On the Line
On the Line Documented Resistance The "Corporate Globalization vs. Global Justice" photography exhibit documents resistance to neoliberal economic policies. The exhibit will travel to the West...
...A coalition of human rights and consumer groups is behind the campaign...
...Action at Macy's San Francisco Hundreds of Macy's workers walked off the job on July 17 as part of a one-day strike...
...Comedian and activist Dick Gregory joins a protest at the Sudanese embassy in Washington on July 20 to demand action against the genocide in Sudan...
...For more information, go to the group's website at www.backbonecampaign.org...
...Marchers have been pulling a 1,400-pound granite memorial honoring "Unknown Civilians Killed in War...
...A giant Backbone puppet appeared in the streets of Boston during the Democratic National Convention...
...Rally to Stop Genocide in Sudan Washington, D.C...
...For more information, go to the website at www...
...Representative Jim McDermott of Washington won the first Backbone Award in January for his pre-war trip to Iraq...
...A Million Worker March The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 10, is calling for a million-worker march on Washington on Sunday, October 17...
...For more information, contact the Million Worker March Committee, ILWU, Local 10, 400 North Point, San Francisco, California 94133...
...The exhibit will travel to the West Coast during the fall...
...The Backbone Awards Boston The Backbone Campaign is a grassroots, progressive effort to embolden the Democratic Party...
...For more information, go to www.sudancampaign.com...
...The walk was designed to coincide with the Democratic and Republican conventions...
...Contract talks between management and members of the United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 101, broke down because of disagreements over health care benefits and sick day policies...
...For more information, contact the United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 101, at www.local101.com...
...According to its website, "this mobilization is being proposed in response to the attacks upon working families in America and the millions of jobs lost during the Bush Administration and with the complicity of Congress...
...peacefultomorrows.org Going for the Pure Gold Play Fair at the Olympics is a campaign to persuade sportswear companies and the International Olympic Committee to respect workers' rights in the sportswear industry...
...The working class has not suffered such hardship since the Great Depression...
...For more information, contact the Global Justice Ecology Project at www.globaljusticeecology.org...
...For more information, go to the website at www.fairolympics.org...
...The e-mail address is millionworkermarch@comcast.net...
...Peace Trek Boston September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows organized "Stonewalk," a trek from Boston to New York highlighting the victims of terrorism, war, and violence worldwide...
Vol. 68 • September 2004 • No. 9
