Posts Tagged ‘occupation’
Lawyers Occupy Istanbul Court
Relatives and friends gather outside the Central Criminal Court where lawyers staged an overnight occupation to demand due process for the 171 detained May Day protesters. Lawyers claim their clients have been beaten and denied food and water. Istanbul Turkey.
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Taksim Square Mass Rally
People rally in Taksim Square, some with pictures of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Turkish Republic. Protests began when police attacked a camp occupation against the redevelopment of Gezi Park but protests have escalated across the country against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, his AKP government’s conservative policies and state repression. Istanbul, Turkey.
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We Are Not Inbreds!
City Clean workers in Brighton march on a council meeting calling for the Green Party council leader, Jason Kitcat to be sacked, in an unofficial dispute over a proposed £4,000 pay cut for some staff. GMB workers were also angered by the comments of Cllr Anita Kitcat, the wife of the council leader, also Green Party, who allegedly called the locals “inbreds”. Workers occupied their canteen at the city’s Hollingdean refuse depot in a dispute with the only Green-led council in the UK. Brighton.
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Brighton & Hove Green Party speak out against Jason Kitcat’s pay negotiation strategy.
Santa Cruz de Sil – Miners Occupation
Alfredo Fernández in Santa Cruz de Sil where miners have been occupying 3kms down in the mine for a month. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts which will mean an end to mining. Leon, Northern Spain.
See photo story here
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Many thanks to Blanca Fernández & Emy Castelao
Occupy Leyton Marsh
Local supporters climb under a tanker to prevent it entering the planned Olympic site. Activists are arrested after blocking the site entrance to construction vehicles and breaching the site. Hackney, East London.
See slideshow here
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Occupy Everywhere
Occupy the London Stock Exchange against corruption and the banking crisis. Banner reads “Make Money Free – Take back the Bank of England”. St Paul’s, London.
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La Crisis Es El Capitalismo
Mass meeting in Puerta del Sol in defiance of a government ban of protests on the day of the local and regional elections. They are demonstrating about austerity measures, have renamed place “Plaza Solución” and are calling it the Spanish Revolution. Madrid, Spain.
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