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McGuinness (right), with Ian Paisley

TV Times - 31 May - 6 June 2008

This week's pick takes the form of a programme that revisits a 1985 BBC documentary deemed to be one of the most controversial ever screened in…

Mexico: teachers' strike spreads up the Pacific coast while Oaxaca cautiously holds firm

The annual teachers' strike in Oaxaca has been bolstered by soldarity strikes of other sections of the Sindicato Nacional de los Trabajadores en la Educación (SNTE) stretching up and down the Mexican Pacific coastline, while in Oaxaca itself, occupations and blockades continue apace in support. Most analysts however have already doomed the strike to failure.

Lust, Caution, directed by Ang Lee, 2007. Film review – Tom Jennings

Review of Ang Lee’s Chinese wartime espionage drama, the follow-up to Brokeback Mountain.

Twenty New York IWW members fired

Twenty IWW members have been fired from a food distributing warehouse in New York.

Unite injunction against Belfast sacked shop stewards

The Unite union has served an injunction against protesting shop stewards, threatening them with fines and imprisonment.

Glasgow bin workers in wildcat strike

170 bin workers in Glasgow took part in wildcat strike action last Friday 23rd May.

Textile strike in Alexandria

26th May: Reports of an outbreak wildcat strike in Al-Amiriya Company for Spinning and Weaving in Alexandria. Could this be the start of a new wave of strikes?

TV Times - 24 - 30 May 2008

This week's pick is an investigation into the close links between the British government and the brutal warlords of Somalia.

Public sector pay disputes 2008

Archived forum thread for discussion of the struggles over cost of living pay increases in the public sector in 2008.

Oaxaca in revolt again: the Zócalo reoccupied, motorway tollbooths "liberated", roads blockaded

A 21 day series of strikes and occupations by the radical Sección 22 in Oaxaca of the Mexican teachers' union Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores en la Educación kicked off in earnest on Tuesday. As of Thursday, the strike appears to be spreading - with popular support, solidarity and an increasing volume of activity.

Local journalists strike in York

Local newspaper journalists go on 5 day strike in York over below-inflation pay rises.

Council workers to vote on action

UNISON members in local government in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will vote on strike action to begin in July, while teachers discuss co…
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