Category Archives: International

Video: Colombian general strike and unrest continues towards its third week

Anger continues to boil and there is no sign of the end to strike movement and protests that threaten the continuation of the president in office. Colombians are standing up despite the worst record of human rights abuses in South America.

The General Strike on 9 December
Video from AP Arc

Bolivia has not accepted the coup and continues to resist

Videos: Rising discontent is the trend across the world

By Jim Hayes

Athough the following article and clips are a few weeks old, they still provide a good overview of the scale of the rebellion against austerity and loss of rights that is now being seen across the globe. It is still going on.

Looking about us today, we see the world moving into greater turmoil. This is not only about political leaders eyeballing each other. Something much more profound is going on. Continue reading Videos: Rising discontent is the trend across the world

Videos: Ecuador protests force president to leave capital and in Colombia students march against corruption and repression