Protest Watch http://news.protestwatch.org.uk Just another protest site Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:00:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Strikers back at work after walkout http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/strikers-back-at-work-after-walkout/ http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/strikers-back-at-work-after-walkout/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:00:46 +0000 Protest Watch http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/strikers-back-at-work-after-walkout/ … with unions as “simply not true” and said that formal discussion with teaching unions would take place on Thursday and meetings with health union leaders would be held on Friday. Public sector workers march in London in protest at pension cuts.

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]]> http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/strikers-back-at-work-after-walkout//feed 0 Kanye gets 7 Grammy noms; Adele, Mars, Foos get 6 http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/kanye-gets-7-grammy-noms-adele-mars-foos-get-6/ http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/kanye-gets-7-grammy-noms-adele-mars-foos-get-6/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:00:45 +0000 Protest Watch http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/kanye-gets-7-grammy-noms-adele-mars-foos-get-6/ The ceremony will mark the first since the academy shaved its categories from 109 to 78 this year, amid some protest. Some of the more niched categories, like best Zydeco or Cajun music album, were eliminated. In addition, men and women now compete …

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]]> http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/kanye-gets-7-grammy-noms-adele-mars-foos-get-6//feed 0 Kanye gets 7 Grammy noms; Adele, Bruno Mars, Foo Fighters get 6 http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/kanye-gets-7-grammy-noms-adele-bruno-mars-foo-fighters-get-6/ http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/kanye-gets-7-grammy-noms-adele-bruno-mars-foo-fighters-get-6/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:00:45 +0000 Protest Watch http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/kanye-gets-7-grammy-noms-adele-bruno-mars-foo-fighters-get-6/ The ceremony will mark the first since the academy shaved its categories from 109 to 78 this year, amid some protest. Some of the more niched categories, like best Zydeco or Cajun music album, were eliminated. In addition, men and women now compete …

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]]> http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/kanye-gets-7-grammy-noms-adele-bruno-mars-foo-fighters-get-6//feed 0 Occupy activists storm Xstrata headquarters in London http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/occupy-activists-storm-xstrata-headquarters-in-london/ http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/occupy-activists-storm-xstrata-headquarters-in-london/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:00:44 +0000 Protest Watch http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/occupy-activists-storm-xstrata-headquarters-in-london/ On a day of the UK's biggest public sector strikes in three decades, a group of about 60 protesters linked to the Occupy London movement camped at St Paul's Cathedral raided the Haymarket building and hung protest banners form the roof. …

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]]> http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/protest-against-nato-cross-border-strike//feed 0 Our View: Portland should respect protesters’ free speech http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/our-view-portland-should-respect-protesters-free-speech/ http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/our-view-portland-should-respect-protesters-free-speech/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:23:34 +0000 Protest Watch http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/our-view-portland-should-respect-protesters-free-speech/ You don't need to make a sound to exercise your right to free speech. The courts tell us you can do it by writing a check to a political campaign, wearing a provocative T-shirt or burning a flag. The free speech rights of Occupy Maine protesters …

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]]> http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/our-view-portland-should-respect-protesters-free-speech//feed 0 FDI in retail: Traders down shutters in protest http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/fdi-in-retail-traders-down-shutters-in-protest/ http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/fdi-in-retail-traders-down-shutters-in-protest/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:21:37 +0000 Protest Watch http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/fdi-in-retail-traders-down-shutters-in-protest/ A banner against FDI in retail during a protest to oppose government's decision on foreign direct investment. SHIMLA/NEW DELHI: Shops and commercial establishments in many cities across the country have downed their shutters to protest government's …

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]]> http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/fdi-in-retail-traders-down-shutters-in-protest//feed 0 Pardoned UAE activist vows to fight for change http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/pardoned-uae-activist-vows-to-fight-for-change/ http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/pardoned-uae-activist-vows-to-fight-for-change/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:19:46 +0000 Protest Watch http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/pardoned-uae-activist-vows-to-fight-for-change/ Ahmed Mansour, an online human rights activist pardoned this week after receiving a three-year jail sentence for insulting the leaders of the United Arab Emirates, has pledged to continue his campaign for political change, including reforming the …

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]]> http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/pardoned-uae-activist-vows-to-fight-for-change//feed 0 Activist democrats needed http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/activist-democrats-needed/ http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/activist-democrats-needed/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:19:44 +0000 Protest Watch http://news.protestwatch.org.uk/activist-democrats-needed/ The story of history for thousands of years remains the same – it is the tale of the presumption of rights and power by the wealthy and well-connected, and, that such power having been attained has never, ever, been given up without a struggle. …

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