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		<title>Hunger knocks at Spain&#8217;s door</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2013/07/11/hunger-knocks-at-spains-door/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Esther Vivas It&#8217;s summer, school is ending, and Spanish families&#8217; increasing concern is no longer &#8216;what are the kids going to do during the holidays,&#8217; but &#8216;what will they eat&#8217;. In Spain, according to UNICEF, 20% of children now live below the poverty line. Hunger is no longer an issue for the global south, &#8230; <a href="/2013/07/11/hunger-knocks-at-spains-door/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=7046&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands rally for publicly run health services in Madrid</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2013/05/19/thousands-rally-for-publicly-run-health-services-in-madrid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 20:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 60,000 health workers and citizens turned out in the streets of Madrid in the fifth mass protest against the privatisation of the capital&#8217;s health services since the start of the year. Unions CCOO and UGT and the radical United Left party formed part of the &#8216;white tide&#8217; rising against the plans of the &#8230; <a href="/2013/05/19/thousands-rally-for-publicly-run-health-services-in-madrid/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=6842&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>929,903 reasons to oppose health privatisation</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2013/05/13/929903-reasons-to-oppose-health-privatisation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 21:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over 900,000 Madrileños have rejected plans to privatise state hospitals. In a popular consultation 99%  of those who voted ((or 929,903) said No to proposals by the regional Popular Party government to hand over six hospitals and 27 health centres to privateers. The organizers of the petition, which closed Friday, are members of the &#8216;White Tide&#8217; of health workers who &#8230; <a href="/2013/05/13/929903-reasons-to-oppose-health-privatisation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=6800&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spain: No Country for Old Men</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2013/05/10/spain-no-country-for-old-men/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 10:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nacho Goberna Spain is no country for old men. Maybe it was before, when today&#8217;s older generation were young, when shoulder to shoulder, with hope, they participated in building this society that we now share with them, or perhaps it will be again in the future when the time comes to leave behind the &#8230; <a href="/2013/05/10/spain-no-country-for-old-men/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=6781&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Austerity is bad for workplace health and safety</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2013/04/28/austerity-puts-spaniards-workplace-health-and-safety-at-risk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://revolting-europe.com/?p=6687</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every year, around 160,000 people die in the European Union as a result of illness or accidents caused by poor working conditions. However, the prescriptions imposed by the EU for ending the crisis &#8211; economic austerity and cuts in rights &#8211; mean a widespread deterioration of citizens&#8217; living conditions and encourage policies that undermine essential &#8230; <a href="/2013/04/28/austerity-puts-spaniards-workplace-health-and-safety-at-risk/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=6687&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish unions call fresh wave of strikes over healthcare privatisation</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2013/04/25/spanish-unions-call-fresh-wave-of-strikes-over-healthcare-privatisation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spanish unions have launched a prograrmme of rolling strikes in May and early June against the regional government&#8217;s plans to privatise health services in Madrid. The unions have called this fresh wave of strikes on May 7, 16, 22, 29 and June 4 Six hospitals are to be privatised by the Popular Party administration in &#8230; <a href="/2013/04/25/spanish-unions-call-fresh-wave-of-strikes-over-healthcare-privatisation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=6677&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Austerity undermines welfare and health of the Portuguese &#8211; public health expert</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2013/04/17/austerity-undermines-welfare-and-health-of-the-portuguese-public-health-expert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The troika&#8217;s demands are &#8216;undermining the well-being of the Portuguese in general as well as their health,&#8217; said a top public health expert. Sakellarides Constantine, head of Observatório Português dos Sistemas de Saúde (OPSS), also slammed European policymakers for abandoning their responsibilities to the people of Europe. Constantine&#8217;s remarks were made in comments to the &#8230; <a href="/2013/04/17/austerity-undermines-welfare-and-health-of-the-portuguese-public-health-expert/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=6610&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Austerity homicides</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2013/04/07/austerity-homicides/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 09:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many people have to be killed by austerity, before it is stopped and condemned as socially and morally reprehensible and its perpetrators brought to justice, asks Giorgio Cremaschi Romeo, Anna and Joseph were killed one after the other in Civitanova Marche. Like workers killed on the job, there is no tragic fatality in the &#8230; <a href="/2013/04/07/austerity-homicides/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=6530&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Austerity is bad for Europe&#8217;s health, say doctors</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2013/01/17/austerity-is-bad-for-europes-health-say-doctors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an open letter &#8216;to the political leaders and health authorities in Europe,&#8217; representatives of medics and other leading health professionals in the four of the most badly hit EU countries have demanded an urgent review of austerity policies to &#8216;prevent further deterioration of health and health services.&#8217; The letter, unveiled Tuesday in Lisbon by &#8230; <a href="/2013/01/17/austerity-is-bad-for-europes-health-say-doctors/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=5784&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From public health to private business</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2013/01/14/from-public-health-to-private-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Vicente Clavero To justify their cuts, the Popular Party (PP) has long been trying to convince us that Spain&#8217;s public health system suffers unsustainable hypertrophy. Nothing could be further from the truth: in 2008, at the start of the economic crisis, Spain devoted 6.5% of its GDP to this end. This is well below &#8230; <a href="/2013/01/14/from-public-health-to-private-business/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=5731&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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