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Fighting Repression with Love: The Traumatic Effects on Women who Speak Out

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Authors: Women of Zimbabwe Arise

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Instead of addressing the issues that the women are protesting about, the government has responded by using brutal force and attacking anybody who engages in peaceful demonstrations and protests, even peaceful ones.

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"Z" is for Zimbabwe: Silence & Turmoil as a Country Potentially Unravels

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Authors: Bill Fletcher Jr.

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Colleagues of mine in Zimbabwe were jailed and tortured by the Mugabe administration, but I was expected by pro-Mugabe activists in the USA to say nothing, and indeed, to deny everything.

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Vietnamese Lawyer Jailed for Union Advocacy

Authors: the Committee to Protect Vietnamese Workers and Le Thi Cong Nhan

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The state-owned union is not interested in organizing strikes. When workers initiate strikes, they're classified as illegal.

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Egyptian Protesters say "Enough" Repression

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Authors: Mohamed Adel

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Eleven demonstrators against repressive constitutional amendments were held in a jail cell of three by four meters.

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Justice Deported: The Swift Plant Raids of 2006

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Authors: David Bacon

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These actions have been concentrated in workplaces where immigrants are organizing unions or standing up for their rights.

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A French Tradition of Resistance

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Authors: Michael True

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Why wouldn't they take to the streets rather than bow before globalization and the holy "free market"?

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