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<p> After a long period of relative quiet, workers are again taking mass action in the Bangladeshi garment industry. Also; some comments on the recent wave of political &#039;disappearances&#039;. </p>

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<p> Since the deployment of the new Industrial Police Force (IPF) in 2010 struggles had been much reduced by the IP's innovative tactics(1). But recent events in Dhaka's industrial suburb of Ashulia and elsewhere suggest that workers' anger, solidarity, willingness to struggle and sheer weight of numbers can't be contained indefinitely. </p>
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50,000 workers converge on the street. Fighting begins on the road, workers set afire tyres and logs, blocking traffic. ... A hundred teargas shells and 1000 rubber bullets are fired. Hundreds of factories are again closed for the day. </div>
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