But Kamal Abbas, director of the Independent Center for Trade Union and Worker Services, says the government will move to block political gains by the labor movement just as it has blocked pro-democracy reformers.

NPR: Striking Textile Workers in Egypt Get Concessions

This movement has been most prominent in Europe, where last summer a Belgian court ordered an ISP to block access to a site alleged to contain copyright infringing materials.

BBC: A padlock and key

Mr. DANIEL: Once the movement started and the water pressures developed, there was enough force then just to cause an entire block to slide tens of feet and to breach the levee.

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