Category: unions

• “Live Working Or Die Fighting” – Paul Mason’s new book on the global labour movement

  BBC Newsnight‘s indefatigable Paul Mason has a book out soon. [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFDpQ634fmw] I’m waiting for an advance copy of this (hint, hint), but in the meantime, read more here, listen to an extract here, and order it here.

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  12/03/2007

  Freedom of Speech, Human rights, Journalism, law, politics, protest, REGION, Technology, unions, violence, women

• Caught On Camera: Human Rights Video on GV [via GV/WITNESS]

  [Originally published here as part of WITNESS’s collaboration with Global Voices Online] It has been a bumper few weeks on GV for human rights video, so let’s get straight into it… Bandh of brothers… [via Neha] [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvRLmupsVts] This footage, filmed by Dinesh Wagle, of United We Blog!, shows motorcycle riders being turned backed by members…

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  14/02/2007

  cellphone, citizen journalism, GV, Human rights, internet, Journalism, law, online video, protest, Technology, unions, violence, War & Conflict, WITNESS, women

• Zimbabwe: Smuggled DVD brings union protest beatings to light [via GV/WITNESS]

  [Originally published here as part of WITNESS‘s collaboration with Global Voices Online] This video reached me late last night via Ethan Zuckerman. At nearly ten minutes, it’s longer than the other videos we’ve put up, but I strongly recommend you watch this. [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI1l7jmabBA] It includes footage of the Zimbabwean police and security intelligence services breaking…

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  13/10/2006

  africa, Cyber-Activism, Freedom of Speech, Governance, GV, Human rights, law, online video, police, politics, protest, Technology, unions, WITNESS