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Protesting French workers once again man the barricades—by locking their bosses behind them.

Around the world, dire economic times have left millions of jobless workers desperate and angry. Laid-off employees at a Chicago factory staged a well-publicized six-day sit-in that won them back pay—though that seemed an isolated incident in a country that vents outrage by dialing talk radio or writing their congressman.

The French, however, take their protests a little more personally. In a phenomenon dubbed “bossnapping,” workers hold executives hostage to protest plant closings and demand better severance terms.  (More)

Clashes erupted between protesters in solidarity to V. Pallis in the greek city of Larissa during his trial over the prison uprising in Malandrino in April 2007.

Clashes erupted on Monday 23/3 between protesters and riot police during the disciplinary trial of Vagelis Pallis, a veteran prison activist and symbol of the prison abolition struggle in Greece who was tried for his role in the uprising at the prison of Trikala in April 2007. The uprising which began at special security prison of Malandrino and spread to all greek prisons at the time, and was met by ruthless repression, was ignited after guards brutalised the anarchist prisoner Yannis Dimitrakis.  (More)

Riot cops have clashed with a bottle-throwing mob - as more than a million strikers in France tried to paralyse the country.

Demonstrators were calling on the government to do more to overcome the economic crisis.

But hooded attackers bombarded riot police with bottles and stones during an estimated 85,000-strong march in capital city Paris.  (More)

Police brutality march: $200,000 in damages

Rocks, bottles and tear gas flew, and police cracked down Sunday during the annual march against police brutality, arresting 221 people.

Police estimated that protesters caused $200,000 in damage to store windows, cars and police cars.

Two police officers were slightly injured in the protest that began about 2 p.m. at the Mont Royal métro station and wound through streets downtown.

Wearing pictures of slain Fredy Villanueva and carrying signs asking, “Who will protect us from the police?” several hundred people – many wearing masks – marched through the Plateau Mont Royal and downtown, disrupting traffic and throwing food and other objects at police.  (More)