bank of scotland wants the british taxpayer and i'm no great union supporter normally but i actually agree with people on board pro at the moment using charge of the. union the trade drug trade drives the train workers union when he says it's not his members who got us into this mess it's the bankers and politicians are the larger you know but it's his members who are paying for. just like the students who are protesting it's them who ended up having to pay for it is what know we taxpayers and we've already bailed out of the us once and lloyds bank now we're bailing them out again effectively by the back door of ireland and the british people haven't been asked about this you know david cameron came to power i mean we're going to ring fence the n.h.s. and we're going to ring fence for a night but he didn't just ring fence for eight he's increase foreign aid we've now bought out island he also unfocussed our contribution to europe and we increased it of course went to brussels bragged that he was going to keep the budget down actually increased the budget that was no. how to bag swinging victory for the united kingdom it was a dismal failure and people should say a

reforms were carried out under instruction from the imf and european union and underlined the fact that greece has lost its financial independence. as far as the trade unions are concerned, all these implement reforms are things that will set labor relations back in greece back to the middle ages as far as they're concerned. it was essential to give the firms the flexibility of the wages so they could stay afloat and they would not -- there would not be more unemployment. this may have been some of the worst social unrest the country has seen. the government refuses to be derailed from the path of austerity laid down by the international creditors. >> here the haight -- latest headlines. three years after kenya's election violence, six figures have been named publicly on the international criminal court. the u.s. justice department announced it is suing bp in several other companies for the mass of gulf oil spill. at least 27 refugees heading for australia have died in suspected people smuggling boats that smashed against the coast. it is -- has the country's largest detention center. our correspondent has the dramatic video of the boad disintegrati

based on what we know so far, this does not seem to be directly related to the drug trade. but the union president for the border patrol says it shows that the border remains out of control if bandits can prey on people ten miles inland.

the decision to apply for academy status. however, before they made this decision, they faced a barrage of opposition from trade unions and the local labour party activists. what message would the prime minister send to those who seek to undermine well-needed reforms of public services in order to fulfill old-fashioned outdated feeling. >> the academy movement just as the city technology colleges before it have actually brought greater independence and greater authority to head teachers and have led to an improvement in educational standards. and i think if the party opposite has got any sense, they won't back off it and they should tell their friends in the trade union movement to stop objecting to academies. >> i've recently come across workers forced by gangbusters to work 12 hours a day 7 days a week below minimum wage who were threatened and bullied when they complained, why has this government failed to take any action to tackling issue and will he join me in joining the gang busting licensing bill and help bring an end to this appalling abuse. >> it is a problem. it's been a problem with many years and there's problems

especially in those moments where lucy is looking out across the sea of seats, the trade union. seeing all those men and here ther e speaking for those women. the effect -- it was, i was in synch with -- at that point -- with riatta at that point. it is not something you cannot really put in words. it is a basic human right, and there were speaking with that truth. i do. i feel immensely proud. tavis: andy should. i think every thespian wants to do good work. this is a good piece of work. sally hawkins stars in "made in dagenham". congratulations. good to have you on the program. >> it is lovely to be here. tavis: until next time, thanks for tuning in. keep the faith. >>> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org tavis: join me next time for our conversation with two-time oscar winner kevin spacey and amy adams. that is next time. we will see you then. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insura

dollars and so students are up in arms about that essentially and they were joined today by the trade unions the other thing that is really that students have found extraordinary about this is that the liberal democrats which is the party that is is popular among students and of course forms part of the coalition government that's ruling the u.k. at the moment the liberal democrats campaigned on a ticket of abolishing student fees altogether and now the anger is that they have turned around many old and they're now taking for a ride a student fees rather than abolishing them so there's a lot of anger at nick clegg the leader of the liberal democrats a lot of the chanting has been nick clegg shame on you for turning blue which is of course the color of the conservative party to say that's what's been going on today essentially those are the bad bones of the. demonstration peacefully before the bill was passed in the mold they know that it's winding down what are your thoughts on the events we saw today. it did start peacefully it started in quite a sort of jolie way everyone was ever was chan

