On February 2, the Myanmar Army (formerly Burma) declared a state of emergency for one year and took power once again after exercising it from 1962 to 2011. This coup led to the arrest on Monday morning of the country’s main power figure, Aung San Suu Kyi, 75, and the president of the Republic, Win Myint. Student leaders, ethnic leaders and deputies from the National … Continue reading Down with the military coup in Myanmar!
Las anunciadas movilizaciones convocadas por organizaciones sociales y gremiales bolivianas para este 3 de agosto comenzaron con el bloqueo de avenidas en varias regiones del país como Cochabamaba, Pongo, Sayari, Confital y Bombeo, según han reportado diversos medios de prensa. Se trata de la jornada de “lucha y movilización nacional en contra del Gobierno de facto y del TSE (Tribunal Supremo Electoral) por violar los derechos constitucionales … Continue reading Bolivia en huelga general
Durante la noche de sabado, grupos racistas y armados incendiaron los edificios institucionales de los municipios de Victoria, Curacautín y Traiguén. Al interior de los edificios se encontraban familiares de los presos políticos mapuches quienes exigían dignidad en el trato a los luchadores mapuches, quienes llevan más de 80 días en huelga de hambre. Los desconocidos actuaron en su accionar criminal en horas de la noche, … Continue reading Repudio a las acciones racistas y violentas contra el pueblo Mapuche
Desde Brasil, nosotros la CSP-Conlutas, una central sindical y popular que une a los sindicatos, organizaciones de campesinos e indígenas y de habitantes sin techo, apoyamos la lucha de las hermanas y hermanos mexicanos para cerrar definitivamente la planta de la empresa multinacional de Estados Unidos THE CHEMOURS COMPANY. En Brasil, también sufrimos el proyecto extractivo de las compañías mineras que destruyen nuestros bosques, envenenan nuestras aguas y amenazan … Continue reading SOLIDARIDAD INTERNACIONAL CON LA LUCHA POR LA CLAUSURA DE LA PLANTA DE CIANURO “THE CHEMOURS COMPANY”
We urge the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and the Chicago City Administration to drop all charges and reinstate bus driver and Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) leader Erek Slater. Erek Slater is a Union representative and ATU 241 Executive Board elected member. On May 31, 2020 he addressed his co-workers to share the official public statement of the ATU International President regarding the right to refuse … Continue reading Drop All Charges and Reinstate Chicago Bus Driver Erek Slater
General Motors (GM) metallurgists in the United States began an indefinite strike on Sunday. The strike call marks the first national stoppage at GM in this country in 12 years, with 49,000 workers joining the company’s three plants, which demand better wages and working conditions. The strike is organized by the UAW, an entity representing the metallurgists. Since 2008, several deals have been signed … Continue reading All Support for General Motors Workers on Strike in the United States
The newly elected president, Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) announced on Thursday (11) to take on an international agenda very similar to that of US President Donald Trump. Against United Nations (UN) resolutions, Brazil will become the tenth country to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In an interview with the conservative daily Israel Hayom, Bolsonaro said that “Palestine must first be a state to … Continue reading Zionist project: Bolsonaro claims to transfer Brazilian embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
Far-right politician Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) has won on Sunday (28), after a campaign marked by a dramatic social polarization in the country. Bolsonaro will become president after winning 57,797,456 (55.13%) of the vote, against 47,040,829 of Fernando Haddad (PT) (44.87% of the valid votes). Blank, void votes and abstentions have reached the record sum of more than 42 million voters. The election, with many … Continue reading Bolsonaro elected: building the widest unity of action in defense of democratic rights and liberties
The illegal dismissals must be denounced. The workers need to reject the attack to the right of freedom of association In recent days General Motors has launched a series of attacks on the workers’ organization. The trade union leader Célio Dias da Silva, member of the Leadership of the Metalworkers Trade Union of São José dos Campos and Region, affiliated to CSP-Conlutas, and the factory’s … Continue reading GM arbitrarily dismisses trade union activists
INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE STRUGGLE OF ALITALIA WORKERS! NO LAYOFFS! WE DEFEND THE RIGHT TO STRIKE! Alitalia’s workers have been struggling for a few months against a plan of reorganization, because of reduced income for the company, it is a plan supported by the government and shareholders, which involves cutting thousands of jobs, salaries and increasing work loads. This plan is supported … Continue reading Against layoffs and for the right to strike, our support to Alitalia workers
