> > control" . The only half-hearted meek protestations I have heard from > countries dependent on middle east oil have been about devolution of > power to the natives. Nobody seems to care about power to the > immigrant population. >
I recall reading about immigrant labourer protests a while ago. I can't remember or find the original story I read, but here is a NYT report (which focuses more on the action taken post facto than the protests themselves): http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/06/world/middleeast/06dubai.html?pagewanted=print Apparently the construction workers headed on to the highway and held up traffic to protest their working conditions. The crackdown was on the employer rather than the workers themselves. -- Aadisht Khanna Address for mailing lists: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
