Monday, October 21, 2013

October 21 News Update


Each Monday-Friday, by 9AM Central, we’ll post links to news stories and analytical articles of interest to working people. Sometimes they will be accompanied by editorial commentary. Stories from the New York Times will be followed with a *. The Times pay wall policy allows free access to only about ten articles a month.

Calm sought after violence at fracking protests
N.B. fracking protests and the fight for aboriginal rights
N.B. shale gas solidarity protests spread to other regions
N.B. First Nation considers next steps in anti-fracking protest

Snowden: US would have stifled me
NSA Plan to Log Calls Is Renewed by Court *
Mexico calls alleged U.S. spying on Calderon 'unacceptable'
France summons U.S. ambassador over spying report

Australian bushfires set to worsen
Australian wildfires put heat on climate change skeptic Abbott

Italian anti-austerity protesters clash with police
Italy's Main Unions Call Strikes Over Government's 2014 Budget *

China smog emergency shuts city of 11 million people
Grocery union begins countdown to strike
Albertans remain out of homes in wake of CN derailment
Genetically modified salmon boycotted by several stores
Corruption in Peru Aids Cutting of Rain Forest *
Britain Looks to Fracking as North Sea Oil Dwindles *
Calif. Finds More Instances of Offshore Fracking *
Shutdown to Cost U.S. Billions While Eroding Confidence *
Factory Output Returns, but at Widely Different Rates *
Thousands protest in Romania against shale gas, gold mine
Train kills 2 track workers amid SF Bay strike
Eighty hurt in Argentina train crash
Outrage over Scout leaders video
Environmentalists, labor unions seek common ground
Sephora takes on Paris for Sunday shoppers
Trash company fires striking workers, union says
Scotland’s Grangemouth Refinery Stays Shut as Labor Talks Fail
Bangladesh poised to hike garment wages, but may not end strikes
Contractors See Weeks of Work on Health Site *
AP Findings on Agrochemical Use in Argentina *

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