Rakhmetov
18th October 2010, 18:26
A general strike has been called in Portugal for November 24. In Romania, civil servants have engaged in wild cat walk outs against the massive austerity plans of the government. A victory in France would send a clear message: struggle pays off and general strikes can defeat the austerity plans of the governments.
A victory for the French workers would have a massive impact throughout Europe encouraging workers to go on the offensive against the attempts of the capitalists to make the workers' pay for the crisis with cuts in public spending and attacks on pension rights. Already on Saturday 16 we saw the massive mobilisation of at least half a million workers in Rome, called by the FIOM metal workers union, in defence of workers rights. At the end of the demonstration, CGIL leader Epifani was forced by the mood in the square to speak of calling a general strike.
http://www.marxist.com/french-strikes-grow-paralyse-country-to-stop-pensions-reform.htm
A victory for the French workers would have a massive impact throughout Europe encouraging workers to go on the offensive against the attempts of the capitalists to make the workers' pay for the crisis with cuts in public spending and attacks on pension rights. Already on Saturday 16 we saw the massive mobilisation of at least half a million workers in Rome, called by the FIOM metal workers union, in defence of workers rights. At the end of the demonstration, CGIL leader Epifani was forced by the mood in the square to speak of calling a general strike.
http://www.marxist.com/french-strikes-grow-paralyse-country-to-stop-pensions-reform.htm