister, said the
government would "come down hard" on the culprits if caught,
saying it was a criminal offence to deface the country's
currency. "We are still doing our investigations but the
slogans appear to be synonymous with slogans used by certain
characters in the opposition," Chapfika, a member of
parliament for Mugabe's ruling Zanu(PF) party, said.
Paul Themba-Nyathi, the MDC spokesperson, denied the party
was involved. "We as a party are totally opposed to the
defacing of banknotes. What would we as a party gain by
doing that." The MDC has emerged as the strongest challenge
to the ruling party's grip on power, and has led criticism
of Mugabe's 25-year rule which it says has left Zimbabwe in
the throes of political and economic crisis.
(thanks to Dan Clore and the smygo list for forwarding these to me)
PUERTO RICO: Water workers end strike after defying bosses, winning contract
http://www.themilitant.com/2005/6903/690311.html
http://www.themilitant.com/2004/6847/684711.html
http://www.workers.org/ww/2005/waterworkers0120.php
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/wkrs-j05.shtml
HAITI: Doctors strike over pay
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/wkrs-j12.shtml
Port workers strike over wages; longshoremen walk out in solidarity
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/dec2004/wkrs-d14.shtml
CUBA: Protests against US blockade
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/23/content_2496509.htm
http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/world/userobject1ai818095.html
DOMINICA: Government heads off strike with health programme
http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={622168CB-AA1A-4789-838A-0048746C2EB7}&language=EN
JAMAICA
Credit union staff on strike for raise
http://www.radiojamaica.com/news/?id=14353
Police murder of motorcyclist protested
Protesters block roads with burning rubbish
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20050114T210000-0500_73228_OBS_SLIPE_ROAD_RESIDENTS_CONTINUE_TO_PROTEST_BIKER_S_SHOOTING.asp
TRINIDAD: Parents protest over unrepaired landslides
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=56413843
BAHAMAS: Royal Oasis resort workers stage pickets and
protests
http://freeport.nassauguardian.net/national_local/297661253438032.php
http://freeport.nassauguardian.net/national_local/310870899814123.php
Teachers stage demo and sit-in over repairs and
sacking of security guard
http://freeport.nassauguardian.net/national_local/297661253260910.php
http://freeport.nassauguardian.net/national_local/290530932523249.php
http://www.thenassauguardian.com/national_local/291854476048322.php
GRENADA: Nursing students stage protest over the
state of facilities
http://www.belgrafix.com/gtoday/2005news/January/Jan22/Nurses%20stage%20protest%20action.htm
Foodland supermarket workers strike over conditions
http://www.belgrafix.com/gtoday/2005news/January/Jan22/Strike%20action%20at%20Foodland.htm
GUYANA: Air workers stage, and end, sick-out in pay dispute
http://www.guyanachronicle.com/topstory.html#Anchor-(Additio-38283
BOLIVIA: Public health workers strike
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/dec2004/wkrs-d21.shtml
Bus drivers strike over subsidies
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4147519.stm
BRAZIL: Nuclear fuel workers strike for higher pay
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/dec2004/wkrs-d21.shtml
Auto workers strike for 12 days - end strike as management accept government-imposed raise
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/dec2004/wkrs-d14.shtml
ARGENTINA: Port blockaded by dockworkers in protest against P&O
http://www.labournet.net/docks2/0412/argent1.htm
http://www.labournet.net/docks2/0412/argent2.htm
Protesters demand inquiry into lethal nightclub fire
http://www.itv.com/news/index_1746539.html
Commemmoration of massacre
http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=05/01/05/6664239
One-day strike at water company
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/dec2004/wkrs-d28.shtml
Argentine truck drivers strike
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/wkrs-j18.shtml
Piqueteros blockade multinationals to demand food
http://www.ainfos.ca/04/dec/ainfos00435.html
Subway workers strike as wage negotiations collapse
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/dec2004/wkrs-d14.shtml
STORIES FROM ARGENTINA INDYMEDIA
Tuesday 11 of January of 2005 |SOBICH And PIONNER REPRESS To MAPUCHES
Lacayos petroleum, governments and repression
The 28 of December of 2004 a violent evacuation to the families of the community Logko Purán in the province of the Neuquen near Cutral Co took place. The Barbarian evacuation I leave as balance an wounded of lead bullet and several members brutally struck by the police anti-riot or forces UESPO. The nocturnal evacuation is consequence of the advances of the government of Sobich so that the installation of the oil takes place company American Natural Pioneer Resources.
