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U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,610

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Capitalism is Cannibalism

From AP…

As of Wednesday, July 11, 2007, at least 3,610 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,966 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers.
The AP count is one less than the Defense Department’s tally, last updated Wednesday at 10 a.m. EDT.
The British military has reported 159 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 20; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Romania, South Korea, one death each.

Labor Statistics

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I thought of sharing some of the statistics put together by Dr. Joel Beinin, which were part of the background handouts in a workshop for Egyptian reporters on how to cover labor strikes, organized last month.

Mansoura-España updates

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For the second time on the row, the Mansoura-España Garments Company managment postponed the general assembly of shareholders. The first should have taken place on 30 May, but it was postponed to 7 July, only to be postponed again till “the end of the month” as the workers were told.

The meeting is expected to determine whether the United Bank will continue running the factory, or sell it to another investor within the framework of the agreement reached which ended the two-month factory occupation.

The workers are also coming under pressure from Said el-Gohary, the head of the General Union of Textile Workers, not to lobby for the rest of their rights (the unpaid bonuses and grants from 1999 to 2006) and wait till the shareholders’ assembly takes place.