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Revogação da directiva da vergonha!

Exijamos dos estados membros da União Europeia a revogação da directiva do «retorno»

Apelo às associações europeias e africanas

A 18 de Junho de 2008, o parlamento europeu adoptou uma directiva « relativa às normas e procedimentos comunitárias aplicáveis nos Estados membros para o retorno de países terceiros em situação irregular ».

Mauritanie - Communique de Presse de la Confederation Generale des Travailleurs de Mauritanie

CONFEDERATION GENERALE DES TRAVAILLEURS DE MAURITANIE, CGTM

COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE

Notre pays s'est réveillé ce matin du mercredi 06 août 2008 par un coup d'Etat rondement mené par les généraux qui dirigent l'armée nationale.

VACANCES AU MAROC : LE REVE ... VRAIMENT ?

VACANCES AU MAROC : LE REVE .... VRAIMENT ?

Imperial Reckoning: the Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya

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Wiry and energetic, the Hugo K. Foster Associate Professor of African Studies at Harvard University coils in her chair and speaks with rapid force about her book that recently won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize.

Sidi Ifni en etat de siege - Maroc

http://www.ainfos.ca/fr/ainfos07528.html

Nous apprenons ce matin 7 juin 2008, que de nombreux militants d'Attac et d'autres
organisations font face à une sauvage répression qui s'est abattue sur les
habitants de cette petite ville du Sud [1] du Maroc. Nos contacts nous ont parlé de
morts et la chaîne de télévision Al Jazeera a annoncé que quatre personnes étaient

ANC, Mandela still on US terrorist lists

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By Mimi Hall, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Nobel Peace Prize winner and international symbol of freedom Nelson Mandela is flagged on U.S. terrorist watch lists and needs special permission to visit the USA. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice calls the situation "embarrassing," and some members of Congress vow to fix it.

Somalia-An Anarchy?

Some 'anarcho'-capitalists see Somalia as an anarchy, but I haven't come across much anarchist perspectives on this. Yes, there is a lack of a centralized government, but different parts of Somalia have what could be considered governments and rule by warlords seems hardly anarchistic.

zabalaza is edited in zulu?

Hi Comrades,

International Dockworkers Council will make known its union objectives to African ports

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IDC will make known its union objectives to African ports

IDC wants to be known in Africa. The objective it that African Unions in North Africa, Senegal, Cape Green Islands, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Cameroon know about the mission and tasks of IDC

Swaziland - Worst labour strife in a decade.

Worst labour strife in a decade. (IRIN), 6 March, 2008.

A bloody week of the worst labour strife in a decade has exposed cracks in the Swazi government's poverty-alleviation plan of creating thousands of low-paying jobs by promoting a textile industry.

Swaziland: 16 000 textile workers vote to strike

by Fanyana Mabuza, Weekend Obeserver (Mbabane), March 1, 2008.

Zabalaza: A Journal of Southern African Revolutionary Anarchism, No.8 now available

We are happy to finally announce the long-overdue publication of the eighth issue of "Zabalaza - A Journal of Southern African Revolutionary Anarchism". Our organisation having recently undergone some changes, we hope to get back on track and to meet our goals of publishing Zabalaza twice a year.

In this long-awaited issue:

* Asgisa: A Working Class Critique
* S.A. Public Sector Strikes

Swaziland - Aggrieved soldiers form secret union

Aggrieved soldiers form secret union

BY ARTHUR MORDAUNT

MBABANE – Following failed attempts to set up a legitimate union, aggrieved soldiers are now alleged to be in a move to operate through an underground organisation.

South Africa: Police shoot 3 children in Delf

POLICE SHOOT THREE CHILDREN IN DELFT

Police proceed with unlawful eviction of 1600 residents in Delft, Cape Town

gréve de santé au maroc

L’organisation démocratique de la santé/ Odt, tient à informer la population marocaine qu’une grève nationale de 48heures dans le secteur de la santé est prévue pour les 19 et 20 février 2008 ; avec maintien des services essentiels conformément au seuil prévu dans nos actions syndicales ; dans les services des urgences, unités de réanimation et de soins intensifs

Cameroun solidarité/ Cameroon Solidarity

Un syndicaliste camerounais arrêté.
Envoyer un message de protestation (ci-dessouus, message type)à la présidence de la République camerounaise : Cellcom@prc.com
Mettre en copie cachée : africa@cnt-f.org et benoitessiga@yahoo.fr (CGT-Liberté Cameroun)
Salutations syndicalistes

Afrique sans chaînes n°1/Africa without chains N°1 (in french only)‏

Camarades,le groupe de travail Afrique du secrétariat international de la CNT sortaujourd'hui le premier numéro de sa nouvelle lettre d'info "Afrique sanschaînes".

Moçambique – Contestação de massas

Como resultado de aumentos que chegam a ser de 50% nos transportes públicos – os chapas – a população do Maputo, mobilizada em grande parte através de contactos telefónicos, saiu à rua para protestar.

Document of the Madrid meeting of 19 January 2008 of the Europe-Maghreb Coordination

1. International day of struggle against unemployment and precarity on 16 May. The Moroccan association ANDCM will produce a concrete proposal for this.

2. Prepare a day of struggle to be held in the autumn against the European Union's social and economic policies.

3. Continue the campaign for the release of the 1 May prisoners in Morocco. ---- Propose that INSAD determine a date.

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