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The Spanish miners' strike puts their rulers on even shakier ground
Excerpt from: The Spanish miners' strike puts their rulers on even shakier ground
From Guardian UK It took a while for the Quebec student revolt to reach the Anglophone press. The same appears to be true of the Spanish miners' strike, which is only now appearing in the UK newspapers after more than two weeks of escalating strife. Spain is one of the "peripheral" economies of the eurozone, exposed to high levels of debt and volatility. Its banks, having expanded during the construction and property booms, are now dangerously weak. Like Greece, Italy and Ireland, Spain has been subject to waves of...Published By: Anarchist news dot org - Friday, 15 June, 2012