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Support Southern workers --
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 02/20/2021 - 12:31pmvery late getting to this, People's Party e-mail I missed linked to this announcement of events today in support of the workers trying to organize Amazon - some still haven't happened yet, especially on west coast:
Why Strikes in France are so widespread
Submitted by Dawn's Meta on Mon, 12/23/2019 - 8:12amWhile a lot is made of the strikes shutting France down during Christmas week, it is interesting to note that it is a reaction to the latest moves by Macron against the working classes. And there are broad swathes of the country not really feeling the strikes at all.
The Tech Revolution Needs Us
Submitted by greenandblue on Mon, 02/20/2017 - 11:24pmTechnology is terrific. Technology is terrible. Or, in a mashup of Dickens with current norms of ahistorical, absolutist proclamations: these are the best of times; these are the worst of times. More accurately, as ecologists have long told us, there is no such thing as a free lunch. Technology is great, but we still gotta eat.
Thanks technology
What we need to learn from the French workers and how our corporate media spin it.UPDATE(5/30)...Is there a total news blackout now?
Submitted by don mikulecky on Sun, 05/29/2016 - 7:46pmThis is from the Socialist Workerand has their slant if any: Huge strikes shut France down—and could bring government to its knees