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World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

General strike shuts down Tunisia's Gabes over pollution crisis

Gabes residents launched a general strike and mass protests demanding shutdown of a state-run phosphate plant blamed for severe pollution and health problems.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Tens of thousands rally in Brussels to protest austerity plans

Eighty thousand people staged a general strike in Brussels, grounding flights and halting public transport to protest proposed pension and healthcare cuts and a planned retirement age rise.
#italy-protests
fromTruthout
2 weeks ago
Left-wing politics

Italy's Second General Strike for Gaza Brought 2M Workers Into the Streets

fromTruthout
2 weeks ago
Left-wing politics

Italy's Second General Strike for Gaza Brought 2M Workers Into the Streets

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fromwww.thelocal.it
3 weeks ago

'Block everything': Anti-war protests grow in Italy as general strike begins

Thousands protested across Italy supporting a Gaza aid flotilla and opposing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's support for Israel amid strikes and detentions.
#greece
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

Greece faces general strike as unions protest reforms DW 09/30/2025

"Under Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greece's conservative government has transformed the country's labor market into one of the most "flexible" in Europe. Since July 2024, employees in industry, retail, agriculture and some service sectors have been forced to work six-day weeks if that's what their employer wants. They are, however, paid an extra 40% on top of their ordinary wage for the sixth working day."
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Miscellaneous
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Italy: Thousands join pro-Palestinian protests, strikes DW 09/22/2025

Nationwide strikes and protests in Italy in solidarity with Palestinians disrupted transport and ports and produced clashes in Milan with injuries and arrests.
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