French crowds join general strike on 'Black Thursday'

Hundreds of thousands of people took part in a general strike in France on Thursday in protest at the government's handling of the economic crisis. Union leaders said 2.5 million people had taken part in protests...

Strike Against War by Helen Keller

Helen Keller gave this speech in 1915, but the observations and message are poweful, inspiring and just as relevant today, so I thought I would post the link, as i didn't find it here at NowPublic.com. More useful...

General strike in Greece

Taken during the general strike in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki.

Major strikes paralyze Greece

"ATHENS, Greece (CNN) -- Routine activity ground to a halt on Wednesday as protesters from all walks of life staged a general strike over proposed changes to Greece's pension program....

Greece gripped by pensions strike

"Greece's civil servants have staged a nationwide strike against planned pension reforms, badly disrupting transport and closing public offices."

Westbrook House School - 1947 - 2007 - 60 Glorious Years!

Folkestone, Kent. in 1946 was just emerging from the war that had obliterated much of the town and surrounding area. Many buildings were either completely destroyed or badly damaged and rendered unihabitable....

France: Crisis of the Capitalist State

the current crisis of capitalism and it's state in France proves once again what I have said here, ad nauseaum, that there is no modern State without Capitalism. They go together like a horse and carriage as the...

Strike Shuts Down Italy Public Transport (AP)

AP - Public transportation ground to a halt, public offices shut down and thousands rallied across Italy on Friday as part of a general strike against the government's 2006 budget.

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