Social Movements
Trial in Death of Rachel Corrie Resumes in Israel
The trial for Rachel Corrie, the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) activist killed in 2003, resumes in the Israeli city of Haifa on 5 September.
A civil lawsuit against the state of Israel commenced in the Haifa District Court in March 2010, during which time the Corrie family presented witnesses, including ISM activists and British citizens Richard Purssell and Tom Dale. Both were with Rachel on 16 March 2003, when she was crushed by an Israeli army Caterpillar D9R bulldozer, while nonviolently demonstrating against Palestinian home demolitions with fellow ISM activists in the Gaza city Rafah. She died of her injuries after being evacuated by ambulance.
Paris - Demonstration of solidarity with the mothers and relatives of the disappeared
For the right of assembly and to claim publicly truth and justice in algeria
In reaction to the brutal prohibition of the weekly sit in of the families of the disappeared in Algers
For 12 years, each Wednesday, in Algiers, the mothers and relatives of the disappeared have gathered to claim Truth, Justice and Reparation about the disappeared in the 1990s. This weekly meeting, which became a symbol of claim and resistance, has suddenly been forbidden on August 4th 2010.
New Strategic Orientations for the WSF?
By Christophe Ventura
For the 10th anniversary of the World Social Forum (WSF), two encounters were organised in Brazil: the first at Porto Alegre, from January 25 to 29 and the other at Salvado de Bahia, from January 29 to 31. They took place in the context of a year of action including dozens of events connected with the Social Forum process throughout the world.
Free Gaza Movement and Mavi Marmara
Canadian activists talk about their experiences onboard the Mavi Marmara and announce North American ships to depart for Gaza.
Addressing a mixed crowd including Palestinian and Ultra-Orthodox Jewish supporters at a conference in Montreal on Sunday, Canadian activists Kevin Neish and Farooq Burney, who participated in the "Free Gaza" flotilla, announced that they are planning to join another convoy aimed at bringing an end to the Israeli embargo on Gaza. Only this time, they say, ships will also sail from Canada and the United States.
