British media complicity with the government to impose a relative blackout on the Wednesday strikes has put human rights at stake as the behavior of security forces on the streets went largely uncovered.
British state-run broadcaster BBC went as far as claiming only “tens of thousands of people have joined rallies” against pensions reform to downplay the massive show of public discontent.
This is while the 2.6 million union members who had voted for strikes were also joined with private sector workers as well as anti-war and anti-capitalist activists in the rallies unseen for 40 years. The Guardian put the number of participants at two million.
“BBC's coverage of Nov. 30 has been shocking. More talk about a lack of childcare than about the strike itself. Joke,” commented a Twitter user identifying himself as Dave .... Read more at http://www.presstv.ir
