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  General strike - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A general strike is a strike action by an entire labour force in a city, region or country.
General strikes were frequent in Spain during the early twentieth century, where revolutionary anarcho-syndicalism was most popular.
The term "general strike" is sometimes also applied to large-scale strikes of all of the workers in a particular industry, such as the Textile workers strike (1934).
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: General Strike   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The textile workers strike of 1934 was the largest strike in United States history at the time, involving 400,000 textile workers from New England, the Mid-Atlantic states and all over the southeastern United States and lasted twenty-two days.
The UK General Strike of 1926 lasted nine days, from 3 May to 12 May 1926, and was called by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in an unsuccessful attempt to force the government to act to prevent wage reduction and worsening conditions for coal miners.
The UK General Strike of 1926 lasted nine days, from 3 May 1926 to 12 May 1926, and was called by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in an unsuccessful attempt to force the government to act to prevent wage reduction and worsening conditions for coal miners.
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 Three million march on Spanish general strike
The general strike in Spain has been a resounding success and is an enormous source of inspiration for socialists all over the world.
The strike was followed by more than 90% of industrial workers and it spread throughout the country in all sections of industry: transport and telecommunications, auto industry, metal industry, shipyards and harbours, chemical industry, building industry, etc. The education sector was also paralysed, as was the health service.
The General strike in Spain by Alan Woods in Malaga.
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 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, commonly abbreviated by its Spanish initials, PSOE (Partido Socialista Obrero Español), is a major party in Spain and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in 1833.
Although the PSOE was rather weak during the late 1800s, its active participation in strikes from 1899 to 1902 and especially its electoral coalition with the main Republican parties led in 1910 to the election of Pablo Iglesias as the first Socialist representative in the Spanish Cortes.
During the Spanish Civil War, it was divided into three wings: a leftist revolutionary Marxist wing, led by Francisco Largo Caballero,a centrist, but violence-prone, led by Indalecio Prieto and a reformist one, led by Julian Besteiro.
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 CNN.com - Spain set for 1-day general strike - June 19, 2002
Leaders of the 15 EU nations will start their summit two hours late on Friday because the host Spanish government decided that the strike on Thursday would complicate their arrival on the eve of the summit, which is the usual practice.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar said the strike "threatens Spanish society" and the nation's economic recovery.
Spanish business owners have long complained that regulations stifle growth and job creations because it is too expensive to hire or fire workers.
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 San Francisco - MSN Encarta
After the Spanish conquered the Aztec Empire in 1519, they slowly pushed their control to the west and north, discovering Baja California in 1533 and sending ships north along the coast in the 1540s.
Throughout the history of Spanish San Francisco, the fort was a poorly supplied outpost on the remote reaches of the imperial frontier.
In the meantime, union after union voted to join a general strike intended to shut down the city in protest against the killings and the use of the National Guard.
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 UGT: Summary of the history of UGT
During this year numerous strikes turned out to be successful in all activity sectors, student mobilizations and in the public service against various measures imposed by the Government.
This campaign gave birth to a general strike, on April 10th, of 2 hours according to working schedule, against the economic and social repercussions of that war.
Discounts on salaries from this strike are channelled by the UGT to succeed in the boxes of non-profit associations which are loaded with the reconstruction of Iraq.
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 The Spanish Civil War
Spanish losses were heavy to their fierce and skillful enemy, who was equipped with superior weapons.
The government lacked an ideological foundation, however; its mandate was based on general disillusionment with both the parliamentary government and the extreme partisan politics of the previous period.
The strike confirmed to the right that the left could not be trusted to abide by constitutional processes, and the suppression of the strike proved to the left that the right was "fascist." Azana accused Gil Robles of using republican institutions to destroy the republic.
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 To Us Thats Dear
Negri and others have reinterpreted general intellect to include the accumulation of knowledge and productive capacity within variable capital, that is, within the bodies and brains of the working class.
Luogo Comune and, more generally, the analysis of the figures of social labor and forms of life, was born in the discourse of the emotions.
