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De Verenigde Strijd!
Proletariër - 18.09.2002 20:34
United in Struggle!
17-18 september 2002.
PIENDAMO, Peasants threaten to block the Pan American highway in Piendamo.
LONDON, Don't Attack Iraq: http://www.stopwar.org.uk/
SAO PAULO, Members of the Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST): 'No to
LONDON, A procession of donkeys with sacks of coffee beans past Stock Exchange.
WASHINGTON, Demonstrators protesting 'UN inspections, not war,' behind R
RAMALLAH, A Palestinian boy throws a stone at an Israeli tank.
PIENDAMO, 17 September 2002: Peasants threaten to block the Pan American highway in Piendamo, in the Cauca state, some 210 miles southwest of Bogota, to protest the Uribe government.
LONDON, Don't Attack Iraq:  http://www.stopwar.org.uk/
SAO PAULO, 17 September 2002: Members of the Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) and other groups, carrying a banner reading: 'No to FTAA' in front of the US Embassy, in Brasilia.
LONDON, 18 September 2002: A procession of donkeys laden with sacks of coffee beans are paraded past the Stock Exchange in London as part of a protest by Oxfam to highlight the collapse of world coffee prices. Coffee farmers are getting an average of 24 cents per pound for their beans, while first-world consumers are paying $3.60 a pound, an Oxfam report said.
WASHINGTON, 18 September 2002: Demonstrators protesting President Bush's Iraq policy unfurl banners reading 'UN inspections, not war,' behind Defense Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld as he tries to testify on Capitol Hill before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on Iraq.
RAMALLAH, 18 September 2002: A Palestinian boy throws a stone at an Israeli tank during clashes at the entrance of the Al Amari refugee camp in Ramallah.
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16-17 september 2002.
Bogota, Shatila in Beirut, Hebron:
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2002/09/6486.shtml
16 september 2002.
Kiev, Donetsk:
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2002/09/6483.shtml
14 september 2002.
San Fransisco:
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2002/09/6377.shtml
Rome, Salzburg:
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2002/09/6354.shtml
13 september 2002.
Dhaka, Jakarta, Baghdad, Tafouh, Damascus, New York:
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2002/09/6327.shtml
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| Read more about: vrijheid, repressie & mensenrechten | | supplements | | | AGAIN, POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN PARAGUAY | Proletariër - 18.09.2002 20:45
Over 100 protesters have been injured and more than 300 arrested after police quarreled an anti-Government demonstration in Asuncion, the country's capital, on Tuesday. In a short clash, some 2,000 riot police and Special Forces ended an all-night demonstration demanding the resignation of President Luis Gonzalez Macchi.
Many of the marchers expressed their support of Lino Oviedo, a former Armed Forces chief accused of being involved in the assassination of an ex-Vice President of the country and currently living in exile in Brazil. Some of them had camped out for days on the main Asuncion plaza in front of the ornate pink colonial legislature building.
Protesters blamed President Gonzalez Macchi for corruption and responsibility for the economic recession lashing this landlocked South American country. After refusing to leave the city's main square, police started to fire tear gas and water cannons to break up the crowd. In turn, flying stones and debris during the melee hit at least 11 police officers, Police Chief Sixto Ramirez said.
Paraguay is facing serious political disturbs since the political and economical crisis tends to aggravate. Besides, its economy mainly based on agricultural production and contraband has slumped in the last years pushing millions into poverty.
Consequently, popular uprisings, massive protests and military insubordination have constantly threatened a fragile democratic order. In July, a similar protest had forced Government to decree the State of Emergency after two days of riots that led to 300 arrests and one death.
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