Miners on strike in Georgia
26.01.2011 21:15
TBILISI, January 26. Miners at the Tkibuli “Mindeli” mine in Georgia announced strike action. As the correspondent of “Rosbalt” says, quoting InterPressNews, the reason for such action was the detention by the prosecutor's office of Georgia of two senior employees of the mine. They are accused of failure to comply with safety standards, resulting in an explosion at "Mindeli" mine that killed one miner and seriously injured four people.
"Mr Sturua and Devdariani are accused of ignoring safety standards. However, they agreed on the need of the explosion, after, as the four miners said, that in the mine everything was fine and that the amount of gas did not go beyond the danger limit. And in the blast they had to get miners lifted at least 100 meters up out the way, which was not done "- one of the engineers of the mine told the news agency.
The miners believe that the detainees are not guilty over what happened, and the miners who are now being treated in a burn center in Tbilisi. The miners are not going to resume work until their detained counterparts are released.
We recall that the responsible staff of the mine, Eden Sturua and Giorgi Devdariani are charged with violation of safety rules. If their guilt is proven in court, they face imprisonment from two to five years.
The investigation continues, and it is possible that other employees of the "Mindeli” coal mine will be taken to court.
ALSO
In Greece another week of strikes have begun over government reforms. Transport and medical workers all out.
In Feb, two large heavy engineering factories (Sibtyazhmash and Krastyazhmash) in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, to close with loss of 600 jobs.
29 Jan…In Jordan anti government meetings and rallies. Jordanian tanks on streets.
29 Jan.. Serbian school teachers out on strike for pay rise
27 Jan, In Pervoluraslk, Russia, rubbish recycling workers on strike over wage non-payments. Gates of factory blocked by workers.
From 15 jan 20 protestors in Omsk region, Russia on hunger strike with demands that governor of Omsk region resign over not providing population with decent living standards.
17 jan workers TagAZ car plant fighting for timely payment of salaries
On strike Three shops - welding bodywork, paint and assembly shop of the Taganrog car plant - January 17, suspended work because of delay in salary. Workers not been paid money for September and October.Suspension of work lasted for a week.
Causes of debt - a lack of funds and flexible payroll - employees at Taganrog Automobile Plant are not satisfied.
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Monday 31 January 2011
UK STUDENT DEMO 29 JAN
29 JANUARY 2011
STUDENT DEMOS IN LONDON AND MANCHESTER
Another day, another fight…. Students and workers alike take to the streets of two of Britain’s major cities in another day of anger and protest against the tory-dem bastards’ austerity measures unleashed against working people, unemployed and disabled people alike.
Scuffles with police, more arrests, Top Shops attacked and eggs pelted at traitorous leadership of National Union of Students. The people are learning fast. The wave after wave of unrest in North Africa is inspiration to us all in the militant leftist movement over here.
Time to drive out the government from power, and the Labour, trade union bureaucracy and other traitors of the working people, out of the leftist and workers’ movement of Britain, in the same way the people of the Middle East are hitting the streets in mass direct revolutionary action against unemployment, poverty and oppression, and driving governments and leaders out of power in their own countries. Time to put capitalism out of action….forever!
Thousands of protestors took to the streets of London and Manchester in a new wave of protests against government cuts and hikes in education fees in education and harsh austerity measures. The march in London passed the Tory party headquarters on Millbank , and then moved onto the Egyptian embassy for a solidarity demo with the people of Egypt fighting to overthrow president Mubarak. There was a huge police presence everywhere.
In Manchester, some of the largest trade unions joined forces with students as anger about the Conservative – Lib Dem coalition government’s austerity cuts boiled over into wider sections of society. Several protestors were arrested. Minor scuffles with police took place in both cities during the demos. At the rally which was held at the end of the march in Manchester, the president of the National Union of Students pulled out of speaking at the rally after he was surrounded by demonstrators who called for his resignation. Aaron Porter was due to address the rally about the effects of spending cuts on young people, but was forced to step down, and needed police escort to the Manchester Metropolitan University after been chased along the streets by angry protestors who chanted “Students, Workers, hear our shout! We want Aaran Porter out!”
