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Mexico’s Utility Union Bust Reveals Flaws in NAFTA
Laura Carlsen 04/11/09
Fernando Lopez woke up on a Sunday morning out of a job. For the electrical worker, the feeling was terrifying “From one day to the next, they left us with no job—nothing,” Lopez said, as he marched alongside some 200,000 fellow workers and their (...)
The Battle for Natural Resources Deepens
Raúl Zibechi 20/10/09
A new indigenous uprising began in defense of water sources threatened by open air mining in Ecuador in late September. This time indigenous organizations find themselves up against a government that claims to be anti-neoliberal, a player in the (...)
A Recent History of the Disability Rights Movement
Larissa Hotra 06/08/08
Many argue that El Salvador has come a long way towards trying to repair its disabled past by declaring itself mine-free in 1994, implementing the 2001 National Disability Rights law and ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Rights of (...)