strike

Calling all rebels - another hunger strike in Ireland

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 21/05/2010 - 1:47pm

Today, a selfless, dedicated and uncompromising Irish Republican political prisoner, Liam Hannaway, lies unbowed in a cold and unforgiving British gaol cell, as he enters his 35th day on Hunger Strike whilst being incarcerated at Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s pleasure at Maghaberry Gaol, located in occupied Irish territory that is known as the State of Northern Ireland.

Keywords: 
imperialism
strike
prison
Hunger
Ireland
Irish
Occupied Ireland
UK
Political
Colonialism

Turkey: Solidarity call for the "Platform of struggling workers"

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 14/05/2010 - 7:55am

A number of militant workers from recent workers' struggles in Turkey, including National Tobacco and Alcohol Monopoly (TEKEL) workers, Istanbul Water and Sewers Department (ISKI) workers, firemen, Sinter metal workers, Esenyurt municipality workers, Marmaray building workers, dustmen, workers from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and workers from the ATV-Sabah News Corporation, have come together and established a workers' group called the Platform of Struggling Workers.

Geography: 
Global/International
Keywords: 
workers
strike
Labor