World Popular Resistance Clippings 2/15/2013

Rail workers on strike in Khashuri

TBILISI, DFWatch–Around 800 rail workers in Khashuri in central Georgia went on strike Wednesday,demanding increased salaries and to restore benefits which they used to have years ago.

There are no staff available on the railway section between Zestaponi further west and Gori closer to Tbilisi, but Georgian Railway [...]

ON FASCISM – REACTION ALL ALONG THE LINE

The purpose of this article is not to make a complete examination of fascism and its history, but to contribute to a basic understanding of what fascism is and how it is expressed in the world, from its appearance until today. Thus we want to contribute to disperse the smoke screens spread by the [...]

Protesters clash with police at Golden Dawn launch

 

A rally organized to protest the opening of a local branch of the ultranationalist Golden Dawn party in Agrinio, Western Greece, on Sunday evening ended with riot squads being dispatched from Athens and other parts of the country after a group of protesters clashed with local police in front of the town’s central [...]

Eight Indians Die in Land Dispute in Western Mexico

MORELIA, Mexico – Eight Indians died in a shootout triggered by a dispute over forests in Cheran, a rebel city in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, state officials said.

The shootout started Wednesday morning when some Purepecha Indians, the majority Indian group in Michoacan, were on patrol to prevent illegal cutting of pine and [...]

Clashes during far-right march

Hundreds of right-wing extremists were pelted with bottles, eggs and firecrackers as they marched through Stockholm.

Three people were injured and at least six people arrested as riot police tried to keep angry counter-demonstrators away from the procession, police in the Swedish capital said.

Parts of the downtown area were sealed off during the protests, [...]

Tunisia: General Strike in Higher Education Institutions

The Tunisian General Federation of Higher Education and Scientific Research announced the commencement of a general strike today, December 1st, in all higher education institutions.

The strike is being conducted in response to the ongoing events at the University of Manouba, where student groups, the Union has called “Salafist” have brought exam week at the [...]

92 Germans held in Polish Independence Day clashes

 

WARSAW — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Saturday condemned activists who clashed with police during Independence Day rallies, describing them as “commandos imported from Germany and other nations”.

Officers in full riot gear, armed with shields and truncheons, used tear gas and water cannons on rival groups of demonstrators, as [...]

Rally to protest acid throwing incident

QUETTA: Pashtoonkhwa Students Organisation (PSO) took out a rally to protest acid throwing on women and non arrest of terrorists involve din the incident so far here Friday.

It started form Science college and reached in front of Press Club after assigning through different roads where it turned into a protest meeting. Leaders and [...]

ANTI-LEGA NORD PROTESTERS CLASH WITH POLICE IN VENICE

(AGI) Rome – Demonstrators clashed with the police at an anti-Lega Nord protest march organised by social centres in Venice. About 800 people took part in the demonstration organised on the eve of the Lega Nord’s traditional annual event in Laguna. The clashes started when demonstrators tried to break the police blockade to reach the [...]

Czech Republic: 41 detained, 6 injured, CZK 3 million spent on Saturday’s riots

Saturday’s security measures responding to anti-Roma demonstrations in the Šluknov district cost the police CZK 3 million. Czech Interior Minister Jan Kubice, speaking on Czech Television today, said the 14-day presence of special forces units in the region cost another CZK 3.5 million. “The police corps must bear these costs for maintaining order,” he [...]