Massive turnout at ‘Red for Ed Action Day’ by Indiana teachers
Teachers in the state of Indiana are demanding a rise in their salaries which average around USD 50,000, while the national average in the United States stand at USD 60,000
Residents of Volgorechensk in Russia demand better healthcare
Accusing that only 8.9% of the country’s budget is allocated to the health sector, the protesting residents demanded more funds for healthcare
Portuguese working class calls for an immediate hike in national minimum wage
The communist party and trade unions in Portugal have called for increasing the minimum wages to EUR 850
Czechs commemorate martyrs of Nazi violence on International Student Day
Czech universities were stormed by the Nazi forces in 1939 and more than 1,200 students were sent to concentration camps
Ghana doctors call off strike after government cowers to demands
With a previous Conditions of Service agreement – signed after a three-week long strike in 2015 – having expired on January 1 this year, the Ghana Medical Association had warned of another strike that could cripple public healthcare, if the government did not sign a new agreement by November 17
South African police arrests shack dwellers’ leader for protesting illegal demolitions
Melita Ngcobo, the chairperson of Abahlali baseMjondolo’s Vusimuzi branch in the Tembisa township, was assaulted and arrested while protesting the illegal demolition of shacks, which had been barred by a court
Massive anti-imperialist march in Greece marks 46th anniversary of Polytechnic Uprising
Tens of thousands of Greeks took part in an anti-imperialist march to the US embassy in Athens on the occasion of the 46th anniversary of the Polytechnic Uprising against the US-backed military junta in Greece
Massive anti-systemic protests continue in Iraq
On November 18, protesters blocked the entrance to the country’s main commodities port, Umm Qasr, near Basra, leading to a 50% drop in operations