International Socialist Review civil rights in Peril. Arundhati Roy on American Empire Castro s Cuba Today Women and Islam; haiti Under Siege. ISR 34 MarchApril 2004 http://www.isreview.org/archive.shtml
Extractions: In Iraq a battle of historic importance is raging. After two wars of aggression and a genocidal embargo claiming 2 million lives and having devastated an entire country, the Iraqi people is confronting the illegitimate and brutal occupation by the US and their allies. The heroic resistance of the Iraqi people against the Anglo-American invaders is legitimate according to international law and the UN Charter, including the right to resort to armed means. They are claiming their inalienable right to national self-determination and sovereignty. But at stake is much more, namely the very future of the US attempt to erect their global empire, that is to say the future of humanity.
IRC | RightWeb | Group Watch: A. Philip Randolph Institute Its purpose was to broaden the southern civil rights movement led by The AFLCIO s Department of intl Affairs is a far-reaching international operation. http://rightweb.irc-online.org/groupwatch/apri.php
Extractions: IRC home Right Web home site map search ... support IRC A. Philip Randolph Institute GroupWatch: Profiles of U.S. Private Organizations and Churches, was compiled by the Interhemispheric Resource Center , Box 2178, Silver City, NM 88062. Check when each article was last updated as much material is no longer current. This material is provided as a source for historic research. Jump directly to these subsections: A. Philip Randolph Institute Acronym/Code: APRI Updated: 8/89 Categories: Political, Education Background: The A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI) and its educational arm, the A. Philip Randolph Educational Fund (APREF) have their roots in the massive August 1963 March on Washington. The march was conceived by A. Philip Randolph and organized by Bayard Rustin. Its purpose was to broaden the southern civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King to one that would demonstrate a national unity for political, economic and social justice for blacks. The march was an overwhelming success, an event that saw more than 200,000 people gather before the White House to hear Randolph make a commitment to "join and support all actions undertaken in good faith and in accord with timehonored democratic traditions of nonviolent protest or peaceful assembly and petition, and of redress through the courts and the legislative process."(2) The political and philosophical positions of APRI are compatible with those of the neoconservative, anticommunist Social Democrats, USA. (22) Bayard Rustin served as president of SD/USA until his death and current APRI president, Norman Hill is on its board of directors. (18,37)
1970: Reviving The Fighting Spirit Of Int'l Women's Day inspired by the power of a people s fightthe Black civil rights and antiwar movements, haiti A Slave Revolution. haiti A Slave Revolution http://www.workers.org/2005/us/womens-day-0303/
Extractions: Published Feb 23, 2005 10:37 AM It's March 7, 1970: A militant crowd of more than 1,000 women and male supporters are surrounding the Women's House of Detention in Greenwich Village, chanting "Free our sisters! Free ourselves!" Women prisoners wave from the windows, shouting, "Power to the people!" Cops push against protesters holding banners demanding free and legal abortions, equal pay for equal work, no job discrimination and freedom for women political prisoners. The crowd yells, "Women, let's unite and fight!" On this day in 1970, the Women's Caucus of Youth Against War and Fascism (YAWF) re-ignited the celebration of International Women's Day as a day of revolutionary struggle in the streets against women's oppression. YAWF was the youth group of Workers World Party during the Vietnam War. The day began with a spirited rally in Union Square, chaired by Deirdre Griswold of the YAWF Women's Caucus. Speakers included representatives from many women's organizations: African American attorney Flo Kennedy, about her work to repeal New York's anti-abortion laws; Sue Davis of the YAWF Women's Caucus on the revolutionary history of IWD; Dr. June Finer of the Medical Committee on Human Rights on health care for women; and Kathy Ellis of the New University Conference on the fight for daycare.
