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Category: Anti-austerity
Glasgow city council planning for £152m budget black hole | HeraldScotland
SCOTLAND’S largest local authority is facing a £152m budget black hole over the next three years. Source: Glasgow city council planning for £152m budget black hole | HeraldScotland
In Iraq, Lebanon and Chile, Locally Driven Protests Can Have a Global Impact
From Lebanon and Iraq to Ecuador and Chile, popular protests have shaken governments worldwide. Has popular dissatisfaction with the unfair distribution of globalization’s spoils reached a tipping point? Or are [ … ]
Burn, Neoliberalism, Burn | The Vineyard of the Saker
A bird’s eye view of the vineyard Source: Burn, Neoliberalism, Burn | The Vineyard of the Saker
Ecuador cancels austerity plan in a bid to end unrest | News | DW | 14.10.2019
President Moreno and leaders of the country’s indigenous peoples have struck a deal to cancel an austerity package that led to violent protests. Seven people were killed after the cost-cutting measures [ … ]
Ken Loach: ‘The airwaves should be full of outrage’ | Film | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/oct/10/ken-loach-sorry-we-missed-you-interview-poverty-homelessness-inequality-privatisation
‘Shocking’ report from torture committee says disturbed women in Scottish jail need hospital not prison | HeraldScotland
A European anti-torture watchdog has condemned the treatment of prisoners with mental health problems in Scotland’s jails, after observing… Source: ‘Shocking’ report from torture committee says disturbed women in Scottish [ … ]
Ecuador unions call off anti-austerity protests after 370 arrests in two days | Macau Business
International, MNA | Ecuador’s transport unions yesterday called off protests against the scrapping of fuel subsidies by President Lenin Moreno after two days of unrest that halted transport nationwide and [ … ]
Open Letter to Derek Mackay: Put the public interest at the heart of public buildings | CommonSpace
Award-winnning Edinburgh-based architect Malcolm Fraser wrote an open letter to Finance Secretary Derek Mackay on 18 September , after the announcement of a public inquiry into debacle of the Edinburgh [ … ]
‘Utterly vile’: Anti-Tory banner and hanged effigies suspended from bridge (PHOTO) — RT UK News
A large anti-Tory banner unfurled on a bridge in northern England along with two hanging effigies ahead of the Conservative Party conference said it’s “time to level the playing field” [ … ]
Thousands of protesters will descend on Manchester for anti-austerity and ‘Reject Brexit’ marches this weekend – Manchester Evening News
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/thousands-protesters-descend-manchester-anti-16997086
Elizabeth Warren joins GM picket line as strike enters day 7 | PBS NewsHour Weekend
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/elizabeth-warren-joins-gm-picket-line-as-strike-enters-day-7
Don’t Mention Wars (or Austerity): There’s More to Cameron’s Legacy Than EU Referendum – Sputnik International
In the classic 1949 British black comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets (recently re-released in a special 70th anniversary digitally-restored version), Louis Mazzini, the suave and impeccably well-mannered serial killer played [ … ]
The NHS continues to be ‘alarmingly under-funded’, says health conference | Article, News | News | UNISON National
Source: The NHS continues to be ‘alarmingly under-funded’, says health conference | Article, News | News | UNISON National
We dissociate ourselves from the accusations of anti-Semitism made against Corbyn by the Board of Deputies and some MPs | Camden New Journal
Provides local news from the Camden, Islington and Westminster areas. Source: We dissociate ourselves from the accusations of anti-Semitism made against Corbyn by the Board of Deputies and some MPs [ … ]
BREAKING: Theresa May’s plan to bomb Syria just hit some serious turbulence | The Canary
Source: BREAKING: Theresa May’s plan to bomb Syria just hit some serious turbulence | The Canary
“Keep your promise to the British people” on workers’ rights, TUC general secretary tells Theresa May | TUC
Source: “Keep your promise to the British people” on workers’ rights, TUC general secretary tells Theresa May | TUC
Teacher’s strike now in its second week | Red Dirt Report
OKLAHOMA CITY – The vibe at the Oklahoma State Capitol today was chill. It had more of a football tailgate party – minus the booze – than an overt protest [ … ]