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Wave of fast food strikes hits 60 cities

NEW YORK | 06 – 09 – 2013 | Fast food workers in 60 cities across the U.S. walked off the job Thursday as they protest for higher wages. Workers from fast food giants McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s and Yum Brands -owned KFC are calling on their employers to pay them a minimum of $15 an hour and allow them to ...

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One million Syrian Child Refugees

SYRIA | 23-08-2013 | Children make up more than half of all refugees from the Syrian conflict. More than 768,000 Syrian child refugees are under the age of 11 according to new figures released by UNICEF. Most have arrived in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. More than 3,500 of these children have crossed the borders either unaccompanied or separated ...

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Journalists Protest Police Raid into Their Offices

TURKEY | 27 – 06 – 2012 | Employees of the Atılım Newspaper and the Etkin news agency (ETHA) staged a protest in Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Tuesday by selling newspapers on the street in response to a police raid into their offices the same day. Law enforcement officials Tuesday raided the offices of the Etkin News Agency (ETHA) and ...

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Civilians slaughtered by Turkish army

SIRNEX | 30 – 12 – 2011 | Following the MGK (National Security Council) meeting on 28 December, the Turkish army has made a slaughter with warplanes. At least 35 burnt bodies have been reached so far. The number of casualties is feared to increase. Around 50 civilians, some of them believed to be borders smugglers, were targeted by F-16 ...

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International Migrants Day 2011: Migrants of the world, rise up against imperialism!

Resist commodification, modern-day slavery and other imperialist attacks on migrants and the people! Statement of the International Migrants Alliance on the International Migrants Day 2011 The International Migrants Day 2011 is commemorated amidst intensified attacks on the livelihood and rights of migrants under the worsening global economic and financial crisis brought about and intensified by imperialist globalization and war. At ...

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Comrade Suzan Zengin has passed away!

ISTANBUL | 17 – 10 – 2011 | We are very sad to inform the international progressive public that our comrade Suzan Zengin has passed away on October 12th 2011 due to an heart damage. She had been on the emergency room since 17 days. Reason for her intense illness was the inhuman prison conditions that exist in Turkey’s prisons. ...

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Demand the Immediate Production of the Six before a Court of Law

İNDİA | 01 – 05 – 2011 | Condemn the Illegal Detention of Central Committee Members of the CPI (Maoist) Vijay Kumar (Jaspal), Varanasi Subramaniam (Saroj), Jhantu Mukherjee along with Three Villagers by the Bihar Police! Demand the Immediate Production of the Six before a Court of Law! According to media reports, three Central Committee members of the CPI (Maoist) ...

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