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Metal workers protest over closure of aluminium plant (Video)

revoltingeurope wrote 2 months ago: Metal workers clashed with police Tuesday over plans to close their aluminium plant on the Italian i … more →

Tags: Italy, Unemployment, Protest

French steel workers occupy ArcelorMittal plant

reed wrote 3 months ago: WordPress videoFebruary 21, 2012 FLORANGE, France (Reuters) – Workers at an idled Arcelor  Mittal st … more →

Tags: France, Economy, Peoples struggles, Arcelor Mittal Steel, moselle region, global financial crisis, france election, blast furnaces

Industrial Decline - social commentary in bricks

richlakin wrote 4 months ago: Written beneath us, spelt out in bricks, is what many on the train are thinking. INDUSTRIAL DECLINE … more →

Tags: Travel, Outsiders, Black Country, Art, Wolverhampton, Railway, bricks, Social commentary, wcml

Workers strike at Italian shipbuilder

revoltingeurope wrote 4 months ago: IN BRIEF / ITALY Workers at Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri are on strike today after ministers fail … more →

Tags: Italy, Protests, Unions, Strike, manufacturing

Technical education 1820-1900

richardjohnbr wrote 1 year ago: In the 1820s, there was an attempt to create a scientific culture and technical education for the wo … more →

Tags: Nineteenth century society, Education, History, Adult Education, teachinal education, mechanics' institutes, George Birbeck

Chester’s $500 Million Dollar “Renaissance On The River”2 comments

Roy wrote 1 year ago: Image via Wikipedia It all began when PECO Energy closed its inefficient Delaware County Power Plant … more →

Tags: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Revitalization - Click on link for Progress Pennsylvani, Exelon, technology, Gambling, poverty, Delaware County, industrial park

American Cities That Are Running Out Of People

247wallst wrote 1 year ago: The population of the United States has increased steadily by roughly 2.5 million people every year … more →

Tags: Mi, home vacancy rates, shrinking cities, Rochester, Pittsburg, steel industry, Dayton, Steel City, City of Lights

God has left Detroit.8 comments

Betty Londergan wrote 1 year ago: Rolling Hall, Ford Motor Company, River Rouge Complex, Dearborn The Motor City is being driven to th … more →

Tags: Environment, Culture, Special People, Inspiration, Urban renewal, Energy, cool stuff, Arts, Jobs

The Laws of Societal, Economic, and Ecological Collapse3 comments

John Van Doren wrote 2 years ago: Once you’ve followed the intellectual trail of resource limits in a closed ecosystem, potentia … more →

Tags: sustainable economics, Peak Oil, Carrying capacity, Ecological Economics, non-renewable resources, societal collapse, John Michael Greer, The Ecotechnic Future, Ecological succession

The world's second-largest high school basketball gym could shut its doors2 comments

rkcookjr wrote 2 years ago: Indiana’s New Castle Fieldhouse, with 9,300 seats, might be the largest high school basketball … more →

Tags: Education, Sports, youth sports, Basketball, Indiana, High School Basketball, Anderson, Auto Industry, General Motors

Not Made in Britain

Silverfox wrote 5 years ago: We don’t make anything any more. Derelict Factory – Stoke-on-Trent, UK. What are the fou … more →

Tags: UK, Economy, Industry, consumerism

Chester’s $500 Million Dollar “Renaissance On The River”2 comments

Roy wrote 1 year ago: Image via Wikipedia It all began when PECO Energy closed its inefficient Delaware County Power Plant … more →

Tags: Philadelphia Metropolitan Area, Pennsylvania, Adaptive Reuse, Chester PA, Delaware County, Delaware River, economic developmemnt, Economic Revitalization, Exelon


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