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Source: New Statesman   Posted by Laurie Penny - 11 November 2010 11:41 "This is scary but not as scary as what's happening to our future."

Big turnout at student anti-fees protest emboldens TUC leadership to plan wider campaign against government cuts By Matthew Taylor and Adam GabbattSource: guardian.co.uk, Friday 12 November 2010 19.03 GMT

Source: Socialistworker.org  24 Novermber 2010 The economic unraveling of Ireland highlights the severity of the financial crisis--and the increasingly severe government cutbacks that will be used to pay for it.

Source: Reuters By Kevin Krolicki  DETROIT | Sun Oct 17, 2010 3:27am IST About 100 General Motors Co workers and retirees picketed outside the United Auto Workers union's headquarters on Saturday to protest plans to build a new small car with low-wage workers.

We, the ATNC Monitoring Network and the undersigned organizations and trade unions from Hong Kong and from other Asian countries, are deeply moved by the brave actions taken by the garment workers and CCAWDU since September. We are impressed to see more than 200,000 garment workers taking part in the strikes in September to protest against the shameful rise of USD5 in the minimum wage negotiation reviewed since 4 years ago. The strike is probably the biggest in the industrial history of Cambodia.

Statement On September 13-17, 2010, over 200,000 garment workers in Cambodia bravely exercised their fundamental and constitutional right to strike in defense of their working conditions. The steps taken by the workers were peaceful and in accordance with correct legal procedure.

Background: Over 200,000 garment workers in Cambodia went on strike from 13th to 16th of September, demanding an increase in the minimum wage to US$93 per month. Yet employers and the manufacturers association opposed their demand, and accused the unions of launching an illegal strike.

By PAUL KRUGMAN  Source: The New York TimesPublished: October 21, 2010 In the spring of 2010, fiscal austerity became fashionable. I use the term advisedly: the sudden consensus among Very Serious People that everyone must balance budgets now now now wasn’t based on any kind of careful analysis. It was more like a fad, something everyone professed to believe because that was what the in-crowd was saying.

Source: SWP Online People around the country have been protesting against the savage Tory cuts in George Osborne's Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR). LondonAround 3,000 people gathered at the entrance to Downing Street tonight to protest against George Osborne's cuts package. Some 2,500 people had marched from Lincoln's Inn Fields to join several hundred already at Downing Street for a rally. People joined the march as it went along.