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And on the stage were the workers
The III. International Workers’ Film Festival Evening took place on 7th May at the Emek Cinema hall in Istanbul’s centre. Workers, students and people from the poor neighbourhoods came together with famous intellectuals, artists and cinema workers and more than thousand people attended.
The program started with the short story [...]

Sendika, 1 May 2008
Fearing workers insistence on celebrating Labor Day, police started its attacks early in the morning. At 6:30AM, the police attacked workers gathering in front of DISK (Progressive Labor Union’s Confederation). Police used tanks and pepper gas against the workers waiting peacefully in front of their unions.
In other parts of Istanbul, clashes start [...]