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Tullia Marcolango, of the Maquila Solidarity Network, discusses the Fair Play at the Olympics campaign, misadventures with Roots Canada, and holding corporations to their promises.
The Maquila Solidarity Network is one of several international watchdog organizations involved in the Fair Play at the Olympics campaign. This international initiative is designed to encourage clothing companies to ensure their Olympics-related gear is made in worker-friendly conditions. Tullia Marcolongo of the MSN discusses the group's Canadian efforts.
On August 16, radical folk musician and organizer Ryan Harvey called into Free Radio Santa Cruz from New Haven, CT to give an update on the DNC2RNC march. (35 minutes)
Ryan and the rest of the DNC2RNC marchers went through relics of the Hurricane earlier in the day.
He has been working on the musical aspects of the march for the last few few months.
Four Basque activists visited Dublin last night for an evening of information & discussion in the Teachers Club, Parnell Square, on the current political climate in the Basque Country.