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robbie_dee
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posted 30 November 2004 05:08 PM      Profile for robbie_dee     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Nationwide strike cripples Italy

Millions of Italian workers are taking part in a one-day general strike against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Travellers face chaos and hospitals are only providing emergency services.

Trade union leaders are furious with $8bn in public sector spending cuts in next year's budget, pushed through last week by Mr Berlusconi.

The European Commission had warned Italy to reduce its public debt, which is the third largest in the world.

BBC News Report


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Rufus Polson
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posted 30 November 2004 05:12 PM      Profile for Rufus Polson     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Go Italian Labour! Stick it to that bastard!
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lagatta
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posted 30 November 2004 05:40 PM      Profile for lagatta     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Avanti popolo, alla riscossa
Bandiera rossa trionferą!

Many of the papers are joining in the strike today and will just be updated tomorrow, but I found this gallery of photos of the strike movement: http://www.repubblica.it/2003/e/gallerie/economia/scioman/1.html


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Klingon
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posted 30 November 2004 07:17 PM      Profile for Klingon        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
MajQa! The class warrior is the most honourable warrior of all--because s/he seeks to ultimately do away with the dictatorship of classes altogether.

This is the fourth one-day shutdown in Italy in the last three years. It's in preparation for the national elections in 2006, when Berlusconi is expected to lose big time, given several polls I have read.

It's amazing that most of Berlusconi's agenda, as rotten as it is, is also fairly mild compared to what is and has been happening in Canada and the US. Yet, here we get nary a whimper from anyone.

It's nice to see working people stand up and fight for what is rightfully theirs. It's just too bad it's not happening here.


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