Forms of struggle to invent, because in postfordist reality the strike frequently is no good or is not sufficient; over all it is necessary to mobilize the chainworkers: the workes of McDonlds, of the cleaning businesses, etc. Then it is necessary to invent a form of struggle equivalent to the old strike.
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Striking in sympathy with the registered nurses will be licensed vocational nurses, optometrists, respiratory therapists, X-ray technicians, social workers, clinical scientists, housekeepers, dietary workers, clerks and transportation workers.
And if you believe that general script mayhem and a roster of far too many minor characters were assets of "The Big Sleep," then you will find much to love here.
The room is austere, unornamented except for beautiful hanging light fixtures of cast iron and smoky glass, and the striking use of old-looking wood.
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 Spain - Political Developments, 1982-88
Spanish popular opinion also responded favorably to indications that there might be hope for an end to the terrorist violence that had claimed more than 750 lives in a 20-year period.
In February 1988, the government accepted an ETA proposal for a sixty-day truce and for the opening of formal peace negotiations.
Observers generally conceded that the austerity measures carried out by the government, while far removed from socialist concepts, were necessary in order to revive the economy, and they hoped that a healthier economy would ultimately resolve the unemployment problem.
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By spring 1587, a large Spanish fleet was assembled in Cadiz and was subjected to a preemptive strike by Sir Francis Drake, resulting in the loss of 37 ships.
The Spanish tactic was to close and board using their superiority in embarked Marines.
In the 1590’s (Golden Age of Spanish Navy), Spain built a new ocean-going fleet to protect her empire, and she reinforced her fortresses guarding ports on the Spanish Main.
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 CNN.com - Strikers send message to Seville - June 20, 2002
Spain's two major trade unions called the strike to protest against the conservative government's unemployment reform.
Commuter trains, metros and bus service are key battlegrounds in the strike in Madrid and Barcelona.
Leaders of the 15 EU nations will start their Seville summit two hours late on Friday because the host Spanish government decided that Thursday's strike would complicate their arrival on the eve of the summit.
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 strike - Definitions from Dictionary.com
S A pitched ball that is counted against the batter, typically one that is swung at and missed, fouled off, or judged to have passed through the strike zone.
Some unfortunate people are said to have been born with two strikes against them if bad things come their way right off the bat.
No-strike clauses in collective bargaining agreements have been held to bar only economic strikes and not strikes protesting an unfair labor practice.
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 Spain - Primary and Secondary Education
The standards set for graduation from the EGB were not especially demanding, yet between one-fifth and one-third of all students failed to complete the course of study.
Even though teachers' salaries were raised by more than 40 percent between 1983 and 1985, in 1988 the average salary for teachers in the public schools at both the elementary and the secondary levels was still only about US$15,000 per year.
In 1988 more than 200,000 teachers went out on strike to gain a 14 percent pay increase that would have raised their monthly salary by about US$175.
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 General strike
In the late 19th century, the growing international labour movements advocated general strikes for industrial...
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Winnipeg General Strike is one of the big events in Canadian history.
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Used primarily by demolitions specialists in general outdoor environments, it consists of Level III body armor extending to the groin, a Kevlar Helmet with full faceplate, soft-soled rubber boots, Nomex balaclava, and Nomex/Kevlar gloves.
Used primarily by recon specialists in general outdoor environments, it consists of a lightweight Level IIa waist-length tactical vest, soft-soled rubber boots, Nomex balaclava, and cut resistant Nomex/ Kevlar gloves.
Used primarily by assault specialists in general outdoor environments, it consists of a Level II waist-length tactical vest, a Kevlar Helmet, soft-soled rubber boots, Nomex balaclava, and Nomex/ Kevlar gloves.
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 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español or PSOE) is one of the parties of Spain.
From 1974 its general secretary Felipe González who in a congress at Suresnes moved the party away from its Marxist socialist path turning the PSOE into a party similar to those of the rest western Europe.
In 2004 the PSOE won the Spanish legislative elections with almost 43% of the votes the 11-M terrorist attacks.
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 Bolivia - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Generally, both temperature and rainfall increase from west to east.
On Jan. 2, 1992 a national strike led by the Confederation of Bolivian Workers protested the government's privatization program, although the government continued with its plan with most interest shown in the energy sector.