members have got any sense, they will not back off from it, and they should tell their friends in the trade unionnt to stop objecting to new academies. >> i have recently come across workers in wigan who were forced by gangmasters to work 12 hours a day, seven days a week, below the minimum wage, and were threatened and bullied when they complained. why have the prime minister's government failed to take any action to tackle this issue? will he join me in supporting the gangmasters licensing bill and help to bring an end to this appalling abuse? >> this is a problem, and it is not one that has arisen suddenly under this government- it has been a problem for many years. there are problems with gangmasters not paying the minimum wage, and we need to make sure that this is properly policed. >> does the prime minister agree that the olympics offer a golden opportunity to encourage more disabled people to take part in sport? would he like to pay tribute to the welsh paralympic team, who we hope will be visiting the welsh affairs committee in february? should my right honorable friend be available on t

he pointed out that the dpj's biggest pore, the trade union confederation nengo, is calling for solidarity with the party. ozawa has spent weeks refusing to speak before the ethics council. lawmakers were going to vote to force him to appear and prime minister kan said if ozawa would not attend, he'd need to consider the possibility of voluntarily leaving the democratic party. earlier, james tengan got some insight from nhk world's political commentator, masayo nakajima. >> masayo, a tumultuous end to japanese 2010 politics. how is ozawa's testimony and his possible cabinet reshuffle affecting kan next year? >> the prime minister might be able to regain some public support by dealing with the two unpopular politicians, ozawa, the democratic party's power broker and sengoku, his chief cabinet secretary. at the same time, he would be appeasing the opposition parties, because they have criticizing the two politicians for their scandals. kan is the dpj leader, so he needs to calm the intraparty confrontations between the two men. sengoku tried to oust ozawa and force him to testify in the diet

the u.k.'s most powerful trade unions has called on its members and the entire trade union movement to get out onto the streets and support the students wednesday already saw a series of marches will house of its citizens in universities and towns around the country some of which have lasted days these appear to be designed to be dark to the maid events on thursday the bulk of the action in london is expected to take place around parliament square that way around a thousand police on the streets of westminster as protesters try to directly lobby m.p.'s into voting against a fee hike but it's widely believed this won't be the end of civil unrest in the u.k. if the fee hike goes through more people are expected to join with the students in what's already being dubbed a winter of discontent as the european people feel more and more they're being required to pay for the mistakes of a privileged super rich few. lower amateur reporting there from one of our jeremy corbyn a labor member of parliament in london as well as the speculators behind the financial crisis are still able to profit. what we're

near future not to twenty six will be a very big day when the taking in congress calls out to the trade union movement to london protests against the cuts affecting all sectors of society could be a million of us on the streets of london on that day and i think i think we should be thinking in terms of the people forming a government by the people for the people of the people we need to we need a plan taking over this country taking back our country and linking up with people in italy and ireland and you know across the tri. europe we need our country back we need our continent back and i think there's a lot there's a lot to fight for and this is only to be relishing the beginning only the beginning today and we went to see the last of you i'm absolutely sure chris and i thank you so much for joining us well that's a view on the streets of london today from chris knight he's been inside that police cordon all evening as i say this is a demonstration that for now it has looks like it's coming to an end with people being let out of that court and fed across the river and being dispersed from th

women were determined to naked and painted they were and how did men get the vote in britain the trade unions get recognised how did slavery and there are moments in history when people look around and say we are being controlled by those who don't have to listen to us we've got to change it but do you support these people who are coming out to protest sometimes in quite a violent and destructive way i very strongly support it because the right to education is a basic human right i mean we have accepted you know most parts of the world but the right to be educated the right to health. the right to use justice are human rights and if you take some of the way they're doing with the university training you have to pay to go then you are taking away people's rights and influencing the future of the country we seem to be saying somewhat of a hiatus. in the process and maybe with christmas and the new year coming up what do you think is going to happen once people recover from that new year stupor and realize what's going on well i mean i'm not a forecast journalist for cross the world i try to inf

that the coalition governments approved these cuts in student funding what the students and the trade unions and others who might join with them going to do now because what's going to happen is christmas so traditionally british people are going to still celebrate christmas they're still going to bother children christmas presents john a thirty first fabulous the ball on the door mat before the credit card people will be beginning to lose their jobs people have been living through for this on their credit cards to pay their mortgages they're going to start defaulting that's when the real practice of them stop their parliament and think it's not about it isn't over it's certainly is and i have on the debate about europe is definitely not i've been about the issue that will continue don't go on thank you. the official tea obligation to your ipod touch from the. lights on the good. video on demand. bills costs and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. dot com. chosen from among many. he was given the clear cut mission. the mission he successfully accomplished. became the first ever encounter s

