I never get it. What gives white settlers and migrants in Australia the right to say who enters and who doesn’t to that island?
South African workers stage general strike
Around 1.3 million on strike!
Public sector workers in South Africa have begun an open-ended strike, having rejected the government’s offer of a pay rise. Unions affiliated with Cosatu, South Africa’s main union federation, have been holding out for an 8.6% rise, more than the latest government offer of 7%.
BBC
Egypt polarized
Reading about sectarian crimes between Muslims and Christians has become almost a daily routine. And it’s depressing me.
But again it’s a polarized society that is not moving in just one direction. Strikes, protests over social, economic, political issues affecting the poor from the two communities provide the only hope–a hope for unity from below.