Pionner operates in Argentina from the 1992 although initially Chauvco Resources was called. In the last six years it takes 400 perforated wells and it participates in 34 blocks located in the river basin Neuquina and Austral. From its installation this company grew a 30%. Pioneer is aggressive a perforadora company and of low cost. Guimar J. Vaca Cocaine, President of Pioneer Argentina, express in an opportunity "the maintained success of Pioneer in Argentina must be attributed to an intelligent and focused selection of the properties acquired with excellent potential..."
Saturday 8 of January |He is responsible politician for the massacre of Cromañón
If there is no justice there is escrache to Ibarra
In afternoon of Saturday around thousand people they were mobilized to the address of the head of Buenosairean government, Aníbal Ibarra, in the district of Villa Ortuzar. Escrache was organized by the Commission of Autoconvocados Young people by the Massacre of Cromañón, integrated by survivors, relatives of pibes passed away and different groups and people who support with the justice reclamations. Escrache arose like necessity to show most energetic repudio Ibarra, not only by its responsibility in the tragic facts in the recital of Street guides, but also by the appointment of Juan Jose Alvarez to the front of the Secretariat of Security of the City.
The manifestation was made in the middle of operative an intimidatory one mounted by the federal police, whose head, Aníbal Fernandez, the day was embraced with Alvarez in the assumption of this one Friday.
Juan Jose Alvarez is reponsable direct intellectual of the murders of Darío Santillán and Maximiliano Kosteki. Then the massive means of communication worked like cover the power. That servile manipulation of the information is repeated in these days, which was indicated by the demonstrators. The government orders. The police represses. The means conceal, trying to isolate to those who they raise the political responsibilities of the massacre of Eleven, trying to show the victims like victimarios, criminalizing their mobilizations.
By means of the fear they want to demobilize. As much Monday as Thursday, the police - infantry, brigade, trucks hidrantes- acted stopping demonstrators of massive and arbitrary way. This way they try that the protest does not question the established order. But the fire showed to the corruption enquistada in the State and the scale of values industralist, who places the profit by on the life. And in the streets it returned to explode the quarrel before the injustice. Today it touched to Ibarra.
More information in Indymedia Buenos Aires
Photography: Photographic Action
Monday 3 of January of the 2005|BY THE DREAMS THAT SANK HERE
"Ibarra and Chabán have it to pay"
That was one of the songs that between quarrel and weeping resounded in the streets of the Buenosairean center at night, when cacerolazo was made centrally and a new march integrated by relatives, friends, friends and known the victims of the " massacre of Cromagnón ", in which they were yesterday died 182 people and more than 700 were wounds, of which 258 still remain boarding schools. By means of songs and placards, the demonstrators demanded justice and indicated to Ibarra and Kirchner between the people in charge.
The mobilization of Sunday began with an assembly in Seat Eleven summoned by lxs jovenes. Soon lxs demonstrators, arrived at Seat of May and finalized with a sitting in Avenue 9 of Julio, receiving in the way the support fraterno of many neighbors who showed themselves to their balconies doing to sound the dented casseroles again. One even became to dust the cantito of "That goes away all".
