sacom.hk — SACOM’s main goal is to monitor and campaign against corporate misbehavior that violates worker’s rights, health, safety, welfare, and dignity in China.

riotfolk.org — SUPPORT INSPIRED FOLK MUSIC....

barrettforwisconsin.com — It is time to dig in and help with the Wisconsin recall election.

earthfirstnews.wordpress.com —  Environmental Magazines Today by nettle   I have been interested in where environmental news can be found in our society of endless choices, outside of the internet. When you check-out at the grocery store, you have the choice between six different celebrity gossip magazines, but you most likely will not find the Earth First! Journal on the rack. Nor will you find E the Environmental Magazine, Orion or the Earth Island Journal – three titles on the short list of environmental magazines in print.

socialistproject.ca — Analysis of Student Strike in Quebec A crowd estimated at 250,000 people or more wound its way through Montréal April 22 in Quebec's largest ever Earth Day march. They raised many demands: an end to tar sands and shale gas development, opposition to the Quebec government's Plan Nord mining expansion, support for radical measures to protect ecosystems, and other causes. And many wore the red felt square symbolizing support to the province's students fighting the Liberal government's 75 per cent increase in post-secondary education fees over the next five years. The Earth Day march was the largest mobilization to date in a mounting wave of citizen protest throughout the province.

counterfire.org — Despite a left victory in the first round of the French presidential elections, some claim that the beneficiaries of anti-austerity sentiment are the far right. This is a distortion argues Chris Nineham   http://www.counterfire.org/index.php/articles/opinion/15725-dont-believe-the-euroright-hype  

malaysiakini.com — Upon the insistence of the police, the protesters dismantled four of their tents at around noon but have refused to budge further.   The students stayed on after the rally yesterday where some 500 university students marched through Kuala Lumpur from Masjid Jamek LRT station, through Jalan Raja Laut to Dataran Merdeka.   The protesters are demanding the abolition of the National Higher Education Fund (PTPTN), a national scholarship scheme which they deemed exploitative.

globalvoicesonline.org — The April 28 Bersih 3.0 sit-down protest is expected to be the major political event of the month in Malaysia but students and Occupy activists have already put forward their demands ahead of time.   Early this month, hundreds of students marched in the streets demanding the abolition of the National Higher Education Fund (PTPTN) - Malaysian student loan scheme – which students criticized as an exploitative and anti-poor commercialization scheme. Instead of loans with high interest rates, they wanted free education.

huffingtonpost.com — FORT MEADE, Md. -- An Army private accused of engineering the biggest leak of government secrets in U.S. history is asking a military judge to dismiss the charges. Oral arguments on Pfc.

earthfirstnews.wordpress.com —  Riots in Quebec Against Plan Nord Riots struck today in Montreal as students and unions attacked a conference of business and political leaders discussing Plan Nord. While this is seen as part of an extended battle against tuition increases, the target picked by the thousands of protestors was deliberately chosen for its platform of industrial-capitalist development.   https://earthfirstnews.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/riots-in-quebec-against-plan-nord/