Showing posts with label general strike. Show all posts
Showing posts with label general strike. Show all posts

Saturday, 31 January 2009

Governments across Europe tremble as angry people take to the streets

France paralysed by a wave of strike action, the boulevards of Paris resembling a debris-strewn battlefield. The Hungarian currency sinks to its lowest level ever against the euro, as the unemployment figure rises. Greek farmers block the road into Bulgaria in protest at low prices for their produce. New figures from the biggest bank in the Baltic show that the three post-Soviet states there face the biggest recessions in Europe.

It's a snapshot of a single day – yesterday – in a Europe sinking into the bleakest of times. But while the outlook may be dark in the big wealthy democracies of western Europe, it is in the young, poor, vulnerable states of central and eastern Europe that the trauma of crash, slump and meltdown looks graver.

Exactly 20 years ago, in serial revolutionary rejoicing, they ditched communism to put their faith in a capitalism now in crisis and by which they feel betrayed. The result has been the biggest protests across the former communist bloc since the days of people power.

Europe's time of troubles is gathering depth and scale. Governments are trembling.
Revolt is in the air.

Sources:
guardian.co.uk

Dawn of new age of industrial unrest as wildcat strikes spread across UK
business.timesonline.co.uk

The word went out on the web: every skilled man should strike
business.timesonline.co.uk

Nuclear power workers threaten to join protest
telegraph.co.uk

Come on America and Canada.....join in!!

Friday, 31 August 2007

11/09/07 Global day of action


No Work, No School, No Shopping – Hit the Streets”

The 911 General Strike called by a coalition of antiwar, 911 Truth, and pro impeachment groups is gaining strength with gatherings scheduled across the country and rapidly expanding activity on the Internet, where the idea originated.

Strike activities are growing by the day. Every citizen is empowered by this essentially leaderless, egoless movement. This is one case where the people will actually lead if they choose. The impact of major public participation would shock those in power who ignore what they see as a passive public.

We recommend that everyone become an organizer for this strike. Try to link up with people in your area, have meetings, network, discuss over the internet, and plan your own creative actions for the 11th. People can help out the strike by just continuing to organize, communicate, and spread the word.

The general strike gives citizens a chance to show those in power it’s time to listen through “a day of personal reflection and nonviolent dissent in recognition of the course we have been on since 9/11.” The simple action plan includes – no school, no work, no buying anything (at all), and hit the streets.

A White House run by the war lobby and an absentee Congress created the following issues which unite citizens in a demand for action:

Failure to end the Iraq war
Failure to conduct a no-holds-barred 911 investigation
Inaction on impeachment hearings
Elections that become less believable and meaningful with each cycle
Inaction on health care for those in need
The willful, deliberate dismantling of the Constitution

Some extra points:

Failure to adopt Zero Point Energy and stop global environmental problems
Failure to disclosure the truth about ETV's and off world beings
Failure to leave Afghanistan
Failure to stop attacking Iran
Failure to admit 7/7 was an inside job
Failure to release cures for cancer and Aids
Failure to STOP hijacking this planet

The list goes on. Citizens are barely acknowledged, rarely heard.