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  USCCB - Called to Global Solidarity: International Challenges for U.S. Parishes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In pursuit of solidarity, Pope John Paul II calls for a worldwide effort to promote development, an effort that “involves sacrificing the positions of income and of power enjoyed by the more developed economies” in the interest of “an overall human enrichment to the family of nations” (CA, no. 52).
Solidarity is action on behalf of the one human family, calling us to help overcome the divisions in our world.
The international agencies of the U.S. bishops are working together to strengthen the international witness of the United States Catholic Conference and to help parishes recognize their responsibilities as parts of a universal Church.
www.usccb.org /sdwp/international/globalsolidarity.htm   (6006 words)

  
 DignityUSA - Solidarity Sunday
Solidarity Sunday™ Brochure Sale: We still have plenty of preassembled brochures, with and without the prayer, in stock and we are still taking orders for them.
Solidarity Sunday is dedicated to the memory of the many who lost their lives through violence because of who they were or who they were perceived to be.
It was decided to invite these people to join in solidarity with us and to work with us to end verbal and physical abuse.
www.dignityusa.org /solidarity/index.html   (546 words)

  
 Iraq Solidarity News (Al-Thawra)
US soldiers later joined the fight, aiding in a counter-attack that left 18 fighters dead, the US military said on Friday.
U.S. soldiers I joined on patrols in Washash say Shi'ite militiamen will sometimes abduct and murder the main male figure in a Sunni household, leaving his family unable to afford their home or too terrified to stay.
US District Court Judge, Harold Baer, entered a default judgment for the plaintiffs in January 2003, because the time allowed for a response by the defendants had passed, and they had failed to file an answer to the plaintiffs' complaint.
iraqsolidaritycampaign.blogspot.com   (15228 words)

  
 Ethiopia: Solidarity Tigrai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The money the U.S. gives the regime in Ethiopia in the guise of fighting terrorism is being used to gun down Ethiopians and extend the life of an autocratic regime rejected by the people of Ethiopia in the May 2005 elections.
The days leading to the voting date, gave us a sense of pride and renewed hope, as we watched our people exercise their right to vote for the party and candidate of their choice with dignity, peace, and patience, considered exemplary even by the standards of matured democracies.
It is to be recalled that, Tigrean International Solidarity for Justice and Democracy has issued a statement before the start of the election process, hoping for a free and fair election and wishing our people fruitful outcome.
solidaritytigrai.org   (4800 words)

  
 LASC History and Background
Today’s solidarity with Latin America and the Caribbean cannot be fully appreciated without some background about solidarity work in the 1980’s and 90’s.
It was the US funding, training, advising and providing of intelligence to the forces of the elite in all three countries, and also the US invasion of Panama and Grenada.
Later, in court actions, the US government was found to have acted illegally regarding refugee deportations, church infiltration and FBI break-ins.
lasolidarity.org /About/history.html   (812 words)

  
 The Solidarity Center - Solidarity Center
The Solidarity Center is a non-profit organization that assists workers around the world who are struggling to build democratic and independent trade unions.
The Solidarity Center and its union partners promote democracy, freedom, and respect for worker rights in global trade, investment, and development policies and in the lending practices of international financial institutions.
Funding sources include the U.S. Agency for International Development, the National Endowment for Democracy, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Labor, the AFL-CIO, private foundations, and national and international labor organizations.
www.solidaritycenter.org /content.asp?contentid=409   (390 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | In Pictures | In pictures: US solidarity
US citizens have been quick to show their support for people in the UK in the wake of London's bomb attacks.
The union jack was raised outside the US State Department and then lowered to half mast as a mark of respect.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signed a book of condolence at the British Embassy in Washington DC.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/in_pictures/4664317.stm   (158 words)

  
 Green Left - VENEZUELA: Week of solidarity with US people launched   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
At the same time as the US government continues to escalate its hostile rhetoric towards the left-wing government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, March 8 marked the beginning of a week of solidarity with the US people.
Meanwhile, hundreds of activists from across the US rejected the Bush administration’s attacks on Venezuela, at a national conference in Washington DC on March 4-6.
Recognising the urgent need to combat their own government’s attacks on Venezuela, various solidarity initiatives were discussed, including the creation of an “emergency response network” to respond to any attack as well as a demonstration on May 20 in Washington in solidarity with Cuba and Venezuela against US aggression.
www.greenleft.org.au /back/2006/660/660p22c.htm   (408 words)

  
 BBC News | UK POLITICS | Blair pledges solidarity with US
Mr Blair flew to the US on Thursday for his first meeting with President Bush since the attacks.
Blair and Schroeder: Unswerving support for US He attacked the Taleban regime in Afghanistan and urged them to "deliver to United States all leaders of the al-Qaeda organisation".
As Mr Blair was arriving in New York, the US and the European Union signed an agreement to work in partnership to fight terrorism.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/1555590.stm   (721 words)

