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April 18, 2011
Protecting Youth from Military Recruiters

 

Since the Army claims it isn’t recruiting youth under 17, why not codify this restriction into local law?

For background on the origins of the ordinance described below, see also “Countering Military Recruitment in New Ways: In California, Judicial and State Legislative Challenges Loom,” in Peacework, May 2009.

April 16, 2011
Chinese Eco-Activists Defend the Earth

 

Pollution factors into as many as half of the country’s protests.

April 16, 2011
Chinese Protesters Halt Hazardous Factory

The Xiamen protests, thousands of people strong, are the latest sign of people power in China.

April 16, 2011
Support US Labor Rights

 

The Employee Free Choice Act would allow for card-check authorization of unions, and strenghtens penalties in cases of retaliation.

 

According to American Rights at Work, 94% of employers resist workers’ efforts to form unions, 49% illegally threaten to shut down the worksite. Intimidation is common, recourse rare. The EFCA allows for card-check authorization of unions, and strenghtens penalties in cases of retaliation. See www.freechoiceact.org.

April 2, 2011
US Companies Pushed China to Repress Unions More

The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai and major US and European corporations succesfully lobbied China to reduce workers' rights in proposed labor legislation. These corporations routinely claim corporate investment will encourage democratization. This report indicates the opposite.

 

April 2, 2011
Where there is Oppression, there is Resistance

The Chinese workers in a Danish-owned electronic plant defy the factory owners and the official trade union, go on strike for a month, and win. After continued harassment and the firing of union organizers, the United Federation of Danish Workers lends its solidarity.

Excerpted from China Labor Translations, www.clntranslations.org

April 2, 2011
Worker Rights and Labor Protest in China

Independent labor activism in China flourishes despite repression, and despite the official union.

March 31, 2011
Chinese Citizens Advocate Democracy

Change is no longer optional. The democratization of Chinese politics can be put off no longer.

 

March 30, 2011
Speaking Up About China

Just as “nonviolence is not first for export,” neither can our nonviolent commitments stop at the water’s edge. Shouldn’t we prioritize dialogue with activists of conscience over seminars with government leaders and official spokespeople?

January 19, 2011
Peacework’s Final Printed Issue: Testimonials and Reflections

Peacework’s legacy? Never give in, give up, or give out.

January 14, 2011
Sam Diener's Editorial for Last Printed Issue of Peacework

"The play was soup; the audience, art."