April 2011 - Centre for Civil Society - University of KwaZulu-Natal

Minister, demanding the implementation of previous court rulings that had
ordered their appointments to the ministry.
In Alexandria, 30 temporary teachers protested before the Ministry of
Education. They demanded permanent contracts.
In Gharbiya, 1200 workers from the Financial and Industrial Company
protested for better wages and incentives, while 350 workers of the Chipsy
Company in Monufiya staged protests for the same purpose.
In Beheira, 100 students of the Nursing Institute also staged protests for
not allowing them to join the nursing syndicate, which would affect their
ability to find job opportunities.
In Ismailia, residents of the Mahsama village protested against the local
council’s decision to close a bakery in the village that served 1500
residents.
Workers of the Spinning and Weaving Factory in Assiut refused to deliver
the factory to its new buyer, a conglomerate of private banks that had
obtained permission from former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif to buy it.
libcom.org
Venezuelans Celebrate Rescue of Democracy as Threats Continue
Eva Golinger 16 April 2011
This week, Venezuelans commemorated the 9-year anniversary of the
failed coup d’etat that briefly ousted President Chavez from power and
dissolved the nation’s democracy, installing a US-backed dictatorship. In
an extraordinary turn of events, a popular uprising crushed the coup just
hours later.
This Wednesday, April 13, thousands of Venezuelans marched on the
nation’s capital, celebrating what has come to be known as the “Day of
Civil-Military Strength and Dignity”. It was nine years ago on this day that
millions of Caracas residents, together with loyal armed forces and the
Presidential Guard, defeated a US-backed coup d’etat that had forcefully
taken power just 48 hours prior.
The coup, executed by business leaders, corrupt union officials, private
media owners, power-hungry military officers, former ruling-party
politicians and “civil society” organizations – all financially and politically
supported by US government agencies, the State Department and the
White House (see “The Chavez Code: Cracking US Intervention in
Venezuela” by Eva Golinger, Olive Branch Press 2006) – succeeded briefly
in ousting President Chavez and his government from power on April 11,
2002.
Utilizing images manipulated by private television station, Venevision, the
coup forces justified their actions by blaming the violence and deaths that
occured that day on the Venezuelan head of state. In reality, as top secret
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) documents have revealed, the coup was
planned in the days and weeks prior to its execution. The objective was to
use an anti-Chavez protest to provoke violence and unrest in the capital,
Caracas, putting into action a detailed plot using snipers to fire on the
crowds, causing deaths and injuries, which would be blamed on the