that the coalition governments approved these cuts in student funding what the students and the trade unionsnd others who might join with them going to do now because what's going to happen is christmas so traditionally british people of them still celebrate christmas they're still going to buy their children christmas from johnnie thirty first february first on the door mat before the credit card people will be beginning to lose their jobs people have been living through for this on their credit cards to pay their mortgages they're going to start defaulting that's when the real pressures of them stop their parliament and think it's not about it isn't over it's certainly under debate about europe is definitely not over and about the view that will continue don't go on thank you. download the official ante up location on the phone on pod touch from the store. which all cheesed life on the go. video on demand parties mindful of costs and feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com wealthy british style. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max

the trade unions and others who might join with them going to do now because what's going to happen is christmas so traditionally british people are going to still celebrate christmas they're still going to bother children christmas for johnny thirty first fabulous first full day on the door mat before the credit. people will be beginning to lose their jobs people have been living through for this on their credit cards to pay their mortgages they're going to start defaulting that's when the real practice of them stop parliament and think it's not about it isn't over it's certainly is and i have on the debate about europe is definitely not i've thought about the game that will continue don't go on thank you. india. the move go on to join the hotels. the gateway here to the grand imperial. to talk of west coast coromandel you kind of let her tell her to sit don't need to go and call your brother said the colonel was hotel to retreat . six thirty am in moscow good to have you with us here on our team headline more riot police deployed in central moscow over fears of pressure violence as p

that the coalition governments approved these cuts in student funding what the students and the trade unions and others who might join with them going to do now that was really going to happen is come january thirty first into february because what's going to happen is christmas so traditionally british people are going to celebrate christmas they're still going to bother children christmas for thirty first february first on the door mat before the credit card people will be beginning to lose their jobs people have been living through for this on their credit cards to pay their mortgages they're going to start defaulting that's when the real protests are going to stop and parliament can think it's over it isn't over it certainly isn't over under debate about europe is definitely not over and about the game that will continue don't go on thank. you lou are we next to the theater but each year. but also on the border of peace and war. they are responsible not only for themselves. but also for their loved one . ready to take any risk. street. this is a cable from the u.s. embassy in colombo to

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the european union has backed moscow's bid to join the world trade organization next year after almost eighteen years of negotiations the union voiced its support of the russian you summit in brussels this week president was at the talks which were seen as a sign of strength in nations with the. accession opens the door to new agreements on strategic economic and security cooperation and the european commission also affirm the brussels support for russia's modernization efforts dr fraser cameron was a political analyst. was being pragmatic by pushing for russia's double membership because europe would benefit. the most important point for the european union is that it embeds in international rules based system the e.u. had the same experience with china expected to be inside for being bound by the rules of the w.t. olten being outside now it's not the same dimensions china is actually more important for the european union overall in terms of the trade but in terms of developing future relations between the e.u. and russia russia membership of the w t o is really essential because it wo

use all sort of a cross fertilization of the groups outside of labor like the women's trade union, coming on board and getting involved in helping publicize the strike and then use all louis brandeis and industrial democracy attempting to work out ways to actually kind of come to create contact between the waiver and industry that would avoid conflict and then finally add more tragically of course the work of the factory investigating commission which finally got around to kind of setting the bar for the intensity or the depth of state involvement in governing workplace in terms of safety. so that in a way was a very positive few years despite the losses at the time in the factory it wasn't exactly the end of the labor strike as many of you know the years just after that they were open real labor war going on in west virginia, colorado, between the miners and mine operators and hired agents. if any of you have seen the movie will remember that and of course won a world war i came you eventually have a sort of crack down on a lot of what was deemed labor radicalism and they were pretty muc

>> well, i read about [inaudible] the trade union organizers and again that was when america sacrificedor their rights. people that had [inaudible] years what happened they used to call the [inaudible] of great wealth. >> so what did you learn in history that you've applied to your own life in the champions? >> i think what i've learned from history is the enact it can take an awful long time to make change. but change eventually does come. the soppings i associate with president obama's campaign and one was a sam cook song called "change is going to come." so change, but you have to be patient. the other thing i learned about history is that you have to hold on to your beliefs. in my speech to my -- this summer. i quoted from a page from kennedy, a speech he gave when he conceded the leadership of the democratic party. in that contested election. i think he finishes by saying the dream shall never die. even recent history can teach you. edward kennedy even at the point of his greatest lost loss, this is the beginning of his life as a tremendous speaker in american politics and i though

