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| Economic Crisis
Eight key proposals for another EuropeThe crisis has shaken the European Union to its very foundations. Public debt is suffocating several countries that have been badly hit by the financial markets. With the governments currently in office, and the European Commission (EC), European Central Bank (ECB), and IMF all aiding and abetting, the financial institutions responsible for the crisis are making lots of money while speculating on government debt. Meanwhile, business owners are taking advantage of the situation to launch an offensive against the social and economic rights of the majority. -> read article... |
| Public health service in Europe
Health systems in Europe – changes and resistance Opening report to the healthworkers conference
This report opened the European healthworkers conference, held in the International Institute for Research and Education in May 2011. -> read article... |
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| Kazakhstan
Repression intensifies against Kazakh oil workers’ uprisingThe Kazakh authorities have responded to the oil workers’ revolt with arrests, jailings and police attacks on demonstrations, while company managements have sacked hundreds for striking. Despite the repression, the unprecedented wave of protests, which erupted in the oil-producing province of Mangistau in mid-May, was continuing at the time of writing in late August. At the movement’s height in early June, labour movement sources reported that 12-18,000 workers were on strike, demanding pay rises and recognition of independent trade unions. -> read article... |
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