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Venezuela: 43 Arrests on Union March

March 12 2010

43 people have been arrested in a demonstration for labour and human rights and the return of collective contracts in the city of Maracay...Amongst the detained are three members of the human rights organisation, Provea, and an editor of the anarchist newspaper El Libertario.

Railway maintenance workers vote to strike, further action brewing in the industry

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Greece: Second General Strike Leads to Pitched Battles

March 11 2010

More than 150,000 people took to the streets of Athens against the austerity measures in a mass protest march that has led to extended battles in the Greek capital...On Thursday March 11 all of Greece came to a 24 hour standstill as a result of the second general strike to be called within less than a month...

Poles 'n Holes: Working in the Porn Biz

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Death traps - work, home, fire and the poor in Bangladesh

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Why the Royal Mail Deal is Junk

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Long battles erupt in Athens protest march

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March 4: Strikes and Occupations in California and across the US

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Interview with Kurdish anarchists, 2010

The spanish anarchist site alasbarricadas.org interviewed last month members of the exiled Kurdistan Anarchist Forum.

Mass strikes in Greece in response to new measures

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Greek PM Declares "State of War"

March 2 2010

The Greek [Prime Minister], Giorgos Papandreou, has declared the country in "a state of war" after extended meetings with the [European Union] economics commissioner Mr Rehn, leading workers to declare more strikes...[A] dark scenario circulating...is that the "state of war" rhetoric is in fact a prelude to a "state of siege" which will suspend the articles of the constitution protecting striking and protesting.