When the rally started afterwards, around 4000 people took part. Missiles, eggs and oranges were pelted and thrown onto the stage at Shane Chowen, the NUS vice president for further education. He quickly left the platform to the shouts of boos from the crowd when he told them “the majority of students are behind the NUS and UCU (university and College Union). We are fighting on your behalf”.
A few hundred protestors drifted away before the end of the rally and headed back in the direction of the where the march had started near the university and then some protestors they suddenly ran into the packed Arndale shopping centre were most of the shops were open. Staff at some of the corporate shops like Top Man and Vodaphone got their window shutters down before protestors stopped to trash and ransack the shops screaming “pay your taxes!” A number of protestors were arrested and bundled into police vans. Some were “kettled” by police for short while.
In London protestors continued marching around central London attacking and ransacking corporate shops until late evening.
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Thursday 27 January 2011
In Egypt, water cannon, tear gas
In Egypt, police us water cannon and tear gas, in dispersing the demonstrators
26.01.2011 20:51
Egyptian police began to disperse thousands of demonstrators on the capital's central El Tahrir Square. According to information received, a unit of the riot police some time ago began to use tear gas grenades and water cannons, pusjing protesters in the surrounding streets.
From 20 to 30 thousand people gathered Tuesday night in downtown Cairo in the "Day of Anger" - anti-government protests organised by the main opposition parties and movements of the country in the wake of recent events in Tunisia. Protesters have promised to hold an indefinite strike until such time until their demands are met - the resignation of the government, dissolve parliament, raise in wages. Previously, authorities have warned they will not allow protesters to remain on Tahrir square.
Reportedly, the protesters resisted police, periodically engage them in skirmishes. Riot police, trying to calm the raging crowd, is also actively beating protestors with rubber truncheon. To the area have been sent dozens of ambulances.
On Tuesday, in clashes with security forces, three people were killed , including two protesters and a policeman having received a fatal injury from a stone thrown from the crowd, reportsITAR-TASS.
26.01.2011 20:51
Egyptian police began to disperse thousands of demonstrators on the capital's central El Tahrir Square. According to information received, a unit of the riot police some time ago began to use tear gas grenades and water cannons, pusjing protesters in the surrounding streets.
From 20 to 30 thousand people gathered Tuesday night in downtown Cairo in the "Day of Anger" - anti-government protests organised by the main opposition parties and movements of the country in the wake of recent events in Tunisia. Protesters have promised to hold an indefinite strike until such time until their demands are met - the resignation of the government, dissolve parliament, raise in wages. Previously, authorities have warned they will not allow protesters to remain on Tahrir square.
Reportedly, the protesters resisted police, periodically engage them in skirmishes. Riot police, trying to calm the raging crowd, is also actively beating protestors with rubber truncheon. To the area have been sent dozens of ambulances.
On Tuesday, in clashes with security forces, three people were killed , including two protesters and a policeman having received a fatal injury from a stone thrown from the crowd, reportsITAR-TASS.
General strike- Tunisia
General anti-government strike begun in Tunisia
26.01.2011 20:53
Initiated by the largest trade union - the Tunisian General Labour Union
General anti-government strike began on Wednesday in the second-largest city, Sfax of Tunisia, which is considered the industrial capital of the country, according to Arab media.
The action was initiated in Tunisia's largest and most influential trade union - the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT), who played a crucial role in the recent change of government in the country.
Protestors gathered in the streets of Sfax on Wednesday demanding the resignation of the government of Mohammed al-Ghannouchi, as well as the dissolution of the rules at the deposed president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, Constitutional Democratic Party unity.
In addition, people's protests on Wednesday continued in other major cities in Tunisia, including in the capital, where demonstrators once again tried to break through a police cordon and break through to the building of the Tunisian government.
Previously reported that the teachers of secondary schools and lyceums of Tunisia on Monday began an indefinite strike, demanding withdrawal from the government in the country all members of the ousted regime. The strike coincided with the day classes resume in Tunisian schools and high schools, which were suspended in early January in connection with the riots.
