Greece Reflects Growing Economic Turmoil (tags)
class war
What’s Going On In Europe? (tags)
"The attack on education is an international phenomenon. In the UK on Wednesday, tens of thousands of students walked out of classes over tripled tuition fees. Thousands participated in a demonstration in London, where more than 1,000 were penned in and contained by police for hours. Police used batons to beat back students attempting to reach parliament. The demonstrations in Britain came two weeks after more than 55,000 took to the streets throughout the UK. A crackdown by the government has included the arrest of dozens of students. In the US, there have been mass protests and, in some cases, occupations in the state of California against tuition fee increases of more than 30 per cent. The education cuts in Italy and the UK are part of a wave of austerity measures throughout Europe aimed at forcing workers and young people to pay for an ongoing economic crisis."
Irish Government rules out use of nuclear power (tags)
By Seán McCárthaigh of the Irish Examiner
Ireland: 'opposition' leader gets pie in face" (tags)
Fine Gael leader Micheal Noonan, received a much needed sweet+sloppy snack courtacy of a kindly custard thrower