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Miners strike and other struggles in Spain
Excerpt from: Miners strike and other struggles in Spain
The Spanish regions of Asturias and Leon have seen widespread strikes and heavy fighting with the police in the last month, after the austerity measures reached the mining industry. The government in Madrid announced heavy cuts to mining subsidies, which will probably put all the coal miners and many thousands of other miners out of work in these northern regions, where there is little other economic activity. In addition to organizing strikes that have achieved often total local support, the miners have blocked highways with burning barricades and attacked...Published By: Anarchist news dot org - Tuesday, 24 July, 2012