In the morning in Tunis, children and their parents almost universally expected closed school doors with the announcement of the strike.
26.01.2011 20:53
Initiated by the largest trade union - the Tunisian General Labour Union
General anti-government strike began on Wednesday in the second-largest city, Sfax of Tunisia, which is considered the industrial capital of the country, according to Arab media.
The action was initiated in Tunisia's largest and most influential trade union - the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT), who played a crucial role in the recent change of government in the country.
Protestors gathered in the streets of Sfax on Wednesday demanding the resignation of the government of Mohammed al-Ghannouchi, as well as the dissolution of the rules at the deposed president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, Constitutional Democratic Party unity.
In addition, people's protests on Wednesday continued in other major cities in Tunisia, including in the capital, where demonstrators once again tried to break through a police cordon and break through to the building of the Tunisian government.
Previously reported that the teachers of secondary schools and lyceums of Tunisia on Monday began an indefinite strike, demanding withdrawal from the government in the country all members of the ousted regime. The strike coincided with the day classes resume in Tunisian schools and high schools, which were suspended in early January in connection with the riots.
In the morning in Tunis, children and their parents almost universally expected closed school doors with the announcement of the strike.
Wednesday 26 January 2011
CLASHES IN ALBANIA
THREE PEOPLE KILLED IN CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND PROTESTORS IN THE CAPITAL OF ALBANIA
Three people were killed and dozens more injured in clashes between police and protesters at an anti-government rally in the Albanian capital of Tirana on Friday, January 21. It was reported by Agence France-Presse .
According to The Daily Mail, officials in Tirana said about 22 protestors were injured and 17 police injured in the clashes. According to The Washington Post, the authorities reported more than 130 injured. A source from AFP at a hospital in Tirana reported 55 wounded, among whom, 25 were police officers and 30 were protestors.
The cause of death of three protestors was gunfire. There was no report on whether or not firearms were used. All three died on their way to hospital. At the time, there were no police official reports on the number of deaths. There was no information about exactly who shot the protestors, which resulted in their death. Law-enforcement agencies were reportedly armed with guns, firing rubber bullets at the demonstrators. In addition, tear gas and water cannons were used by the police against the demonstrators.
At the opposition rally, called for because of revelations of corruption in the country's top leadership, some 20,000 people took part, reported The Washington Post. The rally participants called for early elections in the country. The action grew into heavy clashes with police after protesters started to throw stones at police. During the riots, 15 police cars were burned. Observers have called the events in Tirana, the largest and most bloody protest actions in the country over the past few years.
http://vkpb.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=503:2011-01-25-06-32-58&catid=13:2010-07-08-15-41-24&Itemid=40
Three people were killed and dozens more injured in clashes between police and protesters at an anti-government rally in the Albanian capital of Tirana on Friday, January 21. It was reported by Agence France-Presse .
According to The Daily Mail, officials in Tirana said about 22 protestors were injured and 17 police injured in the clashes. According to The Washington Post, the authorities reported more than 130 injured. A source from AFP at a hospital in Tirana reported 55 wounded, among whom, 25 were police officers and 30 were protestors.
The cause of death of three protestors was gunfire. There was no report on whether or not firearms were used. All three died on their way to hospital. At the time, there were no police official reports on the number of deaths. There was no information about exactly who shot the protestors, which resulted in their death. Law-enforcement agencies were reportedly armed with guns, firing rubber bullets at the demonstrators. In addition, tear gas and water cannons were used by the police against the demonstrators.
At the opposition rally, called for because of revelations of corruption in the country's top leadership, some 20,000 people took part, reported The Washington Post. The rally participants called for early elections in the country. The action grew into heavy clashes with police after protesters started to throw stones at police. During the riots, 15 police cars were burned. Observers have called the events in Tirana, the largest and most bloody protest actions in the country over the past few years.
http://vkpb.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=503:2011-01-25-06-32-58&catid=13:2010-07-08-15-41-24&Itemid=40
Tuesday 25 January 2011
Rev. Han Sang Ryol Sentenced to Prison Term in S. Korea
The Seoul Central District Court sentenced Rev. Han Sang Ryol to five years in prison and five-year suspension of qualifications on Jan. 21, according to Yonhap News of south Korea.
