Toronto’s Communities Greet the G8 with a Tent City
African refugees forcefully removed by Calais Police
African migrants are today going to be left homeless after the French Police this morning evicted an abandoned warehouse in Calais that was home to around 80 African migrants from Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia.
Inside "Africa House" (Source: Photograph: Graeme Robertson, Guardian.co.uk)
Arizona’s SB 1070 law: An affront to US Migrant Rights
Source: Chicago May Day Protests Flickr
SB 1070 enables police officers to lawfully stop, detain or arrest a person whom they have “reasonable suspicion” to be unauthorized, in order to determine the person’s immigration status “when practicable”. It also gives citizens’ the power to sue police officers and departments if they believe that they haven’t investigated a “suspect” undocumented worker thoroughly enough. This law is a charter for racial discrimination.
This law has been met with large protests across the USA and Mexico since May 1st. High profile artists and bands such as Kanye West, Shakira and Rage against the Machine have initiated The Sound Strike, a musician’s boycott of performing in Arizona. President Obama now has the prospect of having to challenge a state law whilst promising to reform immigration law at a federal level.
Channel 4′s Dispatches Brave Oh-Dearism: Lost girls of South Africa
South Africa, the home of the two “global elders”, Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Since Mandela’s Presidency, it has been affectionately dubbed the Rainbow Nation, and changed from a pariah state which suffered the most effective academic, economic and cultural global boycott in history to now being the host of the first FIFA World Cup on the African continent. Despite its turbulent history and now 16 years of “self rule”, there are troubling persistent problems that remained common place and in some areas worsened since the historic Mandela Presidency.
South African victim of child-on-child rape
The British television programme, Channel 4′s Dispatches on 23rd May documented the story of four South African girls aged 11 to 13 as they struggle to come to terms with the crimes committed against them and fight the social stigma that comes with the abuse. These girls are shown and genuinely appear to be the tragic victims who overcome their fears to pursue justice in a society where violence and misogyny is prevalent. Their stories are deeply disturbing and upsetting. There are some powerful images and testimonies of these young people some of whom are raped either by other children, their father or some other adult in their community.
Young Migrants & Refugees: “Refuge in Films” Festival 2010
Annual Film Festival Organized by Young Refugees Returns to the BFI Southbank from the 18 to 20 June
Great project, Great festival – Ken Loach
UBS’ bonus claiming bankers cut migrant cleaners “Living Wage”
In March, what started out as just another workplace dispute inside one London office for Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) had escalated into an international campaign led by migrant workers. Today Friday 23rd April at 5pm outside UBS Capital, 100 Liverpool Street (see map)
UBS last week announced their highest ever pre-tax profits since the credit crisis began of US$2.3 billion and has fought criticism last month when London-based Carsten Kengeter was revealed to be UBS’ highest paid employee on £8.3 million, receiving a £7.8m bonus. Despite these eye-watering pay packets at the top, UBS has refused to intervene when their cleaning contractor Lancaster has given their lowest paid London employees a 10.75% pay cut on a full time cleaners’ weekly wage. The “Justice for UBS Cleaners” campaign is a response to the bank attempts through its contractors to drive down the cleaners’ 2008 victory of “Living Wage” pay and conditions.
Migrant cleaners fight UBS Bank across 3 continents
What started out as just another workplace dispute inside one London office for Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) now has escalated into an international campaign led by migrant workers spanning 3 continents to picket UBS’ offices in Zurich, New York, Buenos Aires, Kyiv and other countries.
Migrant women hunger striking against UK Border Agency sponsored racism
The 8th March is International Women’s Day. To celebrate this TMP (The Multicultural Progressive) is putting a spotlight on Womens’ rights and liberation, throughout this week. As part of this, TMP has commissioned a special report into the state of women in the UK and internationally.
The London based Black Women’s Rape Action Project has produced this report exclusively for TMPOnline.
Support the 1st March Immigrants Strike in France, Italy and other European countries against racism and exploitation
“1° Marzo, una giornata senza di noi” – “1 March, a day without us”
Protest at the Italian Embassy
Monday, 1st March ,1-2pm
14 Three Kings Yard, London W1K 4EH
Immigrant people in Italy, France and other European countries, led by African people, have called an Immigrant Strike on the 1st March 2010 to protest: racist murders and attacks; police harassment; immigration controls; severe exploitation and inhumane conditions in agriculture and other work. Whilst many of the agricultural workers are men, immigrant women, including sex workers, have also been targetted.
The day of action will include strikes from waged work places, from schools, universities, shopping strikes, and demonstrations in many cities. Second-generation immigrants and non-immigrant people are also part of the co-ordinating committees helping to organise this “day without us”. (For more info please go to: see this link: mainly in Italian but some info in English) http://www.primomarzo2010.it/2009/10/chi-siamo.html).
Please also see the statement “Tangerines and olives don’t fall from the sky” (below) from the Assembly of African workers of Rosarno in Rome, Italy, January 2010 who on 8 January, were shot at by racists and fought back.
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Whose to blame for the budget cuts?
From Lefty Cartoons