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Queens TRADE JUSTICE ACTIVISTS PROTEST CROWLEY SUPPORT FOR FREE TRADE @ WOODSIDE FORUM NYC People's Referendum on Free Trade | On Saturday, March 8 at 9:00AM, members of the NYC People’s Referendum on Free Trade, a coalition of community organizations opposed to NAFTA-style free trade agreements, will hold a protest at a corporate sponsored forum on the Colombia Free Trade Agreement featuring Representative Joseph Crowley at 33-15 56th Street (two blocks from the R train). Protesters are outraged at Crowley’s vote for the Peru Free Trade Agreement and intend to urge him to oppose controversial US Colombia Free Trade Agreement. more... 0 Comments Mickey Z., Astorians for Peace & Justice: March 10 event Mickey Z. | Come join the author of The Seven Deadly Spins, 50 American Revolutions You're Not Supposed to Know, and the forthcoming novel, CPR for Dummies, to discuss the anti-war movement, the 2008 election, the state of activism in America, and much more. more... 0 Comments 3/2 SUN: Assembly Required: RHA Insurrection at St. Pat's for All Parade Radical Homosexual Agenda | The Radical Homosexual Agenda is going to celebrate our love of public gatherings and Irish peops at the St. Pat’s for All Parade! We’re also going to remind New Yorkers that this year’s grand marshal for the parade, Speaker Christine Quinn, stole our right to assemble just over a year ago. more... 2 Comments A COMMUNITY BENEFIT DINNER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE PHILIPPINES
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artist | Sunday February 24, 2008 Unpaid Wages Campaign for a Young Filipina Restaurant Worker Projects Victory Ugnayan ng mga Anak ng Bayan | Recent advances in the Justice for Adriane Campaign, the unpaid wages campaign for young Filipina restaurant worker Adriane Padilla, launched last December 14, 2007, are pointing to a victory for Adriane and all Filipino youth restaurant workers. more... 0 Comments ICE: 21st Century Pinkerton Thugs repost from daily kos | This clip from a Daily Kos blog details how companies are using ICE to beat down workers. This is a short clip. Follow the link to the full story. more... 0 Comments Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping's Buy Nothing Day March! Trevor Jones | Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping are on a mission: to spread the word about the evils of global capitalism, consumerism and wasteful spending by the good people of America. To counter the lemming-like behavior that is "Black Friday", the Reverend, his choir and band of striking elves walk down 5th Avenue and over to Times Square, between 12pm and 1pm. more... 0 Comments House Passes Homegrown terrorism bill Trevor Jones | The candle wick just grew a little shorter, friends. The U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 1955 (110th Congress), the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 on October 24th, 2007. The bill will create a commission to study the causes of "radicalization" and its prevention. more... 0 Comments New skill-sharing, free help and community building web-site has just launched
Saoirse | When you become a member of the freeconomy community, not only do you get jobs done for free, you also get to learn new skills, teach fellow freeconomists your skills and in the process meet loads of really great people Prisoner in Rykers NEEDS pro-bono private attorney ASAP helping ruben tell his story.... | Ruben Rios said he was arrested Oct. 2002 and put in a line-up, which the victim or witness to a 2nd degree burglery in Queens picked him out of the line. He has been in prison since. He says he needs a pro-bono lawyer to help him because he says his public defenders are corrupt and refusing to fairly represent him. more... 0 Comments A United Rally for Immigrant Rights and Elvira Arellano in Los Angeles August 25
Echo Park Community Coalition(EPCC) | Despite the hot and humid weather and a lethargic start because of the sound system , thousands of immigrants, advocates and anti-war protestors brought out a united front for Elvira Arellano and immigrant rights. PAMAMASISTA NG REHIMENG-US ARROYO, LUMALALA
AJLPP-New York | Patuloy na lumalala ang ang panggigipit at panunupil ng pasistang rehimeng Arroyo sa mamamayang Pilipino. ILIPINO VETERANS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS CONDEMN HARRASMENT OF US-BASED GABRIELA
Justice for the Filipino American Veterans | Different Filipino World War II veterans and community organizations in Los Angeles today condemned the harassment perpetrated by the Philippine authorities against GABRIELA Network (GABNet) USA National Chairperson Dr. Annalisa Enrile. New York City Foodstuff Workers Industrial Union 460 organizing activities Worker Freedom | Two year report on New York City Foodstuff Workers Industrial Union 460 organizing activities more... 0 Comments New “Surge” For Immigrant Rights in the Senate in the Offing? Coalition in Defense of immigrant Rights | The Echo Park Community Coalition (EPCC) and the Coalition in Defense of Immigrant Rights (CDIR) warmly welcomes the statement of Senator Alan Specter, ranking Republican supporter of immigration reform that he and six other lawmakers are ready to reopen and start the debate on immigration reform when the Senate opens September. In an interview with CNN today, August 7 at 2:00AM with anti-immigrant anchor Lou Dobbs, Specter laments that the comprehensive immigration reform act was not passed in the Senate this year. He said he was hopeful that the debates will rekindle the interest and will make the lawmakers informed about the need to pass this law. more... 0 Comments JFAV JOINS 5th HISTORIC LOS ANGELES FILIPINOTOWN FESTIVAl, Aug 4-5, 2007
Justice for the Filipino American Veterans | AJLPP Mass Actions Against PGMA SONA Held in U.S Major Cities, July 23-29
AJLPP-New York | Progressive forces in the United States demonstrated their militant solidarity with the Filipino people with coordinated mass actions in three major cities of the United States from July 22- 30, 2007. against Philippine President Macapagal-Arroyo’s state of the nation address - July 23 from 6;30 to 8;00 PM, scores of Filipino Americans and their allies led by the Alliance-Philippines (AJLPP)-USA held a vigil rally in front of the Philippine Consulate located in 3600 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles. The rally ended with a solemn candle lighting ceremony as a tribute to more than 890 victims of Arroyo’s fascism.. KAMPANYA NG PAGPATAY SA PILIPINAS, LUMALALA AT NAGPAPATULOY PA.
AJLPP-New York | Sa kabila ng diumano’y komperensya na ipinatawag ng Korte Suprema para harapin ang usapin ng mga ekstrahudisyal na pamamaslang , nagpatuloy ang mga magkasunod na pagpatay sa mga lider ng Anakpawis sa Tacloban City at Compostela Valley at iba pang panig ng Mindanao. Ayon sa mga ulat na tinipon ng AJLPP at Pesante-USA, naririto ang mga tala ng mga paglabag sa karapatang pantao at pagpatay ng ginagawa ng AFP: JFAV Marks 66th USAFFE Day,US Filipino Vets March on Capitol Hill July 26 AJLPP-New York | No Justice, No Peace! The Justice for FIlipino American Veterans( JFAV) and the remaining Filipino World War II veterans in California will mark the 66th anniversary of the 1941Military Order of President Franklin D.Roosevelt drafting Philippine Commonwealth soldiers into U.S. armed service. On July 26, 1941, Roosevelt ordered the formation of the United States Armed Forces in the Far East (USAFFE) placing all Filipino forces under the U.S Command. This is in preparation for World War II. retired general Douglas Macarthur was designated as the field marshal placing the 120,000 Philippine Army, Constabulary, navy and aircorps and all Filipino ROTC reserve units under US Command. But despite this very clear consription order for 61 years, the Filipinos were discriminated, more... 0 Comments Page 3 |
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