Boiling over: an attempt on the Slovakian PM’s life

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🗓️ 16 May 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

An attempt on Robert Fico’s life comes at a time of deep-running polarisation in his country—much of which is his own doing. A vote today among auto workers in America’s historically union-unfriendly south will indicate whether an organised-labour revolution can take hold (9:26). And the perception of time varies depending on what you are looking at (17:24).

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1:11.0	Far fewer workers join labor unions in America's South than they do elsewhere in the country. But autoworkers recently voted to
1:15.2	unionize in Tennessee. A vote being held today will show whether that was a one-off or the start
1:21.1	of a revolution.
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