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05/16/12 01:13
The 30th anniversary of Britain's invasion of the Falklands to remove an occupation force sent by Argentinian military dictator General Galtieri, comes at a time of renewed controversy over the British presence in the region writes Alan Thornett . The islands are adjacent to Argentina but 8,000 miles from Britain. The new controversy has been triggered by the escalating rush for oil and gas drilling, which is now around the Falklands—or the Malvinas as they are known in Argentina,
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IV448 - May 2012
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05/16/12 01:09
First of all, a premise. The Malvinas (called the Falkland Islands by the British) are Argentine because they were occupied by force, populated by foreign settlers and maintained under British occupation from the beginning of the 19th century, in 1833. Since then, Argentine governments have regularly denounced this theft. However, the demand for the return of the Malvinas has only been at the forefront of national politics in two periods: in 1982 at the beginning of the death agony of the military dictatorship, when it was being unsettled by strikes, demonstrations and mass movements, and now, under the second presidential term of Cristina Fernandez Kirchner. In fact, she said and did nothing important about this subject during her first term, or when she was a Senator under the presidency of Menem. All the dictatorships from 1955 to 1976, like the governments of Perón and Peronism showed no concern with the Malvinas.
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05/13/12 16:47
This article, written obviously before the latest elections, give a picture of the effects of the austerity plans, against which the Greek people protested in their votes on May 6.
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Greece
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Crimson Ride Drivers--Update
The Crimson Ride Drivers represented by ATU Local 1208 are officially locked out of their jobs.
On Tuesday, March 2 The Crimson Ride drivers who participated in the one-day strike returned to work, under the impression First Transit was ready to negotiate in good faith. After the ATU refused to accept a deal that still offered poverty wages, First Transit stormed out of the negotiations.
The next day, the University of Alabama decided to cut back the Crimson Ride bus service to three routes, allowing only 5 drivers to come to work.
The University continued to limit service all week--despite the end of the strike. It claimed it was doing so in order to pressure both the union and First Transit to come to an agreement. A university representative claimed on television that First Transit could afford to pay the drivers a larger share of the $55.50 an hour the company receives from UA.
It's true that both the drivers and First Transit lost revenue due to the reduced schedule--but it should be obvious that the unofficial lockout hurt the drivers far more than it did the gigantic multinational.
At the end of the week the university made it clear whose side it was on. At 7pm Friday--too late for students to respond--the university sent out a press release from First Transit to the entire student community. The email included a number of outright falsehoods, including the claims that the ATU never informed its membership of First Transit's offer.
Despite that the email was worded in such a way to make First Transit seem fair, even generous, it was clear that neither the company nor the university saw the unionized drivers as anything but disposable. The end of the press release informed the UA community that First Transit had "made arrangements to bring qualified, licensed drivers from other areas of the country to assist as necessary"--in other words, it was bringing in replacement workers, or scabs, to lock out the union members until they accepted the company's terms.
As of today, scab drivers were training on the campus. Further negotiations started this evening.
If you have time, please call University of Alabama President Robert Witt at (205) 348-5103 and tell him workers are not expendable and do not deserve to live in poverty.