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The strike call was made after negotiations between the government and the Tunisian General Labour Union over wage hikes failed. The country has been rocked by protests following the government implementing IMF-ordered austerity measures
The over 300,000 civil servants are also demanding that they be paid in US dollars rather than in the bonds introduced by the Zimbabwe government. Teachers and doctors had gone on strike earlier
In this episode, we take you India, wherein a case of a state crackdown on activists, Delhi police have charged three communist students leaders with sedition. We also look into the teachers’ strike in Los Angeles and civil servants’ call to embark on a strike in Swaziland.
(Around the world in 8 minutes, is a brand new show from Peoples Dispatch where we bring you news from people’s movements and organizations across the globe.)
The attacks on Bulawayo on Tuesday came a day after police killed 5 protesters and injured 26 in Harare. Protests broke out on Monday following a massive fuel hike imposed by the government
In this episode, we take you to protests across the world in solidarity with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the people of Venezuela. Also, we look into the resistance by Canadian indigenous community against state repression and the results of elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
(Around the world in 8 minutes, is a brand new show from Peoples Dispatch where we bring you news from people’s movements and organizations across the globe.)
Felix Tshisekedi was declared the president of DR Congo, having won 4% more votes than his nearest rival Martin Fayulu, who had the edge in opinion polls. The candidate of outgoing president Joseph Kabila came third
This episode of Around the World in 8 minutes takes you to New Delhi, India where millions of defiant workers went on a two-day general strike against the policies of the far-right Narendra Modi government. We also look at a countrywide strike by teachers in Zimbabwe, who are unhappy with their paltry salaries, and report on the systematic targeting of social leaders in Colombia.
(Around the world in 8 minutes, is a brand new show from Peoples Dispatch where we bring you news from people’s movements and organizations across the globe.)
Their main demands include a rise in salary from $500 to $3000 and payment in US dollars rather than in bonds. Teachers and doctors in Zimbabwe receive among the lowest pay in the world for their professions
Welcome to a brand new show from Peoples Dispatch where we bring you news from people’s movements and organizations across the globe. In this first episode, we talk about the women’s temple entry movement in the southern Indian state of Kerala, protests in Sudan and coal mine explosions in Pakistan.
“Let Al Bashir.. and the fat cats go out to face the people whom [they have] humiliated, impoverished and despised, rather than you whose salaries are not enough for one week,” the Police Officers Association said in a statement.
The Election Commission postponed the polling in the eastern region of the country, which is said to be a stronghold of the opposition groups, citing outbreak of Ebola and violence.
According to human rights groups, 37 protesters have been shot dead by the security forces in five days since the anti-government demonstrations began.
