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A Week in Revolting Europe

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This is a weekly round-up of news, comment and analysis from Revolting Europe blog, plus our selection of the best stories, photos and videos on the web. Click here

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Writer on Europe's Left, trade union and social movements @tomgilltweets or email [email protected]

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A WEEK IN REVOLTING EUROPE

Round up of news and comment in words, video and images

Wealth Inequality in Europe

Get the key facts and figures

RADICAL VOICES

A different take on European issues

Italy’s Healthcare Crisis

Health services are ‘close to collapse’ in Rome, Turin and Naples after years of cuts and privatisation.

NO TO WATER PRIVATISATION

99% of the 167 000 Madrilenos who signed a petition rejected the sell off local water company

Filthy Rich

France's Bernard Arnault of the Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH) empire is worth $41 billion. Check out Europe's rich list

SANTA DRAGHI’S COMING

Private banks receive half-trillion-euro gift from ECB

WORKERS FIGHTING BACK

Arménio Carlos of CGTP led a general strike in Portugal on March 22

FLORENCE’S BUS LUMACA

Workers are on a go-slow over privatisation

Massive Spanish protest

Half a million take to the streets over labour market deregulation

FRENCH FACTORY OCCUPATION

Hundreds of workers occupied the factory of ArcelorMittal in Florange in the north of France

International Workers Day 2012

International Workers Day 2012

DATA

Anti-social Europe in numbers

RSS Watching Corporate Europe

  • The Commission’s shabby implementation of UN rules for tobacco lobbying
  • Profiting from injustice
  • 20 years of Single Market: is there anything for Greeks to celebrate?

RSS Hate Crimes in Europe

  • Far-right vacuum could trigger 'lone-wolf' attacks (UK)
  • Anti-Islam Policy Wilders’ Priority in 2013 (Netherlands)

RSS Fight discrimination in Europe – Amnesty Int’l

  • Listen to Roma Rights
  • PUBLIC STATEMENT: Kosovo: Amnesty International condemns attack on freedom of expression

RSS Discrimination: legal news

  • United KingdomThreat to Enforcement and Remedies in Discrimination Cases (PDF 47 kB)
  • United Kingdom - Doing away with Mandatory Impact Assessments (PDF 45 kB)
  • Turkey - Members of the newly established Human Rights Institution of Turkey are appointed (PDF 60 kB)

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

in Italy the home is a very dangerous place to be

LABOUR RIGHTS

Workers down tools over PM Monti's attack on labour rights

FORTRESS EUROPE

Concentration camps and a massive migrant marine cemetery

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EUROPE NEEDS A CITIZENS’ REVOLUTION

Read the statement by Lafontaine and Melenchon

PM Rajoy One Year On

Spaniards are not impressed

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