Revolucija
15th April 2008, 20:50
April, 12th, 2008, Zagreb, Croatia
ANARCHO-SYNDICALIST BLOC AT WORKERS DEMONSTRATION
Report from the National and International Secretariat of MASA (Network of anarcho-syndicalist – Croatia)
On April 12th, 2008 Zagreb, Croatia, saw the biggest workers demonstration in the last 10 years. The protest was organized by five of the biggest trade union federations and gathered an estimated 35 - 50 thousand workers. The main reason for the protest are the rising prices of basic staples such as bread, milk, flour etc. The Network of Anarcho-Syndicalists (Croatia), from its founding in February of this year, took the decision to participate in the protest and to form an autonomous anarcho-syndicalist bloc based on workers’ solidarity, resistance to capitalism and to the neoliberal system which supports it. We formed autonomously to spread the anarcho-syndicalist alternative among workers and to state a critique of the trade union leaders and bureaucrats. Our bloc consisted of around 70 people from Croatia but also many other comrades from abroad (Italy, Germany, England, Slovenia, Serbia, UK etc.) and marched trough the city with banners and red & black flags. At the end of the gathering, we made an attempt to get to the square where the seat of Croatian government and Parliament are located, which is officially forbidden for protests. However, our bloc was stopped by the riot police cordon and security which surrounded us and prevented us from going further. We expressed our resistance to the capitalist system and its cronies, with the main thesis being that "We don’t accept social partnership!" and "the Class War continues!’’. Later that day, we held our First National Congress where we agreed on the Statutes of the Network, formed the first local groups and established lines of communication with isolated members. All the documents and contacts will soon be available on our web site www.masa-hr.org (http://www.masa-hr.org/)
International Workers Struggle Continues!
Saša Balent, National Secretary of MASA
Mate Ćosić, International Secretary of MASA
(Italian translation is here (http://masa-hr.org/?q=node/35))
ANARCHO-SYNDICALIST BLOC AT WORKERS DEMONSTRATION
Report from the National and International Secretariat of MASA (Network of anarcho-syndicalist – Croatia)
On April 12th, 2008 Zagreb, Croatia, saw the biggest workers demonstration in the last 10 years. The protest was organized by five of the biggest trade union federations and gathered an estimated 35 - 50 thousand workers. The main reason for the protest are the rising prices of basic staples such as bread, milk, flour etc. The Network of Anarcho-Syndicalists (Croatia), from its founding in February of this year, took the decision to participate in the protest and to form an autonomous anarcho-syndicalist bloc based on workers’ solidarity, resistance to capitalism and to the neoliberal system which supports it. We formed autonomously to spread the anarcho-syndicalist alternative among workers and to state a critique of the trade union leaders and bureaucrats. Our bloc consisted of around 70 people from Croatia but also many other comrades from abroad (Italy, Germany, England, Slovenia, Serbia, UK etc.) and marched trough the city with banners and red & black flags. At the end of the gathering, we made an attempt to get to the square where the seat of Croatian government and Parliament are located, which is officially forbidden for protests. However, our bloc was stopped by the riot police cordon and security which surrounded us and prevented us from going further. We expressed our resistance to the capitalist system and its cronies, with the main thesis being that "We don’t accept social partnership!" and "the Class War continues!’’. Later that day, we held our First National Congress where we agreed on the Statutes of the Network, formed the first local groups and established lines of communication with isolated members. All the documents and contacts will soon be available on our web site www.masa-hr.org (http://www.masa-hr.org/)
International Workers Struggle Continues!
Saša Balent, National Secretary of MASA
Mate Ćosić, International Secretary of MASA
(Italian translation is here (http://masa-hr.org/?q=node/35))