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IWW pickets UBS in solidarity with victimised cleaner

British IWW - Fri, 03/19/2010 - 4:07pm

15  IWW members and supporters in Edinburgh turned out today to support victimised cleaner Alberto Durango

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What will it take to end the wars?

Workers World - Thu, 03/18/2010 - 9:11pm
There can no longer be any doubt about the character of the wars being waged by the U.S. government in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are not just Bush-Cheney wars, although these mass murderers should not be left off the hook. They represent more than a mistaken policy or a particularly brutal group of politicians in the pockets of the oil companies. These wars flow from the economic system that prevails in the United States. The class that sits atop this vast capitalist economy is never satisfied. Millionaires have become billionaires largely on the super-profits wrung from their worldwide empire.
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Capitalist crisis invades public education

Workers World - Thu, 03/18/2010 - 9:02pm
Capitalism is leaving tens of millions of workers without jobs. It is also abandoning millions of children to flounder in a chaotic education system, buffeted by school closings and teacher firings.
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India : 43 workers killed in building Commonwealth Games

Health and Safety NewsWire - Thu, 03/18/2010 - 9:00pm
Source: The Morning Star

Australia : LTIFRs (sort of) gone from Australia Post

Health and Safety NewsWire - Thu, 03/18/2010 - 9:00pm
Source: SafetyAtWorkBlog

Detroit school takeover and ‘rightsizing’ of city opposed

Workers World - Thu, 03/18/2010 - 8:54pm
Spokespersons for corporate Detroit have issued plans to take total control of the public school system as well as “shrink” the city over the next decade. These efforts come amidst the worst economic crisis in Detroit since the Great Depression. The city leads all other major urban centers in joblessness with an official unemployment rate of 28 percent.
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