General strikes in France and Greece today
Feb 13 2008 20:02
Haven't written any up and don't know where to start looking for Greece.
If someone wants to write it up I could write up a brief summary of what's nhappening in France and pm it to them.
I'll give it a bit of time before I start.
Feb 13 2008 21:58
#2
And Algeia and Germany yesterday.
I'll just do the lot myself then you lazy fuckers.
Feb 13 2008 22:04
#3
sorry Germany is tomorrow and Algeria is since yesterday.
France will go up tonight with a tail ender for Germany, should be able to do Greece and Morocco too.
After that it seems a bit churlish not to do Algeria 
Feb 14 2008 00:43
#4
I'm tired.
Ret's doing Germany and I'll do Algeria tomorrow.
Feb 14 2008 01:03
#5
Just seen this. Er, thanks!
Feb 14 2008 01:48
#6
catch wrote:
Just seen this. Er, thanks!
Thanks, I'm just being a grumpy fucker.
Feb 14 2008 02:11
#8
thanks yoshomon, Alex... has already given a hand and I can have a look at that source. If you want to edit the article yourself then go ahead, I can approve the edits tomorrow.
Feb 14 2008 16:20
#9
Couldn't do Algeria today because internet has been down until very recently. On the bright side I have an interview for a PGCE.
It's a three -day strike so I'll do it tomorrow for sure.
Feb 14 2008 21:35
#10
let me just note a couple of things about the strike in greece.
the demos were significantly smaller and less enthusiastic than the ones a couple of months ago.
The public sector workers did go on strike, but most of the proles didnt. to be more precise, most of those who work in the private sector (factories, services, construction, immigrants) can't even go on strike without getting fired. And worse thing is, it's exactly these parts of the proletariat that are getting more affected by the reform. many of us won't even get a pension, if things are to continue the way they way they go.
so the country didn't "paralyse". the media speaks of a "paralysis" because they can't imagine what an effectively paralysed economy looks like. Unless something like this happens, the reform will be easily passed.
Feb 15 2008 01:45
#11
thanks for the comments sotev, it sounds like you have a similar situation to here in france, where most new jobs are on shit contracts and the older workers are tryig to hold on to what they won over the last 40 years.
Feb 15 2008 16:35
#12
some 1,000,000 proles or so - mostly immigrants, youth and women - work without any work-contract, uninsured in underpaid jobs. these cannot and will not join an "one day strike" together with those public sector workers who want, and rightly so, to preserve their wages, insurance, working hours etc. the first thing that prevents them is that the bosses can fire 'em rather easily, Second, lack of any union/syndicalist organization, revolutionary or not.
if and when these underdogs strike it's gonna be all or nothing.
Morocco too, does no one want to give me a hand?