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Introduction The West African Health Sector Unions Network held its 9 th plenary session at the Health Services Workers’ Centre, Tema, Ghana, on September 21-22, 2012. In attendance were delegates from Health Services Workers’ Union of Ghana TUC, Ghana Registered Nurses’ Association, Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria, National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Sierra Leone Health Services Workers Union, National Private Sector Health Workers’ Union of Liberia and officials of the Public Services International Regional Office for English Speaking (East & West) Africa. The Health Services Workers’ Union of Rwanda was represented in an observer status, while sister unions affiliated to the Ghana TUC as well as the national leadership of the Ghana TUC graced the opening session of the programme. The meeting deliberated extensively on the state of the sub-region and the national situations in the different countries of WAHSUN member-unions. The delegates al...

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Global crises and popular resistance;   A critical analysis of the present historic conjuncture [1] by Baba Aye [2] Mobile: +234-813-579-5607 Email: baba_aye@yahoo.com Introduction The current global situation marked by severe crises has lasted thus far for half a decade and is not abating. Its first salvo was that of sharp increases in the prices of food, resulting in riots across several countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. By August 9, the first inkling of financial crisis reared its head. This was when the European Central Bank had to release £75bn to bailout eurozone banks [3] .  When it hit the United States its generalisation became definite. What started as a Global Financial Crisis became the Great Recession’s opening moment and the beginning of the most inexorable economic crisis since the Great Depression. While the first wave of recession receded after two years, the spectre of a global economic crisis stil...