1970: Reviving The Fighting Spirit Of Int'l Women's Day inspired by the power of a people s fightthe Black civil rights and antiwar movements, haiti A Slave Revolution haiti A Slave Revolution http://www.workers.org/us/2005/womens-day-0303/
Extractions: Published Feb 23, 2005 10:37 AM It's March 7, 1970: A militant crowd of more than 1,000 women and male supporters are surrounding the Women's House of Detention in Greenwich Village, chanting "Free our sisters! Free ourselves!" Women prisoners wave from the windows, shouting, "Power to the people!" Cops push against protesters holding banners demanding free and legal abortions, equal pay for equal work, no job discrimination and freedom for women political prisoners. The crowd yells, "Women, let's unite and fight!" On this day in 1970, the Women's Caucus of Youth Against War and Fascism (YAWF) re-ignited the celebration of International Women's Day as a day of revolutionary struggle in the streets against women's oppression. YAWF was the youth group of Workers World Party during the Vietnam War. The day began with a spirited rally in Union Square, chaired by Deirdre Griswold of the YAWF Women's Caucus. Speakers included representatives from many women's organizations: African American attorney Flo Kennedy, about her work to repeal New York's anti-abortion laws; Sue Davis of the YAWF Women's Caucus on the revolutionary history of IWD; Dr. June Finer of the Medical Committee on Human Rights on health care for women; and Kathy Ellis of the New University Conference on the fight for daycare.
Haiti News Human rights Watch. New Report on haiti by Joanne Mariner. JeanMichel, Center for Int l Policy, Chéry, Irvelt, Chomsky, Noam, civil Society Initiative http://www.haitipolicy.org/archives/Archives/Dec2000-Feb01/dec00-feb01main2.htm
Haiti News Calls haiti s Human rights Performance Generally Poor Center for Int l Policy, Chéry, Irvelt, Chomsky, Noam, civil Society Initiative communique http://www.haitipolicy.org/archives/Archives/Dec2000-Feb01/dec00-feb01main1.htm
Conference Activities Marie LourdesElgirus, Founder, Toussaint-King Cultural Center, haiti UAW civil rights Department Jennifer Hennings Victory Over Violence The Rev. http://www.nonviolenceeducation.org/confer_leadership.htm
Extractions: BANGUI, Central African Republic - Claims by ousted Haitian leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide that U.S. officials forced him from power have upset his hosts in the Central African Republic, who will press the exiled president about his plans to move on into permanent exile. Aristide, who resigned Sunday and arrived in the African country on a flight arranged by the U.S. government, said he was forced to leave by the American military - a claim dismissed by Secretary of State Colin Powell and others in the Bush administration. His claims, made in an interview with The Associated Press and in phone calls to U.S. Congressmen and activists, created diplomatic worries for his new host country, where he is staying in the official residence of President Francois Bozize. "The authorities have already called on Aristide to remain calm, to stop making accusations against America," Foreign Minister Charles Wenezoui told the AP. "We fear that this kind of declaration compromises relations between the Central African Republic and the United States."
Wbai.org Author and historian Jonathan Rosenberg on The Secret civil rights Tapes of for Labor rights From Iraq to the US with Clarence Thomas, intl. Longshore http://www.wbai.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1240&Itemid=42
State Department Releases 2003 Human Rights Country Reports The United States stands ready to work with other governments and civil society to The political impasse continued in haiti, where President Aristide http://japan.usembassy.gov/e/p/tp-20040226-15.html
Extractions: Home American Citizen Services Visas to the U.S. American Centers Topic Index U.S. Politics Press Releases Ambassador Baker By Region Japan dummytitle Iraq dummytitle Korea dummytitle China dummytitle Afghanistan dummytitle Middle East dummytitle Security Issues Terror dummytitle Arms Control dummytitle Depleted Uranium dummytitle United Nations dummytitle Summits dummytitle Economic Issues Intl. Trade dummytitle Investment dummytitle Anti-corruption dummytitle IP dummytitle Global Affairs Human Rights dummytitle Health dummytitle Women dummytitle Children dummytitle Monthly Archive Consulates Osaka dummytitle Nagoya dummytitle Fukuoka dummytitle Sapporo dummytitle Naha dummytitle American Centers Tokyo dummytitle Kansai dummytitle Nagoya dummytitle Fukuoka dummytitle Sapporo dummytitle State Department Releases 2003 Human Rights Country Reports The U.S. Department of State released its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices on February 25. The reports include individual assessments of 196 countries and, according to the introduction, "are designed to assess the state of democracy and human rights around the world, call attention to violations, and...prompt needed changes in [U.S.] policies toward particular countries." The introduction to the reports cites intensified efforts by the United States to address human rights issues throughout the world, and notes new programs designed to assist in the promotion of human rights.