  
 Contradictory US foreign policy towards Venezuela.
The other interpretation is that the US is reaching a stage of desperation in its foreign policy dealings with Venezuela and this has fostered a lack of control, leading to a bipolar or schizophrenic foreign policy attitude that is impossible to decipher by any sane human being.
She may be correct, since the traditional political parties which misruled the country for 40 years have discredited themselves and all but vanished, in the wake of the revolutionary fervour of the Venezuelan people, workers, students and farm workers.
In response to recent false claims of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that truckers in Venezuela are engaged in a strike, Venezuela's National Union of Workers (UNT) issues a rejection of Rice's strategy to attack Venezuela.
www.venezuelasolidarity.org.uk /ven/web/2006/feb/contradictory_us.html   (1904 words)

  
 Solidarity Forever
Is there anything left to us but to organize and fight?
All the world that's owned by idle drones is ours and ours alone We have laid the wide foundations, built it skyward stone by stone.
In our hands is placed a power greater than their hoarded gold, Greater than the might of armies magnified a thousand fold; We can bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old, For the union makes us strong.
home.earthlink.net /~solidarity   (386 words)

  
 Search Results for cuba solidarity
Cuba solidarity conference in MexicoCuba solidarity conference in Mexico Ciudad Juarez -- Cuba solidarity groups from Mexico, the USA and Canada are planning a new drive to send $180,000 of donations to Cuba.
Cuba solidarity conference in Mexico Ciudad Juarez -- Cuba solidarity groups from Mexico, the USA and Canada are planning a new drive to send $180,000 of donations to Cuba.
The IAC was initiated in 1992 by former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark and many antiwar activists to expose the US bombing of innocent Iraqi civilians and the massive destruction of the Iraqi infrastructure.
cubaproject.freeservers.com /lazy_cuba_solidarity.html   (3939 words)

  
 Welcome to Solidarity Bridge-Join Us
Our volunteers are the lifeblood of what we do and give generously of their time, talent, and resources to empower and heal the people of Bolivia.
Please contact us if you have any of these valuable items to offer.
Solidarity Bridge – The Chicago Catholic Medical, Enterprise, and Education Missions is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and all your contributions are fully tax-deductible.
www.solidaritybridge.org /joinus.html   (459 words)

  
 Cuba Solidarity Organizations
The US media has had very little emphasis on the fact that over 70% of Cubans are of African origin and that Cuba is a storehouse of African cultural treasures.
As we move into an endgame on the embargo, it is more important than ever for US solidarity organizations to reach out to the African American community as a means of counteracting the pressures on AfroCubans noted below.
Serious exploratory participation by major US corporations, who, once they are working in Cuba, may extend the preferential white hiring to other sectors.
www.afrocubaweb.com /solidarity.htm   (1597 words)

  
 Mexico Solidarity Network |
In the context of growing globalization, international grassroots alliances are critical in the struggle for democracy, sovereignty, and economic and political justice.
The Mexico Solidarity Network is committed to developing these grassroots alliances on both sides of the US-Mexico border, and organizing to promote dialogue and collective action for social change.
The Mexico Solidarity Network is proud to facilitate forums for discussion by providing speakers directly affected by Globalization, US trade policies, Immigrant policies, and Femicides.
www.mexicosolidarity.org /site   (310 words)

  
 DC Justice & Solidarity Collective
We are a tightly knit group of activists, legal workers, and lawyers with radical political ideologies.
This website is the place to find out more about our group, our work, to browse or download our materials, get updates, etc. Below, find a brief description of each section of our website.
Upcoming court dates for folks requesting court support presence, and links to other solidarity projects including letter writing and sending books to prisoners.
www.justiceandsolidarity.org   (340 words)

  
 Churches in the US pledge solidarity with migrants - news from ekklesia
Churches in the US pledge solidarity with migrants - news from ekklesia
As public debate continues in the US over migration policy, representatives of the United Methodist Church have called for a humane approach — and the US Catholic Bishops Conference has launched its National Migration Week initiative, which begins today.
To counteract this, Bishop Barnes recalled, a broad coalition of Catholic organizations together with the US Bishops committed themselves to changing minds and hearts through the national Justice for Immigrants: Together on the Journey of Hope campaign.
www.ekklesia.co.uk /content/news_syndication/article_06019migrant.shtml   (554 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Europe | Walesa leaves Solidarity movement
Lech Walesa has left the Solidarity trade union movement he founded and led during its struggle against communism in the 1980s.
Mr Walesa, who won the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize, has not been a member of the trade union since the beginning of the year, it was revealed on Tuesday.
Mr Walesa said he did not like the policies of the Kaczynski brothers and would boycott Solidarity's anniversary celebrations so he would not have to appear with them, the BBC's Adam Easton reports from Warsaw.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/5275062.stm   (371 words)

  
 Solidarity in Wartime
Funding US labor solidarity work with NED dollars would involve the AFL-CIO in helping to administer the very occupation that Iraqi workers and unions oppose.
To build real labor solidarity, US unions must be willing to challenge the Bush/Bremer program, which means finding other resources to do this vital work.
In informal but politically credible ways, factions of Iraq's armed national resistance are developing scenarios for an honorable withdrawal of US troops and a shared set of demands that could lead to peace.
www.thenation.com /doc/20040628/bacon   (998 words)

