Jorge Parra smiled and laughed as he opened his mouth, no longer bound by thread, and bit into his first meal in 22 days. About anhour earlier, at 10:00pm on August 22nd, Mr. Parra signed an agreement with General Motors●●●
Miners in Coahuila Died for Seven Dollars a Day
Americas Program
Foto:Diario NTR Zacatecas By Adazahira Chávez, desinformémonos.org Mining yields great dividends to the mine operators, but at great cost to Mexico in lives and the environment. In just two weeks 13 coal miners have died in the northern state of Coahuila.●●●
RIO+20 : From Sustainable Development to Green Economy
WHAT IS AT STAKE? WHICH ALTERNATIVES?
Before Rio +20 summit, this new United Nations Conference for Sustainable Development (UNCSD), Alter-Echo (alter-echos.org) publishes a 16-minute video fully subtitled in English with interviews of Pablo Solon, Edagardo Lander, Yvonne Yanez, Silvia Ribeiro, Tony Clarke, Nnimmo Bassey, Anabella Rosemberg.●●●
👵👩 A nos grands-mères, mères, soeurs, filles et petites-filles, cette journée est dédiée à vos combats ✊. Avec une pensée particulière pour les paysannes 👩🌾 et les travailleuses exploitées dans le monde entier...
📽️ A voir - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEniQgRKEXc
#femmes
As #HRC55 moves ahead following #WTOMC13AbuDhabi, let's confront the reality: transnational corporations wield immense power, often at the expense of #HumanRights
It's time to demand accountability, regulation and justice in light of their violations
