Support the demonstration at the Mexican Embassy – 16 St. George Street, London, W1S 1FD at 13hrs on Thursday 17th February.
The demonstration is called as part of the Global Union Federations’ (UNI, IMF, ICEM, ITF) week of actions to protest against the continuing violation of labour rights in Mexico.
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In 1915, the US Marines invaded Haiti, occupying the country until 1934. US officials rewrote the Haitian constitution, and when the Haitian national assembly refused to ratify it, they dissolved the assembly. They then held a “referendum” in which about 5% of the electorate voted and approved the new constitution – which conveniently changed Haitian law to allow foreigners to own land – with 99.9% voting for approval.
The ITUC, together with its affiliated organisations in Colombia, has strongly condemned the murder, on 30 January, of Humberto de Jesús Espinoza Díaz, a member of the education trade union of Risaralda, SER. The trade unionist worked as a head teacher at an agricultural school in Mistrato, Instituto Agrícola Mistrato, in the department of Risaralda. According to the latest figures received by the ITUC, 25 out of the 46 trade unionists assassinated in 2010 were teachers.
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Movimientos & NSC present A Club Sandino special
Friday 18th February 8pm-3am
The UK’s original radical Latin clubnight Club Sandino returns for a special one-off at Passing Clouds to raise money for NSC’s new projects. Run by the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Club Sandino was once the hub for Latin music in the UK with a network of club nights around the country.
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It didn’t get much attention in the media, but U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did something quite surprising on Sunday. After taping interviews on five big Sunday talk shows about Egypt, she then boarded a plane to Haiti. Yes, Haiti. The most impoverished country in the hemisphere, not exactly a “strategic ally” or a global player on the world’s political stage.