Monday, December 19, 2011

Striking Kazakhstan workers massacred by riot police



The video above shows the breaking up of Kazakhstan's independence day celebrations by striking oil workers.  The totalitarian regime and its US backed dictator has responded ruthlessly to oil workers fighting for the right to unionize. An oil worker and the daughter of a Union organizer was murdered some months ago. 

Friday, the  Kazakhstan riot police killed some 70 workers according to reports although it has been difficult to determine as cell phones and other means of communication with outsiders was cut off.
Chevron is closely tied to the dictator and his family with the oil company in question being owned by a relative.  You can read more here.

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