May 5, 2000
Download Audio Argentinean Workers Go on Strike Organized labor in Argentina began a national strike today to protest new laws that, activists say, are anti-worker. The strike is the latest in a string of...
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April 28, 2000
Download Audio Latinos and the Labor Movement Some eight thousand janitors in Los Angeles – mostly immigrants – ended a three-week-long strike. They won hefty pay increases and massive public support. Robin Urevich looks...
April 21, 2000
Download Audio Jailed Mexican Environmentalist Wins Prestigious Award A jailed Mexican farmer who led anti-logging protests won the prestigious Goldman environmental prize earlier this month. Although Rodolfo Montiel is gaining an international profile, other...
April 17, 2000
Download Audio The world-wide campaign to fight globalization takes the struggle to Washington D.C. Robin Urevich and Alison Hawkes report from the nation’s capital. Refugees from Kosova, once met with open arms by various...
April 7, 2000
Download Audio Paris Police Beat Pregnant Arab Woman In a scene reminiscent of the 1991 LAPD beating of black motorist Rodney King, a French policeman is captured on video beating a pregnant Arab woman....
March 31, 2000
Download Audio WBAI Reporter Beaten and Arrested at Dorismund Funeral The funeral for 26-year-old Patrick Dorismund, the latest unarmed black man shot dead by New York City Police, turned violent last weekend as police...
March 24, 2000
Download Audio Wall Street goes to India Leaders of some of America’s biggest corporations headed to India with President Clinton this week. The delegation was met with Protests, and Clinton was burned in...
March 17, 2000
Download Audio WTO: Supreme Court May Curtail Human Rights The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a case which could have far reaching implications for state and local human rights boycotts around the...
March 10, 2000
Download Audio Amoco builds first oil rig in Arctic Ocean Soaring Prices at the pump have some politicians pressing big oil to open new oil fields in the U.S. B-P Amoco has answered the...
March 3, 2000
Download Audio NYPD sued for brutality Another unarmed civilian is dead at the hands of the New York City police department. Last night a plain-clothed New York City police office shot and killed paroled...
