I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore

While I was cogitating on how I would post about the wildcat strikes A Very Public Sociologist went and did it first and better. So I'll just link to AVPS.
With protests in Greece (linked to the recession but many other things as well), the Baltics, Iceland (the first government to lose power because of it) and France things are moving into interesting territory.
Obama has been clear in his denunciation of greedy bankers and the Conservatives have been quick to feel the public mood and put out a similar message. Brown, meanwhile, seems loathe to take a populist line.
I'm not sure how the Conservative's opportunist approach will hold if such protests continue or escalate. The message will be: get angry, but allow the same failed system to fix it.
In Iceland they've now got their first openly gay PM. So progressive changes can come out of the protests, even if they are unlooked for.