WWMP E-Newsletter Friday 22 November 2013

[Lynn T]

Workers’ World Weekly E-Newsletter Date: Friday, 22 November 2013 Labour news you cannot afford to miss!!! Follow the link below for the latest http://wwmp.org.za UPDATE ON THE MIDDLE EAST TURKEY 1.       Turkey Confronts Policy Missteps on Syria with Rise of al-Qaeda Across the Border LABOUR 1.       Tazreen fire - One Year on, the Fight for Justice Continues 2.       Hundreds of Workers Will Defy Vengeful Companies & Laws That Deny They're Even Employees POLITICS 1.       Socialist Sawant Elected To Seattle City Council 2.       Socialist Sawant wins City Council Seat 3.       First Elected Socialist Seattle Council Member in a Century 4.       Feeding the Flame of Revolt 5.       Climate Change as a Class Issue   SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 1.       The Brain's Crowdsourcing Software 2.       Redmond's Prestigious New K-12 School Will Replace Textbooks with Xboxes Dear Comrades   Please join the list of supporters for the Justice4PinkyMosiane Campaign. Pinky Mosiane was raped and murdered on February 6th 2012 at Anglo-Platinum’s Khomanani Mine, where she’d been working underground for 3 months.   About this group The Justice4PinkyMosiane Campaign advocates justice for Pinky, mobilises action to address the crisis of violence against women in South Africa and raises the plight of women mineworkers. For more information, contact Tiny Magija: ti...@wwmp.org.za/ Tel +27 11 403 1877 Turkey Confronts Policy Missteps on Syria with Rise of al-Qaeda Across the Border A group affiliated with al-Qaeda controls the road leading south into Syria from this key border crossing on the front line of the debacle that Turkey's Syria policy has become... Read more...http://www.washington Tazreen fire - One Year on, the Fight for Justice Continues   Twelve months after at least 112 people lost their lives trapped in the Tazreen Fashions factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, families of the decased and survivors are still waiting for full and fair compensation... Read more...https://www.cleanclothes Hundreds of Workers Will Defy Vengeful Companies & Laws That Deny They're Even Employees Hundreds of non-union Port of Los Angeles truck drivers plan to stage surprise strikes against three companies Monday... Read more...http://www.popular Socialist Sawant Elected To Seattle City Council Richard Conlin, the four-term city council member, conceded Friday, capping a stunning election turnaround and paving the way for Kshama Sawant,... Read more...http://www.rootsaction Socialist Sawant wins City Council Seat Seattle City Council candidate Kshama Sawant, a “Socialist Alternative” insurgent, has unseated four-term incumbent Richard Conlin... Read more...http://blog.seattlepi First Elected Socialist Seattle Council Member in a Century TRNN speaks with Socialist Kshama Sawant about her vision of an alternative to capitalism... Click here for interview...http://www.youtube Feeding the Flame of Revolt Jeremy Hammond was sentenced to 10 years in prison for hacking into the computers of a private security firm ... Read more...http://www.truthdig Climate Change as a Class Issue Let’s look at the scope of what Stephen Emmott, in his clarifying but terrifying book 10 Billion, calls “the unprecedented planetary emergency we have created.” ... Read more...http://workingclass The Brain's Crowdsourcing Software Over the past decade, popular science has been suffering from neuromania. The enthusiasm came from studies showing that particular areas of the brain "light up" when you have certain thoughts and experiences... Read more...http://online Redmond's Prestigious New K-12 School Will Replace Textbooks with Xboxes Among students of the 90s, the phrase “You have died of dysentery” brings back good memories. It was often encountered during the high point of an elementary school day... Read more...http://crosscut    Tune in to SAfm (104-107) Every Wednesday At 10.am Wednesday  27 November  Call in on 089 110 4207 with your views to participate in the show! http://tunein.com/radio/SAFM-1051-s6404/     Cape Town TV broadcasts  throughout the greater Cape Town Metropole.  CTV is available on DSTV on channel 263 as well as an additional frequency (channel 32) on the UHF band. You can also watch our live stream at www.capetowntv.org Copyright ©WORKERS' WORLD MEDIA PRODUCTIONS 2013 All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Ly...@wwmp.org.za Lynn Thompson unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences