16 May 2013

by Samantha Ritchie  Objectifying women is now prime time entertainment in Denmark. A new TV show objectifies women by allowing two men to critique their bodies while the woman remains silent. The ‘chat show’ entitled ‘Blachman’ is possibly the most sexist show in television history. Who is the brains behind this TV show you may [...]

16 May 2013

- By Peter Kenworthy According to a statement today from PUDEMO national spokesperson, Zakhele Mabuza, Wonder Mkhonza has been granted a bail of 15 000 emalangeni, approximately $1,650. Wonder Mkhonza was arrested on April 12 for allegedly possessing 5,000 political pamphlets, and the international ACT Now: Free Wonder Mkhonza campaign started by Africa Contact has [...]

15 May 2013

On 28 October 2012, he was arrested over HotDoc’s publication of a document which claimed to be the Lagarde list, a list of 1,991 names of Greek citizens with accounts at the Swiss branch of HSBC, suggesting that they could be tax evaders. The published list according to the magazine, “matched a list of 2,059 [...]

14 May 2013

USi news update, talking about developments in workers’ rights in Bangladesh, an international union campaign at National Express, our recent conferences with Kostas Vaxevanis and Yanis Varoufakis, and blood strawberries in Greece. You can watch the video:   Or download the podcast: Download  

14 May 2013

- By Dr Donna Yates A Maya temple at Nohmul in Belize has been bulldozed to get aggregate for road construction. Recently I wrote a short piece for USi about the construction of a Walmart at the Mexican archaeological site of Teotihuacan. I find the destruction of major archaeological sites upsetting and I was relieved to [...]

14 May 2013

  – By Mhairi McAlpine The situation for the migrant workers of Manolada hit the international headlines last month in the aftermath of a mass shooting. But behind that acute incident lies a murky world of slave labour and sex trafficking all overseen by a corrupt and mafia infiltrated establishment. In 2010, the investigative journalist, [...]

14 May 2013

With the 15 May deadline for global clothing brands to sign up to a watershed Bangladesh factory fire and safety agreement, the ITUC is calling on companies yet to commit to the agreement to do so without any further delay. Sharan Burrow, ITUC General Secretary said “A host of major global garment brands have agreed [...]

13 May 2013

  – By James Martin “The wild beasts of Italy have their caves to retire to, but the brave men who spill their blood in her cause have nothing left but air and light. Without houses, without settled habitations, they wander from place to place with their wives and children” – Tiberius Gracchus, 133BC I must admit, [...]