Terrorism And American Foreign Policy For compliance with intl Court of Justice decision for Nicaragua vs. US. **For a conference and measures to civil rights (30 years after its creation) http://www.robert-fisk.com/robert_elias_25sept2001.htm
Extractions: Professor of sociology at University of San Francisco, California http://www.tanbou.com/2001/fall/USForeignPolicyElias.htm The US has suffered terrible crimes from the terrorist attacks two weeks ago. They have taken a horrible toll in lost lives, and have shaken the nation to its foundations. Weve felt a rush of emotions, including horror, fear, grief, sorrow, anger and even calls for revenge. As a person from New York, I take the terrorism very personally. I have family, friends and acquaintances there, and Im still not sure about all of them. Im very angry about the senseless deaths. These terrorists and their acts are despicable, and the perpetrators must be brought to justice. In response to these acts, our emotions are understandable, and we should do nothing to belittle these feelings. It almost seems blasphemous to suggest that we add to these emotions a part of us that also thinks about what happened and why. And yet theres a need, beyond our feelings, also to understand. Why did this happen to us? Our leaders in Washington have rushed in with their response, and theres the danger that we, the people, will be left behind or left completely susceptible to Washingtons lead rather than making up our own minds about why this happened, and what to do. Unfortunately, in trying to understand why this terrorism has occurred, weve been given little help by those upon which we rely for information. Our educational system has provided us neither the history nor the critical perspective to understand. Our officials refuse to ask the question why, except in terms of stereotypes that divert us from the causes and focus us instead on the symptoms. And most crucially, our mainstream media has almost exclusively parroted official analyses and solutions, acting not like watchdogs but rather like lapdogs. Officials and our media operate essentially under the assumption that there can be no question of why, since theres nothing we could have conceivably done that has anything to do with provoking terrorism.
Human Rights As Victim Of Politics - Council On Foreign Relations Mr. Shattuck, a former American civil Liberties Union lawyer, vice chairman of But although United States troops occupied haiti in 1995, Mr. Clinton was http://www.cfr.org/pub6632/max_boot/human_rights_as_victim_of_politics.php
Extractions: @import url(/css/main.css); Why does this page look this way? It appears that you are using either an older, classic Web browser or a hand-held device that allows you to view our content but may not work with every feature of our site. If you are using an older browser, please upgrade for the best experience. Welcome to CFR. Skip to section navigation Skip to content Home FAQs ... Advanced Search Navigation Author: Max Boot December 30, 2003 The New York Times Human Rights Wars and America's Response By John Shattuck. Harvard University Press. 390 pages; $29.95. Most memoirs of government service are written by senior cabinet members or White House aides, and their theme, implicit or explicit, is: Look how powerful I was. The Clinton administration has produced a slew of books along those lines, by the likes of George Stephanopoulos, Sidney Blumenthal, Madeleine Albright and Robert Rubin. John Shattuck, who served from 1993 to 1998 as assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor, has produced a different sort of memoir. Its theme is: Look how powerless I was. Mr. Shattuck, a former American Civil Liberties Union lawyer, vice chairman of Amnesty International and vice president of Harvard, joined the State Department determined to elevate human rights to the top of the foreign policy agenda. He had every reason to expect that he would be successful, for as a candidate in 1992, Bill Clinton criticized the first Bush administration's policies from Bosnia to China as amoral. But Mr. Shattuck was disillusioned when he realized that there was no consensus within the new administration over the priority to be given to combating repression.
