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#India – Agitation during South Korean President Park’s visit #Posco

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 17:40 Bhubaneswar: Rejecting environmental clearance for Posco‘s s 52,000 crore steel plant project in Odisha, anti-displacement activists today decided to challenge it in the National Green Tribunal besides demonstrating during South Korean President Park… Continue Reading →

India: Beaten and arrested for defend the rights of Christians Dalits

On Dec. 11, 2013 Archbishop Anil Couto of Delhi was part of a large protest march in India’s capital, with demonstrators demanding equal rights for low-caste Christians and Muslims, known as dalits, or “untouchables”. They account for more than 65… Continue Reading →

#India – Tribals step up stir at Hindalco bauxite mining site

Hrusikesh Mohanty  |  Berhampur  December 19, 2013, BS Tribals at Koraput in Odisha have threatened to intensify their stir, if Hindalco went ahead with its plan of resuming bauxite mining at Mali Parbat. The mine used to feed the company’s… Continue Reading →

#India – Delhi Magistrate orders FIR against woman for anti-Modi posts #WTFnews

December 10, 2013 Guest post by KAVITA KRISHNAN: The footsteps of fascism can be heard – this time in the hallowed hallways of the national capital’s courts. A woman who filed an FIR against a man physically threatening her for her… Continue Reading →

Police in Thailand Lay Down Weapons and Join with Protestors

December 8, 2013 | Filed under: News | Posted by: Amanda Froelich Image Credit: Political Blind Spot (Only in Thailand) By: Amanda Froelich, True Activist. Earlier this week in Thailand, a shocking turn of events took place. Ordered to harass and block protestors , policemen… Continue Reading →

Activists protest mining industry’s harmful impact on women #Vaw

Source: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 Author: Alia Dharssi Protesters gather outside London’s Business Design Centre for a vigil honouring women who have been negatively impacted by the mining industry. Photo December 3, 2013. Credit: Alia Dharssi LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation)… Continue Reading →

Oops, there’s a snag: 6 villages reject state’s Navi Mumbai airport offer

Wednesday, Nov 13, 2013, 6:58 IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Bhalchandra Chorghade Pic for representational purpose. – Nandu Kurne/DNA Nearly 700 families from six villages in Raigad district have rejected the ‘best offer in the country’, as termed… Continue Reading →

Millions Against Monsanto: Five Lessons From the Battle Against GMOs

        By Ronnie C ummins, Common Dreams 31 October 13   wenty years after the controversial introduction of unlabeled and untested genetically engineered foods and crops, opposition to GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) and Monsanto has created one… Continue Reading →

Monsanto – Century of innovating toxins– #mustread

Monsanto has a long history of threatening the health of animals, humans and the planet–which is why it’s the target of protest, reports Kim Sloan. October 15, 2013 Marching against Monsanto in Paris THE MILLIONS Against Monsantocampaign held a global day of… Continue Reading →

#India – Koodankulam: To Think, Live And Act Non-Violently #mustread

By Anitha.S 12 October, 2013 Countercurrents.org The team from Koodankulam -Melrit and Nisha with their slogans in Kochi  This trip and interaction with people’s groups involved in resistance and struggle along with those spreading new thoughts on healthy and slow… Continue Reading →

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