Greve Geral. Crédito: Cortesia UGT web

Mario de Queiroz

Lisboa, Portugal, Nov 10, (IPS TerraViva) – O protesto sindical que percorre a Europa chegou ontem a Portugal, na segunda greve geral em 22 anos, em um país com as duas grandes centrais de trabalhadores separadas entre comunistas e socialistas, por suas orientações políticas irreconciliáveis. Continue Reading

Bunder diamond camp in India. Credit: Sameergoswami

By IPS Correspondents*

NEW DELHI, Jan 26, 2010 (IPS) – Diamonds haven’t been among the first concerns at the World Social Forum these last 10 years. But through the recession and the still tottering recovery, a new sparkle in that business is pointing the way to a brighter world that is also better in a WSF sort of way.
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