assemblies
A popular uprising that turned into a pogrom
Following a brawl between Russian and Chechen mafia, a popular assembly adopted a fascist resolution for a pogrom. A later anti-fascist attack on fascist leaders resulted in several arrests.
On August 29th, a row began in a café, 'Chayka', in Kondologa, Russia. The fight was between drunken local youths and the Chechen criminal group, which ran the cafe.
1987: Puerto Real shipyard strike
The history of a large strike of shipyard workers in Spain against closure. An important feature of this strike was not just the high level of militance but the active involvement of the local community and the directly democratic way the struggle was organised.
In
1987, the shipyards in Puerto Real were to be shut down by the governing Thatcherite
"Socialist" Party, PSOE. However, a militant strike and solidarity
of local people saved the yards and won huge gains for the staff. In this
not only did the great determination and ingenuity on the part of the workers
Nantes: Students vote to continue occupations
Updates on General Assembly votes on high school occupations in Nantes, France in opposition to the CPE.
Lycee Goussier-Perrin: occupation continues. The headteacher demanded that all students be present for the general assembly (AG) so that they could vote to return to lessons. 62% of just over 1,300 students voted to continue the blockade.
Lycee Livet: Of the school's 1,600 pupils, 600 attended an AG where the continuation of the blockade was voted for by 70% of students.
Account of a General Assembly in Redon
An account of the decisions made by the students at the occupied university in Redon.
In French Schools and universities a General Assembly (AG) is called when students are dissatisfied. The attendance is usually high. The students will be asked to vote upon potential action to be taken. The date of the next AG is usually decided upon at an AG. This is a translation of the report issued by the students in Redon folowing their most recent AG.
Thursday 30 March
A report from Paris III Censier
An excerpt of a report from the general assembly of Paris III Censier, submitted to libcom.org by some participants.
Thursday’s demonstrations throughout France brought some 500,000 students into the streets, and the movement has continued to increase in size; the big question of last week – whether or not the masses of wage workers would join the demonstrations planned for Saturday 18th March – has been answered in concretely: in France as a whole, there were something like 1,000,000 people in the streets
10,000 demonstrate in Poitiers
Poitiers, a city in west central France with a population of just 78,000 saw some 7000-10,000 join anti-CPE protests, Le Monde is reporting.
The city has been a centre of the movement agaist the labour law with student body representatives from across France assembling to discuss their plans. Large outdoor meetings have been taking place at the city's football stadium.
