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2009 Salvadoran Elections Blog Launched

January 15, 2009 CISPES 0

CISPES reports and analysis about the January and March elections are availabled at this blog, which will be regularly updated: http://cispes.org/09electionsblog/ On January 18, Salvadorans will vote for municipal and legislative representatives, followed by the […]

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Firing The Boss: An Interview with Chicago Factory Occupation Organizer

January 15, 2009 Benjamin Dangl 0

In this interview Mark Meinster, the International Representative for the United Electrical Workers (UE) – the union the Republic workers belong to – talks about his role as the coordinator for the December 2008 factory occupation in Chicago, connections between the struggle of the Republic workers and workers struggles and tactics in South America, the fight to re-open the plant, and what the Republic workers’ strategies say about social change in an economic downturn. […]

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Youth Demand Transparency as El Salvador Prepares Municipal and Legislative Elections

On January 18, 2009, El Salvador will hold its sixth municipal and legislative elections since the 1992 signing of the Peace Accords. This year national politicians and international officials are aiming for the most transparent and clean to date, but popular sectors criticize the electoral system and predict that past problems are likely to occur again. […]

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