Workers' Fightback 16: Council pool occupied in Somerset, Postie Wildcats, China
Workers' Fightback | 30.08.2009 22:34 | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements
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The Tory-run council closed the pool this weekend, and plans to sell the land it lies on. So far, the only bidder has been supermarket giant Tesco. According to Socialist Worker (

Throughout their day of action, the occupiers posted frequent updates on their 'Save Sedgemoor Splash from closure' Facebook group (


Following the look at the situation facing postal workers in last week's update, there has been more 'unofficial' strike action, this time in Dundee (


"It is this kind of action that can put Royal Mail bosses on the back foot and give other post workers around the country the confidence to stand up to management’s offensive — no matter how much the CWU wants to talk about “talks” — in the lead up to the national ballot."
There has also been further reports of unrest in China, with skirmishes here and there showing the extent of anger about to explode in this pivotal nation for the global capitalist system. On 17th August, hundreds of villagers in Shaanxi province broke into a smelting factory widely acknowledged to have poisoned more than six hundred children (

On 21st August, three thousand people protesting against a proposed canal in the neighbouring Hubei province blocked roads and violently confronted the Special Task Force police (

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