World Popular Resistance Clippings 22/5/2013

 

Stockholm riots spread as PM slams ‘hooliganism’

STOCKHOLM — Rioting spread across Stockholm’s suburbs early Wednesday in the third night of unrest to hit the Swedish capital, as Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt blamed the violence on “hooliganism” and appealed for calm. “In the past 24 hours, around 30 cars have been set on [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 21/5/2013

 

Stockholm braces for further rioting by young immigrants

Police in Stockholm were prepared for a third consecutive night of rioting by youths in a northwestern suburb as the disorder reopened the debate about how well immigrants are integrated in Sweden. Seven youths were arrested overnight from Monday to Tuesday after cars were set [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 20/5/2013

 

Unrest in Ashulia again

Some thousands of ready-made garment workers blocked the Dhaka-Tangail highway and clashed with police while staging a protest demanding a wage hike and other facilities in Ashulia on Monday morning. Authorities of the concerned Ha-Meem Group were compelled to declare a holiday in the wake of the protest.

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World Popular Resistance Clippings 19/5/2013

 

Vendors seek to profit from China’s security budget

BEIJING: Mannequins in riot gear, armoured cars and drones line a police equipment and “anti-terrorism technology” trade fair in Beijing as vendors seek to profit from China’s huge internal security budget. The country is estimated to have more than 180,000 protests each year and the [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 18/5/2013

Tourists stuck as social unrest hits northwestern Colombia

More than 30 Colombian and foreign tourists are stuck in the northwestern corner of Colombia after locals went on strike. According to a strike leader, the tourists are not being held against their will. Thirty-two tourists got stuck in the Uraba region after strikers shut down public [...]

CPN-Maoist Clippings 16/5/2013

Two APF personnel hurt in Surkhet clash

Two Armed Police Force personnel were injured in a clash with the CPN-Maoist cadres at Jahere in Mainatada VDC in the district on Wednesday. The clash ensued when police intervened into the Maoist activists’ bid to disrupt an integrated mobile service camp organised by the local administration [...]

CPN-Maoist Clippings 14/5/2013

 

100 cadres join CPN-Maoist

KATHMANDU: Around 100 cadres of different political parties including UCPN -Maoist Sindhuplachowk district joint in-charge have joined the CPN-Maoist led by Mohan Baidya. The CPN-Maoist is the breakaway faction of the UCPN-Maoist.

Those quitting the UCPN-Maoist to join the CPN-Maoist are Sindhupalchowk district secretariat member Sanu Yonjan, district member [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 14/5/2013

Hundreds of Bangladesh Textile Plants Shut Indefinitely

DHAKA – Hundreds of factories which form the hub of Bangladesh’s garment industry are to close indefinitely after worker unrest sparked by the death of more than 1,100 colleagues, employees announced Monday. As the search for bodies from last month’s collapse of a factory complex wrapped up, the [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 12/5/2013

Eight injured during clashes in Halkidiki

Seven policemen and one female protester were injured in Skouries in the northern peninsula of Halkidiki on Sunday, during a demonstration against mining activities in the area. According to police, one of the policemen was shot with a carbin and taken to the Polygyros hospital along with the [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 9/5/2013

Chinese woman’s death after allegations of gang rape sparks unrest in Beijing

Earlier today, the Beijing Public Security Bureau reported that “non-Beijing residents” were gathering in Fengtai District, in southwest Beijing, to “reflect discontent” with the May 3 death of a woman who had allegedly been gang raped (link in Chinese). The death of the [...]