The protests against the anti-Islamic Innocence of Muslims film have continued to spread—from Pakistan to Greece.
Greek workers are back on the offensive against austerity. The first general strike since February is set to take place on Wednesday of this week.
Mass protests have forced Portugal’s prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho to abandon an attack on workers’ wages.
Elated platinum miners at the Marikana mine in South Africa returned to work on Thursday of last week, ending a bitter six-week wildcat strike.
Teachers in Chicago returned to school on Wednesday after nine days out on strike.
Striking miners at the Marikana platinum mine in South Africa say they will return to work on Thursday morning after accepting a new offer from British-owned mining company Lonmin.
The Dutch parliamentary elections on Wednesday have been won by two parties, the neoliberal VVD and the social democratic Labour Party.
Platinum miners in Marikana, South Africa, protested outside Lonmin’s mine compound on Monday of this week, despite a police crackdown the previous weekend.
Some 800 teachers’ union representatives in Chicago, US, have voted to reject a deal. The strike now enters its second week.
A new wave of militant strikes by garment workers in Bangladesh is spreading fear in the government and among multinational clothing firms.
Greek unions have called a general strike for Wednesday of next week, as the fightback against austerity across Europe hots up. Some workers are threatening to escalate this to a three-day stoppage.
The crisis in occupied Afghanistan has deepened after Afghan personnel killed six troops from the US-led coalition last weekend.
