Hundreds of thousands in Spain protest austerity, Japanese rally against nuclear power, Saudi women boycott classes

Hundreds of thousands in Spain protest austerity, Japanese rally against nuclear power, Saudi women boycott classes

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Copy and paste the following into your page to republish: <h1>Hundreds of thousands in Spain protest austerity, Japanese rally against nuclear power, Saudi women boycott classes</h1> <p><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/11/mass-demonstrations-across-spain-oppose-labor-reforms/"></a></p> <ul> <li>Hundreds of thousands of people in 60 cities across Spain took part Sunday in <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/large-demonstrations-in-60-cities-across-spain-protest-governments-austerity-measures/2012/03/11/gIQA0WeA5R_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">demonstrations called by the country’s main trade unions </a>to protest the government’s tough new labor reforms and cutbacks.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Hundreds of students in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/13/afghans-protest-over-massacre-us-soldier?newsfeed=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">protested against the U.S. and the American soldier who killed 16 Afghan civilians</a> in a shooting spree on Sunday.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Tens of thousands of people joined <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/tens-of-thousands-join-anti-government-protest-in-bangladeshs-capital/2012/03/12/gIQAVSdB7R_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">an opposition rally in Bangladesh’s capital </a>on Monday to demand that a nonpartisan caretaker government oversee the next general election.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-1-97278-First-anniversary-of-Fukushima-disaster-Prayers-and-protests-as-Japan%E2%80%99s-recovery-remains-uncertain" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tens of thousands of people rallied </a>near Japan’s crippled Fukushima plant Sunday demanding an end to nuclear power as the nation marked the first anniversary of a disastrous quake and tsunami.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Thousands of students at an all-female university in Saudi Arabia <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/10/saudi-protests-idUSL5E8EA0FA20120310" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">boycotted classes on Saturday</a>, protesting against poor services in a rare display of dissent from women in the conservative Islamic kingdom.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Tens of thousands of <a href="http://www.wisn.com/news/30652633/detail.html#ixzz1p0gxWIS4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">pro-union demonstrators descended on the Wisconsin Capitol </a>on  Saturday to voice their anger at Gov. Scott Walker and his conservative agenda, using the anniversary of the passage of his signature collective bargaining law  to rally support for efforts to remove him and five other Republicans from  office.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/03/201239144334860869.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tens of thousands of Bahrainis demonstrated </a>outside the capital Manama on Friday to demand political reforms, a year after the Gulf Arab state crushed an uprising.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>More than 50,000 workers in Italy participated in <a href="http://www.presstv.ir/detail/230956.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">demonstrations and a nationwide strike </a>on Friday, calling for democracy in the workplace and accusing the government of acting in the interests of the banks and industrial groups.</li> </ul> <img src="https://wagingnonviolence.matomo.cloud/matomo.php?idsite=1&rec=1&action_name=REPUBLISHED%20Hundreds+of+thousands+in+Spain+protest+austerity%2C+Japanese+rally+against+nuclear+power%2C+Saudi+women+boycott+classes&bots=1" style="border:0" alt="" />