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DEFEND WORKERS’ RIGHTS
Defeat the Con-Dem government
by Daphne Liddle
THE civil service and teachers strike on 30th June represents the first skirmish in a long war of attrition between the unions — representing the working class — and the Con-Dem Coalition — representing the ruling class, especially the big bankers.
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Greek anger at new cuts
by our European Affairs correspondent
DEMONSTRATORS clashed with the police in the heart of Athens during a wave of protests against new austerity measures, which the government claim they must take to secure international loans to stave off the threat of bankruptcy. Black-hooded anarchists tossed petrol bombs and rocks at security forces after the riot police opened up with tear-gas and stun-grenades to break up the crowds.
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