there was an organization called the women's trade union made up of upper-middle-class new york women who wanted to join women's labor issues with other issues such as suffrage, temperance, and education. they got involved with the ilg w to help with the fund-raising, and organizing for the strike, helping mass rallies. most importantly they went down to the picket lines. also female college students walked and serve as witnesses to what was happening to the yen seamstresses, which was pretty brutal because the companies had hired thugs to police the picket lines. there were a lot of very violent encounters. this played into the hands of the labor costs because the newspapers which were often critical, these are images that they really could not ignore and help but feel sympathetic with. young teenage women being beaten up by thugs who had been hired by the company. so you began to see a kind of public opinion trending in the direction of the seamstresses. that particular strike ended in 1910. it was somewhat successful. it won union recognition in some shops, but not all. part of the

with the students will be the empty which is one of britain's most powerful unions told its members to join together with the students in the protests and indeed on the entire trade union movement organization after hole so we are expecting a great number of people descend on london for there to be a measure of disruption certainly not only can we see the throngs of people behind you the protesters there but we're also seeing live pictures at this moment some live aerial shots of of the students gathering in london protesting these potential raises into action for us who are tell me this austerity measures across europe obviously a causing a lot of anger tell me what kind of response has not. elsewhere. there are we seen a series of violent demonstrations not limited to but certainly beginning in the summer they came over from mainland europe where they started in greece and then in barcelona in paris still say and then moved over to england really and swedes this is the third big demonstration that we've seen also in ireland this week we've seen big demonstrations as the irish parliament voted on that toughest budget in irish history and that was in response to

the european trade union confederation is holding a day of action across the continent against sweeping new austerity measures a fresh national strike has already paralyzed greece meanwhile the leading credit rating agency has warned it may downgrade spanish bonds citing heavy debt refinancing and banking problems and scopus in athens based journalist. who's in spain explain to my colleague rory what's caused the. today's strike is the seventh general strike this year following tough reforms needed to receive this one hundred billion euro i.m.f. bailout loan now police have said that there were about fifteen thousand people taking place in the march protesters started fire fires at the finance ministry and luxury hotels where outside the parliament building. the protesters attacked former conservative minister course these crowds evacuees they punched him they kicked him and they were shouting that they're going to be all of them i assume they mean the politicians now there are reports in the news there are problems there is rioting going on outside the polytechnic university in central

. >> as the fur trade -- the future european union president, hungary has responsibility for the image of the european union in front of the world. >> but the government's appears to have a different interpretation of that responsibility. the main opposition hundred and socialist party has urged the president not to sign a lot and refer it to the constitutional court instead. >> january 1st is the day hungary takes over presidency of the european union. we asked our correspondent how the new law is being received among the european union politicians. >> privately, people say it looks like a throwback to a totalitarian repression when hungary was a soviet satellite. what is going on, the timing is appalling. privately, there is a slightly different tone, that it could be seen contrary to e charter of fundamental rights, but the questions of policy of me a plurality are a matter for national authorities. the commission has no intention of making any statements today, but the timing is deeply embarrassing, exactly the day hungary takes over running the european union for six months. we ha

. >> you write about the report of the american auto workers union, but today the president of the organization coming out against the trade union. what is the concern? >> they are against free trade agreements. even though this is more labor friendly and goes the extra mile, it is still a free trade agreement, and it is going to hurt our trade picture and is going to hurt american jobs, and they really want you trade deals -- to use trade deals as a way to strengthen worker rides in a country like south korea and also the united states. they have argued that is not improving. that is not what trade deals are about. also it wants language to prevent south career from engaging in manipulation. they say the european union deal is more favorable than it is for the united states, so it has a lot of issues. t. is not nearly as vehemenc i think the support has caused them to modulate the rhetoric. >> does congress have to pass this 5 a certain deadline? >> they are hoping to pass it early next year. it might mean easier -- be easier for the republican house than for a democratic house to get a deal, because democrats are closer

