FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Davie, Fla., May 04, 2013 In the wake of the Rana Plaza collapse in Savar, Bangladesh, over 400 garment workers are dead; more than 1000 are injured; 140 plus are missing. Workers, outraged, are in the streets by the thousands. The Rapid Response Network (RRN) calls on South Florida consumers, workers, and [...]
By Stephanie McMillan Our worst nightmares reverberate with the prediction of respected scientist James Hansen: if we don’t stop TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline, then it’s “game over” for stabilizing the climate. With final US governmental approval (or not) to complete the pipeline looming, struggle over it is intensifying. In late January, representatives from more than 25 First Nations [...]
By One Struggle — Rapid Response Network Committee Photos by Sarah Cruz and Marty Goodman (Names have been changed to protect the identities of union organizers). The garment industry is a global web of nightmares, where suppliers compete to offer their products at the lowest possible cost to stores like Walmart, The Gap and J.C. [...]
What follows is an eyewitness account of the rescue efforts at the collapsed factory building in Bangladesh. The translation was sent to us with a request to post it. It shows the heroism of the masses, who have been risking their own lives to save the trapped workers, in contrast to the army which poses [...]
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Conducted by Stephanie McMillan Anu Muhammad, an anti-capitalist/anti-imperialist activist and Professor of Economics at Jahangirnagar University (Dhaka, Bangladesh), is the author of more than 20 books. He is the editor of the website Meghbarta.info. The fire occurred on November 24, 2012 in Savar, Bangladesh, killing more than a hundred workers. The factory produced clothing for [...]
By Kaveh U.S. political involvement, covert and overt, dates back to 1953 (Kinzer, 2005). In addition to coups, plots of assassination, and secret operations, comes American contribution to the export and sales of arms to local governments, Egypt, Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, etc… and direct military involvement with the establishment of bases, invasion and [...]