Call For A United Antiwar Movement Dr. Colia Clark Longtime civil rights activist, co-organizer with Medgar Charlie Hinton - haiti Action Committee, San Francisco, CA http://www.thestruggle.org/Call.htm
Extractions: September 24, 2005 has been set as the date for national demonstrations by the U.S. antiwar movement. We will return to the streets of the nation's capital, and elsewhere, with a force determined to challenge the continuation of a brutal and immoral war and occupation. That the Iraqi War is the central issue in world politics today is not in dispute. Neither is the fact that there is a rapidly growing opposition to this war in the United States and across the globe. The potential for a truly massive turnout that can open the door wider than ever to our movement's expressing the will of tens of millions is within reach. But we have been asked to divide our energies on September 24 between two competing antiwar coalitions, UFPJ and ANSWER. Both have announced mass mobilizations in Washington, D.C. on that date, but in different locations. There can be no justification for such a division. It is unthinkable that we can most effectively confront the warmakers by marching separately in what will inevitably be portrayed as two rival protests. People who want to end the war and occupation will never understand. Is the destruction of Iraq and its people to rage on while our movement divides its energies? While billions are spent daily to make Iraq a virtual colony? While the same billions are looted from social programs at home? While U.S. soldiers die for corporate profits and while the American people are rapidly learning that the war was a lie from start to finish?
Snowshoe Documentaries: For Social And Economic Justice SUPPORT civil rights ATTORNEY LYNNE STEWART (A 4part series) Snowshoefilms interview of May 27, 2004 Toronto (phase 2)intl Citizens Inquiry into 9-11. http://www.snowshoefilms.com/filmmakersnotebook.html
Extractions: FILMMAKERS NOTEBOOK On Saturday mornings Senior Report, Chautauqua County, NYs only live call-in public access TV show, Jim Caflisch, Republican minority leader in the Chautauqua County legislature and Roy Harvey of Snowshoe Documentary Films discuss what really happened on 9-11. Special thanks to host Reed Powers, director Chuck Kelsey (Mayville village clerk and Channel 5 station manager, and co-founder with Reed of Sr. Report). Thanks also to Devon Taylor (Mayville village historian) on camera. And Karen, my partner, also on camera. (38 min.) see also, filmmakers notebook #85. ( more
THE WBAI ELECTION RESCUE ACT the power of those wanting to roll back 40 years of civilrights advances. (co-producer/co-host, haiti The Struggle Continues; haitian community http://kpftx.org/archives/pnb/pnb050114/sunday/heffley.html
Extractions: THE WBAI ELECTION RESCUE ACT This motion requests that the PNB set aside the results of the November, 2004 LSB staff election at WBAI because of a deliberate and consistent failure on the part of both station and foundation management, and the Elections Supervisors, to follow the election procedures mandated by the Pacifica bylaws, the Pacifica National Board and the California corporate code. These procedural failures are documented within, and demonstrate systematic gross negligence that may possibly rise to the level of legal fraud. The proposed motion is designed to rectify injustice and to defuse the threat of legal action that may be brought against the foundation by parties injured in the election as a result of station and foundation non-compliance with proper procedures. Motion to the Pacifica National Board Whereas, the Pacifica National Bylaws provides definitions for both paid and unpaid staff and also provides for using the definition of unpaid staff as given in a collective bargaining agreement between a Pacifica station and unpaid staff; Whereas, WBAI has a collective bargaining agreement with Unpaid Staff Organizing Committee (USOC) at WBAI that defines who is a member of the unpaid staff;
Untitled Document Political rights and civil liberties are more limited in these countries, In the Americas, 23 countries are Free, 10 are Partly Free, and 2 (haiti and http://www.ncgub.net/Int'l Action/FH PressRelease 18 Dec 2003.htm
