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Governments across Europe tremble as angry people take to the streets
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... states of central and eastern Europe that the trauma of crash, slump and meltdown looks graver. Exactly 20 years ago, in serial revolutionary rejoicing, they ditched communism to put their faith in a capitalism now in crisis and by which they feel betrayed. The result has been the biggest protests across the former communist bloc since the days of people power. Europe's time of troubles is gathering depth and scale. Governments are trembling. Revolt is in the air. Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/31/global-r...

Gates of Vienna News Feed 2/1/2009
Gates of Vienna — ... Governments Across Europe Tremble as Angry People Take to the Streets France paralysed by a wave of strike action, the boulevards of Paris resembling a debris-strewn battlefeld. The Hungarian currency sinks to its lowest level ever against the euro, as the unemployment figure rises.. Greek farmers block the road into Bulgaria in protest at low prices for their produce. New figures from the biggest bank in the Baltic show that the three post-Soviet states there face the biggest recessions in Europe. It’s a ...

Europeans Hit the Streets in Response to Global Recession
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — ... The Guardian offered a roundup of protests that took place around Europe the same day--particularly in Eastern Europe, where they are experiencing a new side of capitalism: ...

Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit, A New Era of People Power in the Streets?
TomDispatch — ... The first national bankruptcy of the twenty-first century, Iceland is now a laboratory for possible future developments on an increasingly unsettled planet. Rebecca Solnit, who last year traveled with TomDispatch readers all the way from ...