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18.06.2009, 21:21
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Teachers’ wages have been halved and pensions slashed by 10%. This week’s astonishing reduction in public spending is likely to be repeated and protesters have vowed to protect the country's vital services.
07.03.2009, 15:56
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Only one in every four Russians is keen to protest against falling living standards, with 60 per cent of the population saying they’re in no hurry to protest.
16.04.2009, 09:45
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Hundreds of anti-tax 'tea parties' have been held all over the US by protesters who think Obama's bank bailout and stimulus package are mortgaging the future for an easier present.
25.06.2009, 11:25
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The poor nations of the world have asked for financial aid to weather the global recession on the first day of a UN summit on the economic meltdown.
20.03.2010, 07:21
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Protestors took to the streets of New York demanding that one of America's biggest banks start to repay its billion dollar bailout and provide help for some of the city's homeless.
04.05.2010, 09:44
Demonstrations are sweeping across Greece as tougher economic measures are introduced by the government.
13.03.2009, 17:03
Sacked workers of Sony France have released their company CEO after holding him captive overnight. The employees are demanding better layoff terms when their factory closes in April.
18.03.2009, 15:09
Two correspondents from Russia’s Channel One TV network barricaded themselves inside an office in Moscow’s TV tower on Wednesday morning after being sacked. Now both men are preparing to continue the battle from home.
26.03.2009, 20:23
On Thursday, more than 5,000 opposition supporters protested against the continuing economic and political crisis in the country in the Ukrainian city of Simferopol.
05.04.2009, 04:17
The residents of Svetlogorye, an industrial town in the Far East of Russia, are learning to cope without money and food. After months of demanding their unpaid salaries many are experiencing misery and unemployment.
Published: 16 April, 2009, 00:53
Edited: 28 September, 2009, 22:01
Obama's economic policies – specifically propping up the big banks - are unlikely to bring positive results, says James Pinkerton from the New America Foundation.
If I remember correctly, bailing out the big banks was an idea concocted under the watch of George W. Bush/Hank Paulsen.