Extractions: Surprising Level of Freedom in Poor Countries Found NEW YORK, DECEMBER 18, 2003 In the midst of global terrorism and international efforts to fight it, freedom and democracy continued to make overall progress worldwide in 2003, according to a major annual survey released today by Freedom House. The global survey, Freedom in the World, shows that 25 countries demonstrated forward progress in freedom, while 13 registered setbacks. The ratings reflect global events from January 1, 2003 through November 30, 2003. This year's survey also revealed that freedom and liberty are not restricted to the world's wealthy countries. Many poor and developing nations boast strong records of respect for political rights and civil liberties. Real gains outnumbered setbacks by nearly a two-to-one margin, continuing a trend from last year. In the two years since the beginning of the global war on terrorism, freedom and democracy have made demonstrable gains, with 51 countries showing overall progress versus 27 that have registered setbacks. Most gains, however, have been made in regions from which global terrorism does not normally emanate, such as Central and Eastern Europe and East Asia. Freedom is still lagging in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia. "The war on terrorism has led to repression in certain countries and regions, such as in Central Asia, where counter-terrorism is sometimes used to justify the stifling of dissent. But on balance, the world is continuing to move toward greater freedom and democracy," said Freedom House Executive Director Jennifer Windsor.
EDUCATION Welcome to further democratic governance and the rule of law in haiti http//www.nchr.org A coalition of labor, community, civil rights, immigrant rights, http://childlabor.social.uiuc.edu/childlabor_files/orgs/us.ngo.orgs.htm
Extractions: Campaign for Labor Rights Aims to mobilize grassroots activism throughout the United States for campaigns to end sweatshops and child labor http://www.summersault.com/~agj/clr/ Serves as a national network for the exchange of information about child labor; provides a forum and a unified voice on protecting working minors and ending child labor exploitation; and develops informational and educational outreach to the public and private sectors to combat child labor abusers and promotes progressive initiatives and legislation http://www.stopchildlabor.org
Congressional Human Rights Caucus - Testimony Of Bill Frelick Both the International Covenant on civil and Political rights (ICCPR) and the Although some might be considered citizens of haiti , many have never been http://lantos.house.gov/HoR/CA12/Human Rights Caucus/Briefing Testimonies/05-31-
Extractions: Home Members Briefing Testimonies Letters ... Contact CHRC TESTIMONY BY BILL FRELICK Director, Refugee Programs, Amnesty International USA Statelessness: The Denial of a Fundamental Human Right April 19, 2005 Thank you for inviting me to testify on the important subject of statelessness on behalf of Amnesty International USA. Amnesty International is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that was founded in 1961. It is a worldwide movement of more than 1.7 million members that works to protect and promote human rights. Amnesty International USA has more than 340,000 members. My testimony has three parts. First, I would like to take the opportunity to provide a human rights framework for understanding the global problem of statelessness. Then, I would like to present two case studies of statelessness: Haitian-Bahamians and Rohingyas in Myanmar and Bangladesh Finally, I would like to make recommendations for how the United States might take a more active role in reducing statelessness. I. Unresolved Nationality Status Undermines Human Rights Article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) holds that every person âhas a right to a nationalityâ and that âno one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality, nor denied the right to change his nationality.â
FLASHPOINTS RADIO Evelyn Sanchez, Workplace Immigrant and civil rights Organizer with EBASE JeanBertrand Aristide - duky-elected President of haiti Today on http://www.flashpoints.net/
Extractions: This collection of radio features is a product of a multimedia training project that teaches Palestinian youth journalism skills. A grassroots initiative of Ibdaa Cultural Center in Dheisheh refugee camp, the project creates an avenue through which young refugees represent our communities' stories in the media, document our lives, and voice our unique perspectives at home and abroad. Ibdaa Radio 194 is the first community radio station in a Palestinian refugee camp. For more information, contact ibdaa94@yahoo.com or freedomradio@riseup.net
