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30,000 march in Belgium against austerity
Original: 30,000 in the streets against # austerity https://www. cbc.ca/news/world/belgium-prot ests-scroller-9.7375597 # Belgium
Around 30,000 people took to the streets in Belgium to protest austerity measures, in what CBC News reports as part of a wave of union-led demonstrations. The protests, linked to Belgium's major unions including FGTB/ABVV and ACV/CSC, saw turnout in Brussels and other cities such as Liège. Demonstrators are voicing opposition to government spending cuts and broader neoliberal economic policies.
Why now: Large union-led austerity protests are currently unfolding in Belgium and drawing international attention.
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- 30,000 in the streets against # austerity https://www. cbc.ca/news/world/belgium-prot ests-scroller-9.7375597 # Belgium # union # unions # strike # strikes # Brussels # FGTBABVV # ACVCSC # Liege # neoliberalism # capitalism # exploitation # ClassWar # corruption · autogestion@union.place · 37
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