Global Struggles: Human Rights, US Foreign Policy and Global Social Movements

The plenary explored the critical intersections between local struggles and international or global struggles for human rights. It focused on the global struggle for access to clean water and the lessons learned from Cochabamba, Bolivia,the struggle against colonial occupation and the perversions of "humanitarian intervention" in Haiti, and the struggles of workers and the exploited 99% as exhibited by the General Strike in Oakland, CA on November 2nd and the ongoing struggle to win rights for marginalized and excluded workers in the Mississippi Delta.

Presenters:
Marcela Olivera, Bolivian Water Rights activist
Pierre LaBossiere, Haiti Action Committee
Clarence Thomas, Million Worker March
Jaribu Hill, Mississippi Workers Center for Human Right

This plenary was a part of the US Human Rights Network's 2011 National Human Rights Conference and Membership Meeting in Los Angeles, CA Dec 9-11, 2011. More information about the conference can be found at http://www.ushrnetwork.org/2011conference.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• human rights
• US Human Rights Network
• USHRN
• social movements
• Haiti
• Bolivia
• California
• Mississippi
• workers' rights
• water rights