Today's Topics:
1. Ruptura Colectiva (RC): They are attempting a military
uprising against the "tyranny" of Nicolás Maduro; The conflict
must be resolved 'from below' (ca) [machine translation]
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
2. US, black rose fed: COMMENTARY: WHY DID THE UAW VOTE AT
NISSAN FAIL? By Marianne Garneau (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
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In the early hours of Sunday 6 August, a group of active and retired military personnel
from Fort Paramacay in the city of Valencia - located some 200 km from Caracas - revolted
a few hours after releasing a video on social networks that has been viralizado in
announcing "must give dignity to the deaths of dozens of young people and prevent the
total destruction of the country" , referring to the recent creation of the National
Constituent Assembly calling it "tyrannical". The military base of the city that they
tried to take is one of the strategic bastions and of military armor more important of the
Venezuelan Army, reason why the insurrectionists cataloged it like a prime objective of
the failed attack. ---- The region's media say that until 11:40 am Venezuelan time, there
are active red lights in streets such as Av. Universidad and Naguanagua, although the
Bolivarian government - through General Diosdado Cabello - has confirmed that "at dawn
Terrorist attackers entered Fort Paramacay in Valencia (...) Everything in normality.
Several terrorists arrested. "
This marks a series of possibilities for a much more potential offensive to overthrow
President Nicolás Maduro and, in and of itself, to chavismo, passing from the amalgam of
protests and institutional denunciations, to an armed reference that is important to
attend from the national struggle of the Venezuelan people to solve the conflict and also
from the movements of a revolutionary and internationalist character throughout the world,
since we are concerned about the risks of a political-economic invasion that cross
Venezuelan borders.
There is a climate of violence both of the Chavez Boliburguesia and of the right-wing
opposition, however, the Venezuelan brothers will have to make the best of this last
decade of forceful changes to point out the serious mistakes and negligent actions of the
current Madurist administration, , The repressive force in excess that has left more than
a hundred dead and the corruption and nepotism, bureaucratic practices in which a great
sector of the "revolutionary hope" has fallen .
http://rupturacolectiva.com/intentan-levantamiento-militar-contra-la-tirania-de-nicolas-maduro-el-conflicto-debe-ser-resuelto-abajo/
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The defeat of a UAW election bid at a Nissan plant in Mississippi got a tremendous amount
of attention this week, particularly from the left. People seemed especially disheartened
by the defeat, and almost at a loss for why things turned out so badly for the union. Sure
enough, the internet produced all kinds of hot, world-historic takes explaining the
outcome, a lot of them looking for some kind of exceptional circumstances here. Most
zeroed in on the Southern context. ---- Granted, the union defeat was unfortunate. And it
is possible it could have gone another way – we shouldn’t think it was some inevitable
outcome (there is way too much fatalism on the left these days). But the reasons why the
UAW failed are perfectly legible, and none of them are novel. Everything about the loss –
the union’s strategy, the company’s union-busting, the social and political context – was
textbook.
Why the UAW Vote at Nissan Failed
1. The company union-busted like crazy. And yes, union-busting includes things like
playing on racial divisions and threatening people’s jobs (these are the sticks), and
paying workers high salaries (the carrots). The bosses apparently built a tent outside the
plant and met with every single worker on shift, including the ones who weren’t even
eligible to vote in the election. That’s brilliant union-busting, but it’s to be expected.
That’s why unions have a counterstrategy to that, called “inoculation,” where workers are
prepared ahead of time for the boss’ rhetoric, and their sticks and carrots.
2. The union took a weak-ass, conservative, timid stance of mostly trying to keep the
stuff the company was already giving workers and playing nice/reasonable with management.
UAW has repeatedly said that it wants to work with companies to help their bottom line
healthy, etc. That borrows directly from the boss’s logic that they are gifting workers a
job and a wage, as opposed to workers generating all the profits the owners get to pocket.
3. The National Labor Relations Board played its usual role of “wot, us?” It slowly
churned through its processes of listening to complaints from either side. I don’t even
remember what the outcome was of its rulings (or if it ever got to them). But that’s how
little that matters to the actual, bloody fight “on the shop floor.”
4. By the way, none of this has anything to do with “the south.” What is supposed to be
unique here? The fact that other jobs in the area pay terribly? The fact that workers are
divided along racial lines? The fact that union density is low? Those are exactly the same
conditions that beleaguer workers, and organizing efforts, elsewhere.
5. And yeah, unfortunately, these workers, who presumably voted this way out of fear, and
wanting to keep their jobs, will die on their knees as their wages get cut, their jobs get
automated or outsourced, or they get replaced by lower-wage temps. You can’t “play nice”
or compromise your way to better wages or conditions. Playing nice with the boss means
they retain the power to control your wages and your working conditions. The only
alternative is to amass real power on the shop floor – real power to disrupt the flow of
profits – and control how the boss treats you. You can’t escape the forces of capitalism
inside of one plant, but you can fight like hell over every single site where your labor
is exploited for the boss’s gain.
You can’t avoid the class war; workers need to make it clear to the bosses that they can’t
either.
Marianne Garneau is active with the New York City IWW and an organizer with the Ellen’s
Stardust Diner campaign.
If you enjoyed this article we also recommend “The Next 100 Day: May Day and Worker
Resistance Under Trump” by the Black Rose/Rosa Negra Labor Committee and “An Early Death
for the LA Teacher’s Struggle?” by Zacundo.
http://blackrosefed.org/uaw-nissan-vote/
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