  
 GABRIELA Network
GABNet provides the means by which Filipinas in the US can empower themselves, functions as training ground for women's leadership, and articulates the women's point of view.
On October 27 and 28, 2006, GABNet chapters throughout the US will take to the streets to protest the US war of terror and hold activities to celebrate worldwide women's resistance against war and occupation.
The delegation will meet with the Batasan 6 and their legal defense team; listen to accounts and testimonies regarding the assassination of some 585 activists, organizers, unionists, communist and church leaders, but most of all, to accounts of the assassination of some 70 politically active women.
www.gabnet.org   (967 words)

  
 The Solidarity Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Solidarity Center helps workers build stronger unions, stand up for their rights, and overcome repression.
The Solidarity Center and the Woodrow Wilson International Center celebrate the publication of Justice for All: The Struggle for Worker Rights in Swaziland with a panel discussion on The African Growth and Opportunity Act at Six Years: Focus on Worker Rights in Swaziland.
On September 27, the Solidarity Center and the AFL-CIO presented the 2005 George Meany-Lane Kirkland Award to Ela Bhatt on behalf of SEWA, the Self-Employed Women's Association.
www.solidaritycenter.org   (165 words)

  
 SOLIDARITY
SOLIDARITY considers this to have been the wrong strategic choice, which sets British workers in competition with their natural allies, workers in other countries.
If agree with our aims and like the magazine, why not take regular copies to sell, and get your union organization to support the magazine.
Some supporters take out standing orders to help finance the magazine: even a small sum like £5 a month helps us to build up a regular income.
uk.geocities.com /solidarity_magazine   (415 words)

  
 US Labor Against the War : Iraqi & U.S. Trade Unionists Sign Joint Declaration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Letter of Solidarity and thanks to USLAW from Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq
What follows is an historic document, a joint statement drafted by the leaders of three of Iraq’s main labor organizations and leaders of US Labor Against the War.
U.S. squashes Unions In Iraq While Iraqi organizers risk their lives
uslaboragainstwar.org /article.php?id=8371   (463 words)

  
 Solidarity | A democratic, revolutionary socialist, feminist, anti-racist organization
Traces the history of U.S engagement in the region using fifteen panels of original art and accompanying text.
Plans for real reconstruction are being smothered by corporate interests and white racism, and many social justice activists outside of the city think the “Katrina moment” has passed.
To mark the one-year anniversary, we have assembled this collection of articles by Solidarity members and friends to help us all understand the significance of Hurricane Katrina.
www.solidarity-us.org   (577 words)

  
 Solidarity -- Our Mission
Our mission is to award just compensation to sexual abuse survivors through a non-litigious process that promotes healing and the restoration of trust within the Catholic community.
Solidarity seeks to create a tribunal of lay persons of integrity and faith.
The tribunal will consider and award appropriate compensation to those harmed by sexual abuse--without litigation expenses, punitive action or further alienation from our faith.
www.solidarityrebuildtrust.com /index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={6436A20C-862C-456A-B35E-7DBF520980F7}   (338 words)

  
 Centro de Medios Independientes - Solidarity actions from the US   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Indymedia es un colectivo de medios independientes y cientos de periodistas que ofrece noticias con perspectiva de base de los problemas críticos de la globalización.
solidarity actions happening in the US in solidarity with the mobilization in quito
These days of action will be happening simultaneous to the FTAA ministerial meetings in Quito, Ecuador, and with clearly link free trade and US farm workers exploitation.
admin.ecuador.indymedia.org /es/2002/10/355.shtml   (355 words)

  
 The Workers Solidarity Movement : Ireland - Anarchist organisation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
All recent Workers Solidarity Movement publications are being made available as PDF files.
Shannon airport in offically 'neutral' southern Ireland has been used for at least a decade to refuel US war planes.
This is a list of WSM articles that have been translated into other languages and which have been sent in electronic form to us.
www.struggle.ws /wsm.html   (1021 words)

  
 MIGRATION-US: Amid Solidarity, "Nativists" Grow More Violent
On Apr. 27 -- four days before a mass movement that includes undocumented workers, legal immigrants and U.S. citizens refused to go to work or school in observation of the "Great American Boycott" -- more than 1,000 people attended an anti-immigrant meeting called "Demagnetise America" in Franklin, Tennessee.
"This report reminds us that there is a direct connection between the national policy debate and the atmosphere surrounding the daily lives of immigrants," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL national director.
If you think these stories are interesting and valuable, please help us continue to get the word out.
www.ipsnews.net /news.asp?idnews=33081   (1017 words)

  
 Venezuela solidarity
The Venezuela Solidarity Network is asking grassroots organizations around the country to support Venezula’s democracy by holding community meetings during the third week of October, 2006.
The purpose of these meetings will be to bring communities together to formulate local Emergency Response Action Plans in the event of a critical intervention by the US against Venezuela.
That the U.S. is the world’s most egregious rogue state.
www.vensolidarity.org   (261 words)

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