The south Korean authorities arrested him as soon as he crossed Panmunjom at north-south borderline after visiting the DPRK last year. They persecuted him long and at last sentenced him to severe punishment.
The court also sentenced Co-representative Han Chung Mok and several members of the Solidarity for Progress to prison term and other punishment on charges of waging anti-U.S. actions.
The south Korean authorities arrested him as soon as he crossed Panmunjom at north-south borderline after visiting the DPRK last year. They persecuted him long and at last sentenced him to severe punishment.
The court also sentenced Co-representative Han Chung Mok and several members of the Solidarity for Progress to prison term and other punishment on charges of waging anti-U.S. actions.
Monday 24 January 2011
S. Korean Supreme Court Declares Executed Party Leader Not Guilty
January 23. The south Korean supreme court declared Jo Pong Am, former head of the Progressive Party in south Korea, not guilty in a retrial on Jan. 20, according to south Korean MBC.
He was punished with death on the false charge of "rebellion and spying" 52 years ago.
The retrial proved the illegal investigation of him conducted by the army secret service agency which had no right to inquiry at that time.
The then dictator Syngman Rhee, much upset by the growing public support for him who stood for peaceful reunification, executed him as a "spy" in July, 1959.
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S. Korean Authorities' Unpopular Policy Failed
January 21. Civic and social bodies and political parties of south Korea held a ceremony in Seoul on Jan. 17 to declare a week of mourning those Ryongsan evacuees killed by the police indiscriminate crackdown.
They included the Korean Confederation of Trade Union, the Society for the Human Rights Movement, the Committee for Probing the Truth about the Ryongsan Tragedy, the Union of Evacuees and the Democratic Labor Party.
The speakers there said that although it is two years since the occurrence of the tragedy, the truth about the mass-killing is not yet probed and the evacuees are still undergoing pain behind bars for the mere reason that they struggled in demand of their vital rights.
Recalling that people in Ryongsan are forcibly evacuated due to the reckless redevelopment policy of the authorities and they are left without any shelter, they declared that this bespeaks that the second Ryongsan tragedy may take place.
They called on the people of various circles to get united to settle the issue of the Ryongsan tragedy and launch dynamic actions to force the authorities to roll back their redevelopment policy.
Earlier, the all-people committee for memorial service for the victims of the Ryongsan tragedy was formed. It groups 106 political parties and organizations and individual personages.
He was punished with death on the false charge of "rebellion and spying" 52 years ago.
The retrial proved the illegal investigation of him conducted by the army secret service agency which had no right to inquiry at that time.
The then dictator Syngman Rhee, much upset by the growing public support for him who stood for peaceful reunification, executed him as a "spy" in July, 1959.
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S. Korean Authorities' Unpopular Policy Failed
January 21. Civic and social bodies and political parties of south Korea held a ceremony in Seoul on Jan. 17 to declare a week of mourning those Ryongsan evacuees killed by the police indiscriminate crackdown.
They included the Korean Confederation of Trade Union, the Society for the Human Rights Movement, the Committee for Probing the Truth about the Ryongsan Tragedy, the Union of Evacuees and the Democratic Labor Party.
The speakers there said that although it is two years since the occurrence of the tragedy, the truth about the mass-killing is not yet probed and the evacuees are still undergoing pain behind bars for the mere reason that they struggled in demand of their vital rights.
Recalling that people in Ryongsan are forcibly evacuated due to the reckless redevelopment policy of the authorities and they are left without any shelter, they declared that this bespeaks that the second Ryongsan tragedy may take place.
They called on the people of various circles to get united to settle the issue of the Ryongsan tragedy and launch dynamic actions to force the authorities to roll back their redevelopment policy.
Earlier, the all-people committee for memorial service for the victims of the Ryongsan tragedy was formed. It groups 106 political parties and organizations and individual personages.
Monday 17 January 2011
S. Korea: Jail Term Sentenced to Citizen Praising DPRK
Pyongyang, January 17 (KCNA) -- The Seoul Central District Court on Jan. 14 sentenced to jail an inhabitant on charges of violating the ill-famed "National Security Law", according to CBS of south Korea.
