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Action Alert: Demand that Medical Services be Restored to Chiapas Community - Stop Human Rights Violations Caused by REDD+

Medical Services in Amador Hernández, Chiapas Withdrawn in Advance of REDD+ (link to sign on letter below)(Espanol debajo)

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Letter Against Superhighway in Mexico City, in Support of La Malinche community Makes News

A letter of support for the La Malinche community in Mexico and against the building of the Western Superhighway in Mexico City made the news.  Big ups to Kelly Archbold of the Labor/Community Strategy Center for coordinating this effort.  Kelly was part of the La Via Campesina Caravan to Cancun that visited the La Malinche community and learned about the struggle of th

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Bolivia denuncia la adopción del Acuerdo de Copenhage II sin consenso

(English below)

Comunicado de Prensa
Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia

Bolivia denuncia la adopción del Acuerdo de Copenhage II sin consenso

Diciembre 11, 2010 (Cancún, Mexico).- El Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia cree que el texto de Cancún es una victoria vacía y falsa que fue impuesta sin consenso, y su costo será medible en vidas humanas. La historia juzgará severamente.

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Cancunhagen forces humankind to suicide! Friends of the Earth Statement on COP16 Outcomes

Cancunhagen forces humankind to suicide!

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COP 16 ends: Cancun climate change talks disappoint global expectations*

COP 16 ends: Cancun climate change talks disappoint global expectations*

In the early morning hours of December 11, 2010 a COP 16 Accord was
announced. However the text of this Accord did not represent an advance on
what came out of last year’s "Copenhagen Accord", and instead signalled an
acceptance of the earlier ´agreement´ thereby evading any real solutions
to the climate change crisis.

Though there is talk of multilateralism having been rescued as a by-product

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1000 CANCUNS COVERAGE on DEMOCRACY NOW

Youth for Climate Justice, GGJ, GJEP and IEN Inside Action Coverage starts at 31 mins.

Check out Kari Fulton of Youth for Climate Justice's great speech at the 1000 Cancuns press conference inside the negotiations.  Also check out Sunyoung Yang of the Labor Community Strategy Center and GGJ's fierce chanting and resistance to the UN suits and enforcers who kicked the youth out of the building.

1000 Cancuns March and global action coverage starts at 39 mins.

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DECEMBER 7th 1000 CANCUNS CALL TO ACTION AND TOOLKIT

CALL TO ACTION FOR COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S. AND CANADA

JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION DECEMBER 7, 2010

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U.S.-Based Grassroots Organizations Celebrate Indigenous People's Day by Joining Global Day of Action for Climate Justice

[www.ggjalliance.org, www.ienearth.org]     

Contact: Jen Soriano, Cell 415-572-7154, Email jen@ggjalliance.org

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Call to Action for October 12: Global Day of Education and Action for Climate Justice

CALL TO ACTION OCTOBER 12

Join the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice: Change the System, not the Climate!

CLICK HERE FOR THE CLIMATE JUSTICE EDUCATION TOOLKIT


Following the lead of indigenous peoples' and peasants movements from around the globe, GGJ calls on its members and allies to take part in the international day of action for Climate Justice, the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Mother Earth on October 12.

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GGJ CONGRATULATES DOMESTIC WORKERS UNITED FOR LEADING THE CHARGE FOR THE FIRST DOMESTIC WORKERS' BILL OF RIGHTS IN THE COUNTRY


Tomorrow (Tuesday August 31) at 11AM, New York Governor Patterson will sign into law the first-ever piece of legislation to uphold Domestic Workers' rights in this country.  After 75 years of exclusion from labor laws and a 6-year legislative campaign to secure basic protections in New York State, domestic workers—nannies, housekeepers and elderly caregivers—have triumphed!

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