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Since the Army claims it isn’t recruiting youth under 17, why not codify this restriction into local law?

The Xiamen protests, thousands of people strong, are the latest sign of people power in China.

 

Pollution factors into as many as half of the country’s protests.

 

The Employee Free Choice Act would allow for card-check authorization of unions, and strenghtens penalties in cases of retaliation.

Independent labor activism in China flourishes despite repression, and despite the official union.

The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai and major US and European corporations succesfully lobbied China to reduce workers' rights in proposed labor legislation. These corporations routinely claim corporate investment will encourage democratization. This report indicates the opposite.

The Chinese workers in a Danish-owned electronic plant defy the factory owners and the official trade union, go on strike for a month, and win. After continued harassment and the firing of union organizers, the United Federation of Danish Workers lends its solidarity.

Change is no longer optional. The democratization of Chinese politics can be put off no longer.

Just as “nonviolence is not first for export,” neither can our nonviolent commitments stop at the water’s edge. Shouldn’t we prioritize dialogue with activists of conscience over seminars with government leaders and official spokespeople?

Peacework’s legacy? Never give in, give up, or give out.

"The play was soup; the audience, art."