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Strike updates for Russia
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Thousands rallied across the vast country to attack the Kremlin's response to the global economic crisis.
About 2,500 people marched across the far eastern port of Vladivostok to denounce the Cabinet's decision to increase car import t...
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Strike updates for Italy, Greece, US, Canada, UK
(blog entry)
ITALY: GENERAL STRIKE AGAINST BANK BAILOUTS
Hundreds of thousands of workers put down their tools and took to the streets in a four hour stoppage stating "we won't pay for the crisis".
The strike by the General Confederation of Italian...
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OBAMA'S FIRST ACTS OF WAR
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OBAMA'S FIRST ACTS OF WAR
Within days of taking office Barack Obama sanctioned two
missile attacks in Pakistan, which killed dozens of civilians.
Obama also announced the doubling of US troop numbers in
Afghanistan to 60,000, maki...
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This is OUR revolution
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We no longer live in a system of checks and balances.
America has been hijacked by privilege and special interest.
Politicians are no longer civil servants beholden to the people. Politicians have become corporate lobbyists beholden to thei...
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Strike updates for France
(blog entry)
Hundreds of thousands of workers have begun a nationwide strike in France. Eight labor unions have called the industrial action to protest against what they say are insufficient measures by the government to tackle the economic crisis. Union...
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Thousands rallied across the vast country to attack the Kremlin's response to the global economic crisis.
About 2,500 people marched across the far eastern port of Vladivostok to denounce the Cabinet's decision to increase car import tariffs, shouting slogans urging Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to resign. Many there make their living by importing cars.
Protesters were arrested. Others were brutally beaten.
Several dozen demonstrators marched on a central Moscow st...
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ITALY: GENERAL STRIKE AGAINST BANK BAILOUTS
Hundreds of thousands of workers put down their tools and took to the streets in a four hour stoppage stating "we won't pay for the crisis".
The strike by the General Confederation of Italian workers (CGIL) shut down postal services nationwide, transport services and airports in several cities and many automobile manufacturers, some of which strikers were joined by members of other unions.
Future protest planned for Feb. 2009
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OBAMA'S FIRST ACTS OF WAR
Within days of taking office Barack Obama sanctioned two
missile attacks in Pakistan, which killed dozens of civilians.
Obama also announced the doubling of US troop numbers in
Afghanistan to 60,000, making it clear that his war policies
are no different from those of George Bush.
Obama's vice president Joe Biden says there will be an
"uptick" in the military campaign in Afghanistan which makes
more important than ever the protests n...
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We no longer live in a system of checks and balances.
America has been hijacked by privilege and special interest.
Politicians are no longer civil servants beholden to the people. Politicians have become corporate lobbyists beholden to their corporate bosses.
Legislation is no longer written for the betterment of society. It is instead written by and for corporations for the betterment of special interest.
(Case in point: the recent upheaval of bankruptcy laws were supported b...
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Hundreds of thousands of workers have begun a nationwide strike in France. Eight labor unions have called the industrial action to protest against what they say are insufficient measures by the government to tackle the economic crisis. Unions say that with unemployment mounting, French workers should not have to foot the bill for a crisis that has led to expensive government bailouts for banks, carmakers and other sectors. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced a 26-billion-euro...
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