the european union. earlier, demonstrators against the measure hit the streets. >> in the end, their resistance was blown away. all day, they had demonstrated outside of the greek parliament, striking trade union members determined to stop the government's plans for an austerity budget. previous protests had turned violent. at this time, the police took no chances. but their shields were not needed. the demonstrators at anchor turned to resignation -- the demonstrator resignationanger -- the demonstrator's anger turned to resignation. >> it is the difficult moment ever in greek history. >> the protesters blamed the greek government for the country's economic woes and are furious at its attempt to solve them. public sector workers have seen their taxes rise and wages cut 15%. inside, the parliament mp's voted to squeeze harder. the approved an austerity budget to cut public spending and raise taxes even further. the socialist government's narrow majority was just enough to get it through. >> truly, we have been through hell in 2010, but we have remained standing and our consistency is being rewarded. today we are dealing with this in a manner that is sensible, systematic, and organized. >

outside now it's not the same dimensions china is actually more important for the european union overall in terms of trade but in terms of developing future relations between the e.u. and russia russia membership of this group to you is really essential because it would take is on to complete the negotiations between the e.u. and russia present ultimately to a free trade area between the e.u. and russia so two very important points. political analysts there dr fraser cameron well malaria could be killing tens of thousands more people in india and help officials think new research suggests there's an alarming number of unrecorded deaths as charan singh reports it's raising questions as to whether the world health organization is massively underestimating global malaria death rates. in india's eastern state of bihar one more victim succumbs to malaria it's a treatable infection yet it's due dates more lives in india than each i.v. . that malaria has spread everywhere near our village no medical teams come to help us and hospitals are far away poor people like us a dying at this hospital and many patients be

the trade surplus of the currency union grew in october by more than 5 billion euros, twice the surplushat we saw in september. germany powered ahead yet again with its exports, 19% higher than they were in october 2009. trade and manufactured goods, especially chemicals and machinery, is especially strong. however, if you look just at energy, the eurozone has a negative trade balance, importing five times more energy than it sells abroad. you can tell the christmas is just around the corner. trade volumes on the european stock market were very low. there were low on monday and expected to remain that way. but there's plenty of fuel for shares. european stocks to their highest close in 27 months on monday, and mining and utilities shares led the way. we have the wrap up from the frankfurt stock exchange. >> a good start into the christmas week at the german stock market. the dax could reach a new high, which did not last until the end of trading. it was an early christmas present for a company, which could survive with the help of the banks. shareholders have to pay the high price, too.

the european union has backed moscow's bid to join the world trade organization and twenty eleven after almost eighteen years of negotiations the union voiced support at the russia e.u. summit in brussels this week president was out the talks which were seen as a sign of strengthening relations with the e.u. accession opens the door to new agreements economic and security cooperation the head of the european commission also a firm. modernization efforts moscow based journalist fred europe is reaching out to russia as a stabilizing force which could be beneficial to the. i think that the situation in the global economy is dire and russia can't help but be affected by that joining the w cio would be a stabilizing factor for the world economy and indeed i think the troubles in europe are one of the reasons why they are reaching out to russia know a little bit more energetically than they did in years gone by because they know they've got problems and if you get russia which does have a relatively stable economy and some finances russia can be perhaps more helpful on the inside than on the

the protests when i'm a trade unionist on profit no enough come down to support the students because i think they've shown the way to go really left it we need much bigger protests they can trade unions are calling massive protests in march i think that we need more trade unions to come out and support them and and sara what about the violence that we've seen from what we must admit to be a small minority of protesters well i think what we've seen is the real violence has come first each side the violence has come from the place and charging the source is not so the demonstration of students who want it to take that time is that democratic right to have a demonstration outside parliament which it contains the people who are supposed to represent us and i think the real violence comes from the condom government who are completely smashing up our education system smashing up the whole public services and people's lives are going to be destroyed by this people are rightly andre and i think a few broken windows along the way doesn't mean very much to and do you also think this is not the end accidently i think the part is the continued i think the student demonstrations over the last few

the u.k. students and trade unions have been the most vocal but veteran politician and campaign attorney says the next move would be set for united front. students support pensioners who are finding their pensions. disadvantaged public support benefits are being cut to the thing becomes. very powerful political movement for justice and once the. right now the cuts are on paper but once they begin to bite so too will an increasingly angry public not even the christmas tree on trafalgar square emerged unscathed from this winter's violence and trying the people of norway and a symbol of peace and goodwill protesters tried to set fire to the tree and stalled graffiti on nelson's calling nearby and this isn't the end of civil unrest in the u.k. or across europe as governments continue to dig their way out of the crisis by forcing all staring into the people the people to continue opposing them you're and it's. just about a few as well you can always find a run of the most important events in twenty russia run across the globe. there's a taste of what's online for you right now which if you come to