The court gave this sentence for the mere reason that the citizen posted on Internet articles and animation files praising the DPRK.
The court gave this sentence for the mere reason that the citizen posted on Internet articles and animation files praising the DPRK.
Wednesday 12 January 2011
TUNISIAN PEOPLE'S REVOLUTION
Today's news from the "front line":
Tunisian protesters, many of them are now organized in several "People's Resistance Committees"(PRC) say they will continue demonstrating over unemployment, mass poverty and against the dictatorship in the North African country despite the government's deadly crackdown on them.
PRC announced they will hold mass rallies across the country for the next three days, starting today.
The trade union, General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) has also said it will call a general strike in several southern cities in response the police brutality, i.e the state terror.
Protests have been going on across Tunisia for almost a month now. The UGTT says more than 70 people have been killed in clashes with government forces since the last weekend.
"It's chaos here in Kasserine after a night of violence, sniper fire, theft and looting of shops and homes by policemen in civilian clothes," said Sadok Mahmoudi, an activist of the UGTT regional union describing yesterday's situation there. This story was corroborated by other witnesses.
"The number of killed has exceeded 50," Mahmoudi said, citing a report obtained from the medical staff at the regional hospital of Kasserine, where the bodies were transported.
This comes as UGTT has called on Tunisian President(resp. the dictator!!) Ben Ali to order an independent inquiry into the deaths of demonstrators. But the call was rejected by the regime!
Meanwhile, according to sources of the People's Resistance, in the last hours thousands of heavy armed Soldiers in APC and backed by tanks were deployed in the centre of Tunis after the People's Rebellion spread to the capital's center.
Almost at the same time "the gov't sacked the interior minister and announced it would free protesters", AFP reported a short while ago.
http://blog.jinbo.net/CINA/?m=2006-02
Tunisian protesters, many of them are now organized in several "People's Resistance Committees"(PRC) say they will continue demonstrating over unemployment, mass poverty and against the dictatorship in the North African country despite the government's deadly crackdown on them.
PRC announced they will hold mass rallies across the country for the next three days, starting today.
The trade union, General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) has also said it will call a general strike in several southern cities in response the police brutality, i.e the state terror.
Protests have been going on across Tunisia for almost a month now. The UGTT says more than 70 people have been killed in clashes with government forces since the last weekend.
"It's chaos here in Kasserine after a night of violence, sniper fire, theft and looting of shops and homes by policemen in civilian clothes," said Sadok Mahmoudi, an activist of the UGTT regional union describing yesterday's situation there. This story was corroborated by other witnesses.
"The number of killed has exceeded 50," Mahmoudi said, citing a report obtained from the medical staff at the regional hospital of Kasserine, where the bodies were transported.
This comes as UGTT has called on Tunisian President(resp. the dictator!!) Ben Ali to order an independent inquiry into the deaths of demonstrators. But the call was rejected by the regime!
Meanwhile, according to sources of the People's Resistance, in the last hours thousands of heavy armed Soldiers in APC and backed by tanks were deployed in the centre of Tunis after the People's Rebellion spread to the capital's center.
Almost at the same time "the gov't sacked the interior minister and announced it would free protesters", AFP reported a short while ago.
http://blog.jinbo.net/CINA/?m=2006-02
Monday 10 January 2011
Social Rebellion in North Africa
In Tunisia since almost four weeks, in Algeria since last Wednesday: An increasing mass movement, initiated and joined by thousands of workers and the unemployed (young and old, both males and females), fights against exploitation and oppression...
Mohamed Zitout, a former Algerian diplomat, explained: "It is a revolt, and probably a revolution, of an oppressed people who have, for 50 years, been waiting for housing, employment, and a proper and decent life..."
http://blog.jinbo.net/CINA/
Mohamed Zitout, a former Algerian diplomat, explained: "It is a revolt, and probably a revolution, of an oppressed people who have, for 50 years, been waiting for housing, employment, and a proper and decent life..."
http://blog.jinbo.net/CINA/
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