Washington DC – September 13, 2011 — A year has gone by since non-profit groups shined a spotlight on Hershey for its use of forced, child, and trafficked labor in its chocolate products. Twelve months later, the groups are saying that no progress has been made and that Hershey chocolate...
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September 13, 2011
Cancun, Mexico, 11 September--Yesterday thousands of people, the majority farmers, were joined by labor, indigenous people and students opposed to the WTO, marched toward the Cancun Convention Center and were stopped by police and barricades many kilometers from their...
September 11, 2011
For Immediate Release:
Contact: Tim Kingston, 415-575-5543 or
Tuesday, September 9, 2003
tim@globalexchange.org
The Real Cancún: Thousands of Farmers, Environmentalists, Workers, and Human
Rights...
September 10, 2011
We, representatives of local communities, civil society organisations and NGOs from around the world, gathered around the world and at the Earth Summit in Johannesburg, held in August and September 2002, discussed issues relating to the privatisation of our biological...
August 26, 2011
A new paradigm seems to have been recently established, and like so many of
the new paradigms it arrived from the United States. It is no longer
feasible to criticise and attack in the press and media the murderous and
short-sighted policies and actions...
August 17, 2011
Coca-Cola representatives told a fact-finding delegation that its employees may have collaborated with paramilitaries in the deaths and torture of Colombian union members.
Despite the possible collaboration, Coca-Cola officials in Colombia have not...
July 25, 2011
Coca-Cola representatives told a fact-finding delegation that its employees may have collaborated with paramilitaries in the deaths and torture of Colombian union members.
Despite the possible collaboration, Coca-Cola officials in Colombia have not...
July 25, 2011
(Chicago, 24 July 2002) -- The images of torn and shattered bodies, the piles of human remains of Israelis and Palestinians look exactly the same to the naked eye. The screams of the injured and the cries of the bereaved issue neither in Hebrew nor in Arabic, but in the universal language of...
July 25, 2011
Israeli belligerent occupying forces have committed another war crime
against Palestinian civilians late yesterday night, when an Israeli F-16
fighter jet attacked an apartment building in a highly populated area in
Gaza City, killing 15 Palestinian civilians, including 9...
July 24, 2011
> "MY FAVOURITE MOVIE is Life is Beautiful," Refaat Sabbah tells me. "I love
> the way the hero protects his son from the experience of the concentration
> camp. I try to protect my children from the horrors around us too," he adds
> with a gentle smile. "I notice my daughter...
July 23, 2011
Right-wing paramilitaries in Colombia have freed a former senator they kidnapped at the weekend with his wife and their five children.
Jose Gnecco's release removes a major obstacle to peace talks between the largest paramilitary organisation, AUC, and the...
July 2, 2011
Last week, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)—the powerful pro-Israel lobbying group—held its annual policy conference in Washington, and it went as you might expect. Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain roused the faithful with a call to...
June 26, 2011
The AUC is on Washington's list of terror groups
Colombia's right-wing paramilitary leaders have called on the government to allow them to address Congress.
The United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC) said it wanted parity with left-wing ELN rebels,...
June 22, 2011
Political leaders and academics begin a three day meeting in Rome on
Monday to discuss issues surrounding global food security.
The United Nations World Food Summit will be looking at the spread of
genetically modified crop strains as well as the...
June 13, 2011
Ever so patiently Nina Clark edged her way to the front of
the crowd so she could say a few words about chocolate and
child workers in West Africa.
Her voice was determined. "It is not right," said the
10-year-old fourth grader. "Children can't go...
June 9, 2011
San Ramon, Calif. – At Chevron’s annual shareholder meeting May 25, 22 indigenous, First Nation and other impacted community members and supporters who had traveled to the company’s headquarters from locations around the globe and across the state confronted...
June 9, 2011
San Francisco Bay Area organizations offering education-based trips to Cuba will now be able to fly out of Oakland International Airport, which has been approved as one of only 4 charter flight gateways to the Caribbean island. Airport officials announced today that...
June 8, 2011
TEHRAN — Not participating in the 2012 London Olympics is a nightmare for every serious athlete, but for the Iranian women’s soccer team the defeat was extra bitter after they were disqualified right before a crucial qualifying match because they wore Islamic headscarves...
June 6, 2011
NEW YORK CITY///NEWS ADVISORY// With World Day Against Child Labor right around the corner, students and social justice leaders and groups will gather...
June 6, 2011