Mois : janvier 2008

The America’s Union Movement

… (available also en espanol)

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations AFL-CIO is a voluntary federation of 55 national and international labor unions.

Homepage and latest News;
Sitemap;
Corporate Watch;
Join a Union;
Newsletter /take action /network;
Stop Sweatshops;
Union Jobs;
Research Resources;
Address: AFL-CIO, 815 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006;
Contact.

About: Today’s unions represent 10 million working women and men of every race and ethnicity and from every walk of life. We are teachers and truck drivers, musicians and miners, firefighters and farm workers, bakers and bottlers, engineers and editors, – and more …

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(in the six UN languages)

Linked with Francis S.L. Wang – USA & China;

The International Association of Law Schools (IALS) is a non-profit organization founded in 2005 with a membership of educational institutions, associations, and legal educators from throughout the world. Its members are committed to the proposition that the quality of legal education in any society is improved when students learn about other cultures and legal systems and the diverse approaches to solving legal problems employed in those legal systems … (full text).

The Charter for the IALS;
membership;
Services;
Meetings;
Board;
IALS Newsletter;
Links;
Contact & Address: International Association of Law Schools (IALS), 1201 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC, 20036-2717, Phone: 202.296.8851, Fax: 202.296.8869

About:

What Is the Mission of the IALS?

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Linked with The World Social Forum 2008.

Focus on the Global South is dedicated to regional and global policy analysis and advocacy work. Focus also concentrates on linking grassroots experiences to macro level issues such as trade liberalisation and the International Monetary Fund. (OneWorld.net).

Listen the video: a world without the WTO, November 29, 2006.

Homepage and latest News;
Site Index;
Programmes/Peace & Security;
Programmes/Trade Campaign;
Programmes/Alternatives;
Publications;
Contact.

Walden Bello is executive director of Focus on the Global South, professor of sociology and public administration at the University of the Philippines, and a fellow of the Transnational Institute. He is the author of numerous books on Asian issues and globalisation … (full text).

SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Saturday 26 January is the World Social Forum Global Day of Action. More than 600 actions and events are being planned on or close to the day, in every continent; they range from defening housing rights in Omsk in Siberia and protesting anti-military bases actions in Aotearoa/New Zealand to dozens of local social forums, protests, gatherings and celebrations of resistance … (full text);

(also in french, and german)

Linked with Bahman Nirumand – Iran & Germany, with The Lost Children of the Revolution .
CASMII is dedicated to public education and engagement about war and sanctions on Iran. CASMII board members and affiliate consultants, are knowledgable experts of various backgrounds who have appeared on BBC, MSNBC, Dubai TV, CNN International, Aljazeera, Pacifica Radio, and many other networks. Many are published authors of reports and articles featured in many news media sources. If you are interested in inviting CASMII speakers to participate. (Speaking Engagements).

Homepage;
CASMII educational resources;
columns;
viewpoints section;
getting involved;
contact.

About CASMII:

Mission Statement:

CASMII is an independent campaign organisation with the purpose of opposing sanctions, foreign state interference and military intervention in Iran.

Statement of Purpose:

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good catholicss use condoms!

Linked with Maria José Rosado Nune /Sister Zecas – Brazil, with Catholics for a free choice, and with Religious Ideology and Social Control: Abortion and the Catholic Church.

Condoms4Life is an unprecedented worldwide public education effort to raise public awareness about the devastating effect of the bishops’ ban on condoms. The campaign was launched on World AIDS Day 2001 with the display of billboards and ads in subways and newspapers saying, “Banning Condoms Kills.”

Homepage;
The Facts about HIV/AIDS;
HIV/AIDS-resources;
Take action;
See the campaign;
Contact / become involved.

About: The advertising campaign in the US, Mexico, the Philippines, South Africa, Kenya, Chile and Zimbabwe, was the first phase of an effort to change the Vatican’s policy and challenge its aggressive lobbying against availability and access to condoms in areas of the world most at risk. The ads point out that many of the 4,000 plus bishops lobby governments and the United Nations to restrict access to condoms claiming that condoms cause AIDS, not prevent it.

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