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This article reveals the conditions within the Wackenhut detention center, as disclosed by a detained undocumented Fujianese immigrant, “Li” (pseudonym), who was able to contact media outlets with CAAAV’s assistance. Li explained that a…

On March 15, 1999, the Lower East Side Business Improvement District invited the NYC Department of Transportation and New York City Transit to brief community members on the impacts of the Manhattan Bridge rehabilitation project. Multiple…

This flyer details a workshop that addresses United States military hegemony across Asia, particularly in South Korea, the Philippines, Japan, and Iraq. The workshop introduction calls for international solidarity and states that they will have…

This programme details the workshops and plenary sessions of Mumbai Resistance 2004, a forum held counter to the World Social Forum 2004. Many of the forum’s workshops address globalization and imperialism and the way they impact various marginalized…

This programme details a workshop, seminars, and a rally held at the World Social Forum (WSF) 2004 that mainly centers on issues faced by Asian peoples across the Asian continent. Topics include free trade agreements, neoliberal globalization, and…

This new article features CAAAV’s celebration of the Mid-Autumn festival, which is similarly reported in item #2578. The reporter particularly zoomed in on describing how the David Wong Support Committee raised awareness regarding overturning the…

More than a hundred demonstrators from thirty organizations protested outside the Schomburg Center of Harlem against this year’s proposed rent increase—which would be determined by the Rent Guidelines Board—and demanded a rent freeze. CAAAV…

CAAAV joined Fukien Benevolent Association of America and City Councilmember John (Chun Yah) Liu in calling on the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to provide direct Chinese language services. This modification would allow…

This poster begins by describing the sit-ins for migrant workers’ rights in South Korea and how seven migrant workers were driven to suicide because of the government crackdown on “illegals” through man hunts and forceful deportations. It details how…

This pamphlet explains the origins, objectives, and successes of the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC, Committee for the Co-ordination of Women), an organization that advocates for the rights of sex workers in east India. It details the…