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Why we should fight for our democratic space

Looking at a number of happenings in this country in isolation does not give the full picture of the threat to the democratic space.

What started as a dispute between employer and teachers been has mutated into a full-scale financial emasculation of teachers’ unions. As if this wasn’t injury enough, the powers-that-be have ordered the cash-starved unions to hold elections at both branch and national level within two months or face deregistration of its officials.

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