Rakhmetov
20th October 2010, 18:48
The facts continue to contradict the statements of the government. Woerth says the movement is "decelerating" when it is growing stronger every day. Not long ago, [Secretary of State for Transport] Dominique Bussereau said that there would be no shortage of fuel, when motorists can witness for themselves that the opposite is the case, i.e. large scale scarcity. [Prime Minister] Fillon swears that the government will not allow blockades to develop, but throughout the country they are multiplying. And so on. The government is sinking into a grotesque denial of reality. Its impotence grows by the day. This further undermines its authority ‑ and boosts the morale of young people and workers in struggle.
The servility of the media industry is evident. The official news distills all the lies of power. They try to discredit the movement by constantly broadcasting images of clashes between security forces and "youth gangs" (which are infiltrated by agents provocateurs). They remain silent about the powerful movement that is growing, affecting many sectors of the economy. But this has its limits. Instead of discrediting the movement, the mainstream media are discrediting themselves.
This movement is the answer to all those sceptics who, for the last 30 years, have made speeches on the "powerlessness" and "atomisation" of the working class, even about its "disappearance". In reality, workers, potentially, have absolutely enormous power. They constitute the overwhelming majority of the active population. Nothing works without their permission. The first consequence of a great strike movement is precisely to make workers aware of their own strength. “The country is us!" said a striker recently at a refinery in front of the television cameras. This truth has revolutionary implications. Once the workers in action become aware of their collective strength, it is not easy to stop them!
http://www.marxist.com/france-battle-over-pensionsbring-economy-to-a-halt.htm
The servility of the media industry is evident. The official news distills all the lies of power. They try to discredit the movement by constantly broadcasting images of clashes between security forces and "youth gangs" (which are infiltrated by agents provocateurs). They remain silent about the powerful movement that is growing, affecting many sectors of the economy. But this has its limits. Instead of discrediting the movement, the mainstream media are discrediting themselves.
This movement is the answer to all those sceptics who, for the last 30 years, have made speeches on the "powerlessness" and "atomisation" of the working class, even about its "disappearance". In reality, workers, potentially, have absolutely enormous power. They constitute the overwhelming majority of the active population. Nothing works without their permission. The first consequence of a great strike movement is precisely to make workers aware of their own strength. “The country is us!" said a striker recently at a refinery in front of the television cameras. This truth has revolutionary implications. Once the workers in action become aware of their collective strength, it is not easy to stop them!
http://www.marxist.com/france-battle-over-pensionsbring-economy-to-a-halt.htm