Strikes;Crowd control

Only two months ago the world watched in disbelief as unemployed youth in Greece took to the streets, crippling the government and bringing Athens to a standstill. But social and political tensions created by unemployment are slowly taking the foreground in much of Europe. From the wildcat strikes in Britain against the legal use of foreign labour, to French union calls for wage and job protection, the threat of local grievances fuelling nationalistic reactions is very real. Globalisation is un...