Tens of thousands rally against Italian government

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.8b21ca4f0fe5ded152fb7235fcbc6338.5d1&show_article=1

>"We have to fight together. We need a plan for a new country.
Sound familiar America?

Tens of thousands of people marched in Rome on Saturday at a trade union rally in defence of labour contracts and against the government, as the main protest leader called for a general strike.
"We have to continue this battle and to continue it we need to start planning a general strike," Maurizio Landini, head of the FIOM-CGIL metal workers union, told the flag-waving crowd in a square in central Rome.

Protesters at the FIOM-CGIL rally shouted: "Strike! Strike! Strike!"

"We have a government that only cares about public finances," Guglielmo Epifani, leader of the leftist CGIL union, said at the rally, listing the construction and auto sectors as some of the worst affected in Italy.

"They are taking advantage of the crisis in order to weaken labour rights," he said, adding: "The social situation is very tough. The country is going downhill, it can't recover like it should. Unemployment is rising.

"We have to fight together. We need a plan for a new country," he added

Spain strike impact limited to transport and plants

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20100929/tpl-uk-spain-strike-d1a0d5d.html

That's alot of non-production, and if continued long enough will ensure that the "People's" voice will be heard.
Get off your ass America, your brothers and sisters need your help.
The Central Banks have made this a world wide problem, and Europe is actually willing to do something about it.

Trade unions said 10 million people, or more than half the workforce, were on strike. Government officials gave no numbers but played down disruption.


However, in a sign of low industrial activity, electricity demand was about 20 percent less than expected, according to data from grid operator REE.