On Mar. 1, 1993 members of the Bolivian Labor Federation began a hunger strike and general strike aimed at wage increases.
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 Fenner Brockway
If the General Election due in 1915 had taken place there is little doubt that the supporters of women's suffrage would have been in a majority in the House of Commons.
The General Strike failed because the TUC never believed in it; the Government forced it on them by the impulsive Downing Street action.
It was said the strike was beginning to break, but in most industrial centres the problem was not to keep the workers out but to keep the exempted workers in.
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Mexican Attorney General Jorge Madrazo said as a result of the accord, "We are speaking the same language.
"It's being generated by the media." Williams called it guilt by association and said the effort was falling wide of the mark.
"We were struck by the generally low level of financial literacy at all levels of the organization and the degree to which rumor and anecdote, rather than facts and trends, dominated the organization's understanding of its performance," Reveal wrote.
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 List of strikes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lawrence textile strike or Bread and Roses strike (1912, Lawrence, Massachusetts)
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority transit operators strike 2005
Kinshasa general strike of 1997, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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(Spanish with English subtitles) =================================================="Open the Road to the Women Fighters" (Paso a las luchadoras) A film by the Ojo Obrero Collective, 2004 (33 minutes) Argentina Thousands of women in Argentina have taken up the struggle for liberation by their own hand.
The successful gains of the general strike of '34 and many other battles of labor are now under attack.
One important lesson of the '34 general strike is that if all working people come together collectively, they can not only defend their union and conditions but also help lay the basis for the advancement of all working people.
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 Semi-Daily Journal: Notes Archives
Well, consider Desai's description of Marx's argument in Capital's chapter "The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation"--which Desai describes as a chapter about cyclical growth: There are three strands of analysis of the dynamics of capitalism [cyclical growth, balanced growth, and the falling rate of profit] in the three volumes of Capital.
A generation ago on the very first page of his New Industrial State John Kenneth Galbraith wrote about--perhaps mourned?--the passing of the influence of the great business families of America: Seventy years ago the corporation was the instrument of its owners...
When Perry Anderson writes: The final effect of this general redisposition of the social power of the nobility was the State machine and juridical order of Absolutism, whose coordination was to increase the efficacy of aristocratic rule in pinning down a non-servile peasantry into new forms of dependence and exploitation.
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 May 28 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1588 - The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, begins to set sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel.
He is immediately detained and is not released until August 3, 1988.
1988 - Sy Oliver, Jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader (b.
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 Euskal Herria Journal | A Basque Journal | Navarre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
This policy was maintained by the French socialist government until the Spanish socialists took office in Spain in October 1982.
A french socialist government took office in 1988 and France stopped the expulsions but some refugees were still expelled under the "reconduction to the border" law, the same procedure with a different name: police to police expulsion without the intervention of a judge.
The spanish right-wing government of Jose Maria Aznar has been pressing European Union member states to support the abolishment of political asylum for EU citizens.
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 History of New Orleans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
After the death of one Spanish Governor and the rapid sucession of two more, Louisana is ceded back to the French in the Secret Treaty of St. Ildefonso.
William C.C. Clairborne and General James Wilkinson take possession of the Louisana territory at New Orleans in the name of the U.S. Louisana admitted to the Union as the 18th state.
General Andrew Jackson defeats the British in the final action at the Battle of New Orleans ending the War of 1812.
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Spanish is one of the official languages in Spain, the official language in most of the countries in the American continent and the official language in Equatorial Guinea.
Spanish keyboards usually allow for typing not only the Spanish accent signs, but also the accent signs in French and other languages (grave accent, circumflex accent, umlaut on letters other than the u).
E.g., Spanish as spoken in Mexico, Colombia and Argentina may have between them as much differences as each of them when compared to how it is spoken in Spain.
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 Venezuela
A subsequent Spanish explorer gave the country its name, meaning “Little Venice.” Caracas was founded in 1567.
Beginning in early Dec. 2002, a general strike was called by business and labor leaders.
Strike leaders pledged to continue until Chavez resigned or agreed to early elections.
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