Enormous workers demonstration in Israel - 60,000 people aga

[il Commy]

Today 60,000 people demonstrated in Jerusalem against the govemrent's economical program. This brings to a peak the line of demonstrations and strikes of the last months.

The 1st demonstration was the unions demonstration. 40,000 people took place in it in front of the Knesset. It's main issue was the pension reform and the other cuts.

The 2nd demonstration was set by the orthodox orgnizations. It was against the program in general and the cut on yeshivas in particular. 20,000 people took place in it.

In Eilat took place a 1,000 people demonstration against the program and especially how it cancels Eilat's tourists discounts.

This demonstrations along with the achievements of the general strikes (which were not big enough because of the union's social-democratic leadership) proves that Israel inside the borders of '67 has a big proletarian power, and that the class diffrences starts to show their signs. If there will be a revolutionary party to lead the struggle (not reformist or social-democrat like the ICP or Am Ehad) we could easily achieve a revolution.


P.S.
To the guys from the big countries: the numbers of demonstrators may not sound big to you, but in our small Israel it's huge.

[inessa1917]

60 000 people? Oh no, it's absolutely fine! (Although Hungary is a few times bigger than Israel, we have never succeeded to make a demo >30 000 people yet since the transition :-( [true, there are other causes, too, but this still suxx]) Seems to me that after ~15 years something slowly but securely is forming in the societies against the shameless spreading of neoliberalism in the world. AFAIK there are big demostrations in France too for the similar causes (cuts on pensions and social cares, and something with the railways). The only problem is that I can't see a powerful movement or party in the world which would have the ability to channelise these efforts somehow and to make a revolution.

[il Commy]

The struggle continues. As the Knesset discuss the new program today few thousands people from the opposition social-democratic parties marched in Jerusalem. The discussion in the Knesset will be long, since the opposition parties submitted 8,000 exceptions. But in the end the right-wing coalition would have a majority and the israeli welfare-state will be destroyed.

But after the big demonstrations and strikes, the working class is ready for another fight: the fight against privatization of goverment corporations. First we'll have to make the public aware that the lies about the huge benefits of privatization are not true and that privatization will only bring unemployment and poverty, but I don't believe it would be a big deal.

Who knows, maybe we'll even have a revolution here.

[Kez]

heres more details of the success
http://www.marxist.com/correspondence/isra...letter2705.html (http://www.marxist.com/correspondence/israel_letter2705.html)

comrade kamo

[il Commy]

That's a nice report, but I don't really like the guy who wrote it. He denies the existance of the jewish nation, he declares we're all palestinians. I mean, I'm not zionist or something, but there are two nations in this country.


By now the economical program was passed in the Knesset. But we continue to protest, against privatization and against the capitalists. The working class is ready for a struggle, and the trade-unions are set to continue the struggle on pension.