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The Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) — The occupation of the Japanese embassy in Peru by militants of the MRTA demanding the release of political prisoners has featured heavily in the media. For the latest and most accurate information, the following sites may be interesting. http://burn.ucsd.edu/~ats/mrta.htm includes a recent interview with the MRTA, background articles on the MRTA, and a link to a Spanish-language MRTA page in Europe (http://www.cybercity.dk/users/ccc17427/) which features the MRTA's newspaper Voz Rebelde (Rebel Voice).
Korean labour struggles on the Web — South Korea has been shaken by a series of general strikes against repressive labour laws. You can follow the progress of the struggle at the Korean general strike web page (http://kpd.sing-kr.org/strike/index-e.html). The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (http://kpd.sing-kr.org/kctu/) site includes a history of the federation, its documents and links to some affiliated trade unions. The Korean Labour and Solidarity Institute (http://bora.dacom.co.kr/~klsi/) is a left-wing think tank based in Seoul with strong links with the KCTU. Solinet, the Canadian trade union network (http://www.solinet.org), has launched an on-line discussion site. There are several links to Korean labour sites at http://www.solinet.org/LEE/labour04.html.
EarthWINS (http://www.geocities.com/~earthwins) — EarthWINS is dedicated to supporting activism for the environment, peace, justice, human rights and indigenous peoples with a special emphasis on unsafe mining and corporate business practices. EarthWINS intends to provide a tool to help people reclaim their lives, homes, communities, environment and freedom through restoration/implementation of citizen control over multinational corporations.
Corporate Watch (http://www.corpwatch.org) — Corporate Watch brings together news, analysis, diverse viewpoints and networking resources on the role transnational corporations play in environmental, economic, social and political issues around the world. This jam-packed site features an article on the corporatisation of the Internet; a nifty search engine; a manual on how to research transnational corporations; in-depth analysis of corporate globalisation; and news from Multinational Monitor, the Malaysia-based Third World Network and Ecuador-based Oil Watch.
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