Prepare for riots in euro collapse, Foreign Office warns. Recent Foreign and Commonwealth Office instructions to embassies and consulates request contingency planning for extreme scenarios including rioting and social unrest.
Greece has seen several outbreaks of civil disorder as its government struggles with its huge debts. British officials think similar scenes cannot be ruled out in other nations if the euro collapses. Diplomats have also been told to prepare to help tens of thousands of British citizens in eurozone countries with the consequences of a financial collapse that would leave them unable to access bank accounts or even withdraw cash. Fuelling the fears of financial markets for the euro, reports in Madrid yesterday suggested that the new Popular Party government could seek a bail-out from either the European Union rescue fund or the International Monetary Fund. There are also growing fears for Italy, whose new government was forced to pay record interest rates on new bonds issued yesterday.
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Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. Since Occupy Wall Street lost its stronghold in Manhattan's financial district last week, thanks to a long-threatened raid by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, discussion swirls about the fate of the movement -- especially in light of similar evictions of Occupy encampments in other cities. But the loss of encampment space is about more than the movement's physical presence; it threatens the loss of the most compelling story, a hybrid of breaking news and reality TV show. Occasionally, the competing priorities of the movements made headlines, but the stories aired and published usually focused on tensions that arise when resistance to the state meets the need for police authority, as evidenced in ongoing battles over dealing with sexual assault in some encampments.
Busting a Stereotype Overwhelmingly, the answer was business. Boycott "Black Friday", Solidarity with Striking Chinese Workers! This Black Friday, as millions of Americans scramble to find the "best deals" on consumer goods, thousands of Chinese manufacturing workers are striking to demand livable wages, job security, and other basic rights.
In Huangjiang alone, 8,000 striking shoe factory workers took the streets Thursday, blocking roads and standing down lines of riot police. Their factory, owned Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings, is a major provider to the sportswear company New Balance. It seems fair to say these workers are striking for a "new balance" with their management, and the system of global exploitation that management serves. Facing police repression and media censorship, striking Chinese workers are standing up against the same unfair economic system we are fighting on Wall Street and across the world. Today, Occupiers everywhere are standing up to Boycott Black Friday in an effort to raise awareness about the exploitation and inequalities that produce the goods Americans purchase. Tweet démocratie andalouse. À Jun en Andalousie, 4 000 habitants construisent l'avenir de leur démocratie sur Twitter, soutenus par leur maire ultra-connecté.
Reportage à l’heure des élections générales espagnoles et de la crise. Ce reportage a été initialement publié sur The Ground, web-magazine centré sur le reportage. Un petit village de 4000 habitants perdu au milieu de la campagne andalouse, des jeunes qui fument des joints et qui se tatouent des araignées sur le torse : en dépit des apparences, Jun a 15 ans d’avance sur tout le monde. Reportage dans la ville où l’avenir de la démocratie se construit sur twitter, à l’heure des élections générales espagnoles et de la crise. “Vous savez, dans le village, en ce moment précis, tout le monde sait déjà que vous êtes ici avec moi.”
Des antennes en boîtes de Pringles Et c’était pourtant mal barré. A l’origine de ce coup de tête, auquel le New York Times consacre quatre pages, José Antonio Salas, alors adjoint au conseil municipal. Démocratie directe et coupé sport. Occupy Everywhere: Michael Moore, Naomi Klein on Next Steps for the Movement Against Corporate Power.