"Ibarra is one of the people in charge of this fact by not to have controlled that this discoteca can to make a multitudinal recital" , it assured informative agency Graciela Peloso, the mother of one of the young people died during the FIRE. As well the lawyer Jose Churches, father of another one of the young people announced that he will make complaints the day of today against the head of Buenosairean government and the president of the Nation "by his responsibilities in this tragedy".
>>PERU: LOCAL ANDEAN UPRISING CRUSHED BUT GRIEVANCES REMAIN
FifthInternational.Org, Paris
While most Peruvians were busy celebrating the arrival of the new year on 1 January, in Andahuayalas (in the Peruvian Andes) a group of around 200 armed rebels, led by Antauro Humala took over the town's police station and later the whole city. The assault led to the death of five police and two rebel fighters. In his first public declarations Humula demanded the resignation of President Toledo and the restoration of the 1979 constitution that was abolished by Alberto Fujimori while President in the 1990s. He also insisted that the army withdraw from the area and allow the peasants to grow coca leaf- a direct rebuff of the government's US-backed coca eradication plan which is destroying the lives of the country's Andean small farmers. It was clear from the media reports that the local population backed the uprising and it especially attracted the backing of the town's youth aged between 14 and 18. In response the government took over the airwaves to insist "the country close ranks for the defence of democracy" and lyingly accused the rebels of being in league with the narco-traffic mafia. Antauro Humula and his brother are two ex-army officers that led an October 2000 rebellion in a barrio under his control against the then President Fujimori, shortly after a series of video tapes were made public proving the corruption of his regime, proof that eventually led to Fujimori's downfall. For their pains the Humula brothers were kicked out of the army but they went on to found a nationalist politico-military movement, labelled "etnocacerismo" after their hero Andrés Cáceres, a military leader who became President and led the resistance to the invasion of Peru by Chile in the years 1879-83. In these years Peru, Bolivia and Chile were at war over land Antofagasta Iquique and Tarapacá. Humula's ideology is a mixture of nationalism and indigenist racism directed against Chileans. They demand the recovery of the territories lost in the Pacific war (1879) and the removal of Chilean investments in Peru (which is the third largest after the USA and Spain). Humula also looks for inspiration to Venezuela's President Chavas. In the period 2000-2003 they were able to produce a paper with the backing of an army of ex-soldiers which was distributed widely. During the antiprivatisation struggles in Ariquipa and Cuzco; they also took part in the coca peasant demonstrations of last year. In the end the uprising in Andahuayalas was ended after three days by the intervention of the military and the surrender of Humala. The pressing issues facing the Andean peasants do indeed require revolutionary action - land seizures, armed resistance to the government backed campaign to eradicate their crops. But only the concerted action of the Peruvian urban working class and poor has the power to force Toledo out of office and impose a workers and peasants' government. The local, isolated revanchistuprisings of caudillos will not achieve even significant reforms.
(from Fifth International Global)
PERU: Workers march over attacks on workers' rights and government corruption
http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={DC272812-F5AA-4BE9-9FC4-BDB16567D203}&language=EN
VENEZUELA: Venepal nationalised under workers' control!
http://resist.ca/story/2005/1/20/181057/424
http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/nationalisation_venepal_chavez.htm
http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/chavez_nationalises_venepal.htm
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GreenLeft_discussion/message/13017
CENTRAL AMERICA: Air traffic controllers across the region warn of strike in solidarity with Guatemalan controllers arrested for striking
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/wkrs-j18.shtml
MEXICO: Workers strike to save jobs at dye plant
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/wkrs-j12.shtml
Five workers stage hunger strike at official office, demanding minimum wage
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/dec2004/wkrs-d21.shtml
Municipal workers strike
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/wkrs-j05.shtml
College workers stage ongoing walkout
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/dec2004/wkrs-d14.shtml
Former Bracero farmers demonstrate for unpaid
pensions
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20050117-2001-mexico-braceros.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2005/01/17/international2301EST6897.DTL
PANAMA: Hundreds protest on anniversary of US invasion and massacre
http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=05/01/03/9613980
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