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Spanair workers gather to protest against the sacking of 4000

More than 600 Spanair workers gathered in front of the Catalan Government to protest against the loss of more than 4000 jobs as the 4th largest...

by Pau Barrena in Spain on 09/02/2012

Politics

Demonstration against redundancies at Spanair – Madrid

Representatives of Spanair employees organized a demonstration in the capital to protest against redundancies after the bankruptcy of the airline was...

by Lawrence JC Baron in Spain on 09/02/2012

Politics

Protest march in support of judge Baltasar Garzón

Thousands of protesters marched in Spain in support of judge Baltasar Garzón, who is on trial for three different cases of investigating Franco-era...

by Thi Thuy in Spain on 29/01/2012

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09/02/2012 - Spanair workers gather to protest against the sacking of 4000 - Spain - More than 600 Spanair workers gathered...
09/02/2012 - Demonstration against redundancies at Spanair – Madrid - Spain - Representatives of Spanair employees...
29/01/2012 - Protest march in support of judge Baltasar Garzón - Spain - Thousands of protesters marched in...
18/01/2012 - Eviction of Lamin and his family in Madrid - Spain - Finally Lamin and his family were...
24/11/2011 - Latin American march for Free Eduation - Santiago de Chile - Chile - More than 20,000 people including...
15/10/2011 - Spanish Revolution 15O - Spain - New meeting of the movement DRY in...
29/09/2011 - The police violently disperse 100,000 demonstrators - Santiago - Chile - The police violently dispersed nearly...
22/09/2011 - Education Reform Movement Renews Protests - Santiago - Chile - Thousands of students, workers, parents...
25/08/2011 - Users of social networks support victims of attack - Monterrey - Mexico - In support of the victims of the attack...
24/08/2011 - August 24th, first day of National Strike in Chile - Chile - The first day of national strikes...

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Demonstration against redundancies at Spanair – Madrid
Representatives of Spanair employees organized a demonstration in the capital to protest against redundancies after the bankruptcy of the airline was announced. Unions want to negotiate...
Spanair workers gather to protest against the sacking of 4000
More than 600 Spanair workers gathered in front of the Catalan Government to protest against the loss of more than 4000 jobs as the 4th largest airline collapsed due to infringements of...
Violent disturbance in Santiago de Chile
A group of masked protesters took place in violent riots outside the University of Santiago de Chile in the Central Station district following a student demonstration and were dispersed...
Protest march in support of judge Baltasar Garzón
Thousands of protesters marched in Spain in support of judge Baltasar Garzón, who is on trial for three different cases of investigating Franco-era crimes, seen as a violation of a 1977...
Eviction of Lamin and his family in Madrid
Finally Lamin and his family were evicted from the flat where they lived, which now becomes the property of Bankia. The home accumulated a debt over which the bank lent them at first. S...
Chileans March for fairer Education System - Santiago
Chilean students took to the streets again in a march protesting for a more just education system. Some outbreaks of violence took place as demonstrators clashed with riot police who u...
97 anniversary commemoration of the Mexican Union of Electricians
Members of the Mexican Electricians Union celebrate the 97 anniversary of its organisation, with a march to the monument of the revolution, to the vicinity of the Interior Ministry to h...
Psychomagical activists march against violence - Mexico City
March by Alejandro Jodorowsky as part of an act that aims to bring together 50,000 psychomagical people marked with skulls, who represent the same number of deaths following the Mexican...
Latin American march for Public Education - Chile
A March for Education in Latin America took place in the capital with as many as 20,000 students and workers marching in defense of public education. Santiago de Chile. 24th November 20...
Latin American march for Free Eduation - Santiago de Chile
More than 20,000 people including workers and students marched through the streets of the capital in what was termed a March for Education in Latin America. Chile. 24th November 2011
Students protest in Chile
Throughout South America, students march through the streets for better and free education. The protest took a violent turn when the police sprayed water and shot tear gas. Valparaíso, ...
New mass march of students in Santiago causes eruption of violence
The College of Teachers, the Organiser of the march for education held in Santiago, stood with 40,000 demonstrators in an ongoing protest against education reforms and the current gover...
First day of national strike in Chile ends up with clashes. Valparaiso
The Chilean teachers' group together with the Confederation of students of Chile called a two-day national strike for Education. Once again they are in the streets calling for a fr...
Chilean teachers in protest march to Congress - Valparaiso
Chilean teachers, joined students and members of the public in a protest march to Congress demanding improvements in the education budget. The march ended with clashes between police an...
Valparaiso march for education ends in Violence
A disturbance that followed a march in Valparaiso as part of a new day of action for education reform, resulted in 20 arrests and three policemen injured. Damage was also caused to priv...
Sandinistas celebran triunfo
En medio de polémica por la legalidad de la candidatura del líder de los sandinistas, el actual Presidente daniel Ortega, sus partidarios celebran el triunfo de su partido en las call...
Spanish Revolution 15O
New meeting of the movement DRY in Granada. It was carried out in response to the summons of a new world day. You protest against the greed of the corporations, the corruption and the s...
15M leads the Occupy movement worldwide - Madrid
15M movement comes back to the streets, this time accompanied by a global unification that has brought millions of people from Sydney to New York out to demonstrate against corporate gr...
Youth face off with riot police in Santiago
The 2011 Chilean protests or Chilean Winter are a series of ongoing student-led protests across Chile, demanding a new framework for education in Chile. Daily violence has taken place i...
Student protests turn violent in Santiago
As many as 132 people were arrested, and 25 policemen and five civilians injured, during renewed protests in the capital over the state of the education sytem. Chile. 6th October 2011