riots
Articles about riots related to class struggle, social movements or labour unrest.
Strikes and riots at 2010 World Cup building site
Workers have still not resumed work at Mpumalanga's 2010 World Cup stadium after workers downed tools in a wage protest.
The workers picketing the Mbombela Stadium site outside Nelspruit include 500 dismissed last Monday, after appealing directly to President Thabo Mbeki to intervene when he visited the site. The Mbombela Stadium Joint Venture fired the workers for an unprotected strike in defiance of earlier agreements.
Riots in Weng'an County, southwest China, 30th June 2008
10,000 people riot in a southwestern province of China after the rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl by the deputy mayor's son is covered up by police. Protesters attacked police stations and government buildings.
Tongan riots, 2006
Discussion of the riots in Tongan, 2006 and their background.
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The Tongan riot is part of a wider surge in class struggle in the Pacific since 2005. Since this date, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, New Caledonia and Tahiti have experienced major strikes, and Tonga and the Solomons have experienced riots.
Egypt cracks down post-strike
Rob Ray reports for Freedom Newspaper on continuing crackdowns on civil liberties in Egypt
Following a period of upheavals in Egypt, the state is attempting to reassert control with a series of measures aimed at curbing both the labour movement and the Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s largest radical Islamic group.
Ghazl el-Mahalla riots, Egypt, April 6-7th 2008
After a government crackdown on workers throughout Egypt, Ghazl el-Mahalla erupts in two days of rioting.
Clashes outside courts in Mahalla al-Kubra, Egypt
Around 300 people were involved in clashes with Egyptian security forces as, friends and family rallied in support of those detained for their part in last week's clashes.
Public Prosecutor Abdel Maguid Mahmoud decided to release 18 people kept under provisional detention in connection with the riots that occurred on April 6 and 7 during the semi-aborted general strike. He said in a statement yesterday that investigations were still underway to determine the criminal responsibilities of the other people under provisional detention.
Urban riots and their reportage - Tom Jennings, 1992
Tom Jennings’ 1992 essay on current affairs media and their coverage of urban riots
A Hall of Mirrors: Television News and Social Reality by Tom Jennings
Prisoner riot reverses smoking ban
A smoking ban at 18 prisons in Quebec was reversed this week after a riot by prisoners.
On Tuesday, smoking was banned both inside and outside of Quebec's 18 prisons. Just before midnight on Thursday, 30-50 prisoners rioted and set fire to a wing at the Orsainville detention centre near Quebec City. This was met by a statement from Public Security Minister Jacques Dupuis the morning after, stating that prisoners would be allowed to smoke outside.
Bangladeshi garment workers keep up the pressure - more clashes
Bangladeshi workers continue the protests and strikes that have been escalating in recent weeks.
Trouble in the garment industry has continued in Dhaka(see earlier report); yesterday (Tues) several thousand workers again fought cops in the Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ).
Labour Rebellions of the 1930s in the British Caribbean Region Colonies - Richard Hart
A brief overview of the numerous struggles which occurred in the British Caribbean during the 1930s, which led to the introduction of many trade union rights across the region, written by Jamaican trade unionist Richard Hart.
Published in 2002 jointly by Caribbean Labour Solidarity and the Socialist History Society.
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