Share By Sean Taylor The song is called ‘Stand Up’ and the video was put together by Colm McCarthy. It is from my forthcoming album ‘Love Against Death’. This song is dedicated to the anti-cuts and Occupy Movements all over the world. The 99%.
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Share In Germany solidarity with Greece has seen protests organised across the country – including at the Greek embassy in Berlin and outside the Berlin Film Festival. Below we repost a statement by Attac Germany. The globalizationcritical network Attac Germany sharply criticized the austerity measures accelerated by the German government, which the Troika of...
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Share Who will benefit from the new set of Greek austerity measures, which got a violent response from the crowd on Sunday?
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Share Germany’s finance minister has declared that promises aren’t enough anymore, and that Greece must implement reforms to prove it’s not a bottomless pit. John Laughland, of the Institute of Democracy and Cooperation in Paris, says there are more radical plans currently being drawn up by the Germans
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Share Hundreds of protesters have clashed with police in Athens as thousands gathered in front of the parliament to protest against austerity measures. Police fired tear gas at protesters as they tried to break into the parliament building. According to police, some 10,000 people took part in the demonstrations in front of the...
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Share The Romanian prime minister, Emil Boc, and his cabinet have resigned after weeks of protests over austerity measures and alleged corruption. Bloc said he was quitting ‘to release the tension in the country’s political and social situation’. He named the justice minister, Catalin Predoiu, as interim prime minister From the Guardian
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Share Drivers working for Stagecoach escalate a 3-month dispute over unfair pay rates, Union News reports from Rotherham. The drivers, members of the Unite union, are striking every two days as part of their campaign for pay parity with colleagues in other companies. They have received strong financial and solidarity support from other unions...
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Share Mark Steel The Benefits Cap and the injustice of massive bounuses and tax avoidance write-offs attacked by Mark Steel on Question Time – to loud applause from the audience.
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Share By Brandon Jourdan Documentary about Oakland’s Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of city hall, which became the site of a self-organized tent city attempting to meet some of the community’s most urgent needs. The Oakland Commune from brandon jourdan on Vimeo. On October 10th 2011, hundreds of people in downtown Oakland occupied...
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Paul Mason: a look at Greece’s crisis from the inside
Share By Paul Mason In this video report Newsnight’s Paul Mason talks to Greek people suffering at the sharp end of the EU imposed austerity measures
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