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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 (...)
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 (...)