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Agreement to End Honduran Coup Marks Victory and Challenge
Submitted by rick on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 19:19.Oct 30, 2009
Last night, Oct. 29, Honduras' de facto regime finally agreed to allow
Congress to vote to "restore full executive power prior to June 28".
Conceding to international and national pressure, the Honduran coup
appears to be facing its final days.
June
28 was the date when the Armed Forces kidnapped the elected president,
Manuel Zelaya, and forcibly exiled him to Costa Rica. If the agreement
brokered this week holds, the Honduran resistance movement will have
turned the ugly precedent of a modern-day military coup d'etat into an read more »
Guadeloupe general strike comes to an end
Submitted by pirate on Mon, 03/09/2009 - 13:09.
Libcom.org March 7, 2009
Union leaders on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe have agreed to end a 44-day-old general strike after most of their demands were met.
The announcement came after the LKP collective signed a deal with officials and business owners to raise workers' pay and lower the cost of basic goods. Negotiations are continuing in nearby Martinique over a similar stoppage. read more »
Guadeloupe strikers block roads, close airport
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 02/17/2009 - 14:19.
Feb, 17, 2009
BASSE-TERRE, Guadeloupe (AP)– The French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe was on the verge of rebellion, a political leader said Tuesday after stone-throwing protesters set cars and buildings ablaze, forced the international airport to close and clashed with police.
Nearly four weeks of work stoppages and demonstrations for lower prices and higher pay have caused thousands of tourists to flee or cancel holidays on the normally tranquil island, prompting many hotels to close and cruise ships to head elsewhere. read more »
Clashes exacerbate strike in French Caribbean
Submitted by pirate on Mon, 02/16/2009 - 15:58.
By RODOLPHE LAMY, Associated Press
FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique – Strikes that have nearly frozen everyday life on France's Caribbean islands burst into clashes on Monday as police battled protesters angry at high prices and resentful of a tiny white elite on lands better known for beach-side vacations. read more »
Martinique nears weeklong protest over prices
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 02/10/2009 - 16:26.February 10, 2009
Martinique enters its 6th day of protest over high prices, no agreement reached
FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique (AP) -- University students and artisans in the French Caribbean island of Martinique are protesting the high cost of living.
All major commercial centers, gas stations and businesses remained closed on Tuesday as the protest entered its sixth day.
Government officials have met with protesters, who demand a 30 percent overall reduction in prices. Union leaders have said they would agree to a 10 percent reduction among some products. No agreement has been reached. read more »
300,000 protest in Paris
Submitted by pirate on Thu, 01/29/2009 - 21:11.30 January 2009 Belfast Telegraph
In the biggest demonstrations seen in France for more than a decade, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets yesterday to protest against everything from the global economic crisis to President Nicolas Sarkozy's efforts to shrink the French state. read more »
General strike brings Greece to standstill
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 12:06.
Associated Press October 21, 2008
ATHENS, Greece: Air, rail and ferry traffic ground to a halt across Greece on Tuesday and public offices shut down as workers walked off the job in a general strike to protest the conservative government's economic policies. read more »
Tacoma Wobblyfest 2008
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 04/19/2008 - 22:39.Please Post Widely
Tacoma Wobblyfest 2008: A Poor and Working People's Gathering
A Public Gathering of Education and Music
When the union's inspiration through the workers blood shall run There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun Solidarity Forever
May 24, 2008
9 AM to 5 PM at: Evergreen State College-Tacoma Campus: 1210 6th Ave, Tacoma, WA
6 PM to 9 PM at: Pitchpipe Infoshop, 621 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA
ALL PEOPLE ARE WELCOMED!
Workshops 9 AM to 12 Noon: Everegreen State College-Tacoma Campus 1. Immigrant Workers: Mary Smith 2. Working Class Environmentalism: Leah Coakley 3. Joe Hill and IWW Music: Patrick Edelbacher read more »
Day of angry protest stuns Egypt
Submitted by pirate on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 12:18.
By Michael Slackman April 6, 2008 International Herald Tribune
CAIRO The center of this normally bustling, overcrowded, traffic-clogged city was largely quiet Sunday, the roads nearly empty, many of the stores shuttered, as the riot police came out in force to prevent a general strike aimed at signaling widespread discontent with President Hosni Mubarak and his government.
Egypt has virtually no organized political opposition, except the Muslim Brotherhood, which is banned and barred from politics. read more »
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