military and law enforcement

Steven. — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:02:34 +0000

Hunger strike ends as Greek government caves

taxikipali — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:45:12 +0000

On Thursday the 20th of November more than 7,000 hunger strikers in greek prisons demanding a comprehensive 45-point program of prison reform have decided to stop their hunger strike, already on its 18th day, after the Ministry of Justice responded to their struggle and to the widening solidarity movement which in the last weeks has held several mass protest marches in the greek cities by declarin

Great Game II: America Lashes Out on the Borders of China and Russia - by Loren Goldner

Ret Marut — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:57:02 +0000

Source; Mute magazine.

Most of Goldner's work is available on the Break Their Haughty Power website.

Titan prisons: "consultation" ends, construction set to begin

Django — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:51:35 +0000

A new report by the Prisons Reform Trust has accompanied the end of the “consultation” period on the government's policy of constructing huge new “titan” prisons, which Gordon Brown has stated will mean the beginning of construction of the jails.

War on the streets in Armenia

little_brother — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:07:51 +0000

Eight people, including a child, were killed by police and around 100 were injured including 33 police. An apparently unrelated border fire-fight on 4/3/08 in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, disputed with neighbouring state of Azerbaijan with whom Armenia is still technically at war, broke a ceasefire agreed in 1994, killing 12 Armenian conscripts.

France: Carrefour strikers issued with summonses

jef costello — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:35:43 +0000

Workers at the hypermarket have been on strike since February the first.

Prisoner riot reverses smoking ban

catch — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:19:46 +0000

On Tuesday, smoking was banned both inside and outside of Quebec's 18 prisons. Just before midnight on Thursday, 30-50 prisoners rioted and set fire to a wing at the Orsainville detention centre near Quebec City. This was met by a statement from Public Security Minister Jacques Dupuis the morning after, stating that prisoners would be allowed to smoke outside.

France: first suicide in new youth prison

jef costello — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:34:45 +0000

The youth was being held in an établissement pénitentiaire pour mineurs (EPM penitentiary establishment for minors.) in Meyzieu. This EPM was the first in the country and since its opening it has been plagued with problems. The prison authorities kept the news from other inmates until Monday "to avoid an explosion". So far five of the planned seven EPMs have been opened.

Bangladeshi garment workers out again and escalating

Ret Marut — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:26:51 +0000

The Ninety-third Division - Black US soldiers' struggles in World War II - Nelson Peery

Ret Marut — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:38:39 +0000