#Update: #anarchist #news and #information from all over the #world - 12.19.2019

Today's Topics:

   
1.  asr anarshism: Anarchist fellows report of # Aban #
      Gachsaran # Behbahan # Shiraz uprising and complete disarmament
      of dozens of riot guards [machine translation] 
      (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
2.  ait russia: France: Unlimited strike against pension reform
      [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
3.  France, Union Communiste Libertaire AL #300 - Editorial (fr,
      it, pt)[machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
4.  deliverunion.fau: Conciliation hearings against Deliveroo:
      Fighting back pays off (de) [machine translation]
      (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
5.  France, Union Communiste Libertaire AL #300 - A year later:
      Injecting the experience of yellow vests into our union practices
      (fr, it, pt)[machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
6.  France, Union Communiste Libertaire AL #300 - Mobilization:
      And after December 5, what do we do ? (fr, it, pt)[machine
      translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
7.  France, Union Communiste Libertaire AL #299 - Suffering at
      work: Between disgust and overwork, the postal and postal workers
      crisis (fr, it, pt)[machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
8.  [Greece] Manifesto for Eleven Years of Alexis Grigoropoulos
      Death Gathers Thousands of People in Athens By ANA (pt) [machine
      translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
9.  France, Union Communiste Libertaire AL #299 - UCL release,
      Brutal arrest in Nantes: stop the repression ! (fr, it,
      pt)[machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)


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Gach-saran ---- Gachsars attacked the oppressive forces just two nights across the country. We killed two and wounded many, but inflicted
major damage on riot agents and guards. We made them. ---- A group of twenty-seven, twenty-eight people were stripped naked in the aftermath
of the Lebanese neighborhood before people passed by. Several Kalashnikov guns, a firearm and a train of seven pepper and tear gas and
batons etc. fell into the hands of the people. Similar was not the case in Gachsaran even in the fifty-seven revolution. Kids in the
Eighties Melee. ---- Our only injuries were due to poor combat experience, which was not very evident. The system had never been so useless.
Unbelievable, you can't believe it, but the catch is terrible.
Shiraz
In Shiraz, we were injured when we ate gas. Blood on our eyes. My hands blistered to throw gases at them and my body was bruised from stone
and ceramic shot.

By the way

Behbahan was a fierce attack, with no casualties or injuries to its population.

https://asranarshism.com/1398/09/04/a-revolution-is-coming-6/

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On December 5, France began an indefinite strike against the neoliberal pension reform, which is being developed by the regime of President
Macron. The strike was announced by the country's largest unions and supported by the movement of "yellow vests". The country's economic
life is largely paralyzed. The question remains: are trade union bosses ready to go all the way or, as is most often the case, will betray a
protest? ---- December 5 in France was previously called "Black Thursday". The country has declared a nationwide strike against pension
reform, which the government is preparing. Traffic is almost paralyzed on the country's railways, as well as in Paris, where public
transport is on strike. Due to the teachers' strike, two-thirds of schools were closed. Power engineers, air traffic controllers and
hospitals are on strike. Protests are held by police and court staff. Across France, 245 demonstrations are announced. In Paris, increased
security measures were introduced due to fears of unrest.

The reason for the protest is the radical reform of the pension system promised by President Macron. Its essence is the transition from a
complex system of 42 different regimes to a universal pension system since 2025. The reform involves a change in the principle of accrual of
pensions and the transition to a system of pension points. If you maintain a retirement age of 62 years (the right to retire) to receive a
full pension (without deductions), the French will have to work at least 64 years. This age will increase so that the pension system remains
without a deficit. Work on the reform is being completed by the government, which is determined to push it through parliament in early 2020.

Different categories of workers have their own reasons for dissatisfaction with reform. So, teachers are afraid of reducing the size of
their pensions during the transition to new rules. Transport workers, for example, defend their special regime that allows them to retire early.

The main driving force behind the protest has traditionally been transporters, who have declared an indefinite strike. National Railways
Company SNCF announced that on December 5, traffic on high-speed TGV train lines would be only 10%. Only 20% of express trains will run on
regional lines. SNCF Directorate believes that rail traffic will be very difficult until December 12th.

An indefinite strike is also announced in the transport company of the Paris region RATP. Only two automatic lines continue normal
operation; the movement on most lines is completely stopped. Bus traffic is provided by only a third. The Directorate of Civil Aviation
announced the cancellation on Thursday of every fifth flight at French airports. Air France canceled 30% of domestic flights and 15% of
medium-haul flights.

In French schools, 55% of teachers went on strike, the Ministry of Education said. In Paris, 78% of the teaching staff stopped working. The
strike on Black Thursday was called on by the trade unions of power engineers, truck drivers and passenger buses. A strike has been declared
at state hospitals.

December 5, most French will have to get to work on their own

In Paris, a significant number of theaters are forced to cancel the performances scheduled for the evening. The main museums of the capital
announced the risk of complete or partial closure in connection with the strike. The management of the Louvre does not exclude that the
museum will open later than usual. The Orsay Museum allows the closure of all exhibits.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 245 demonstrations were announced throughout France on Thursday. Authorities said they fear
riots during protests. Minister of the Interior Christoph Castaner said the night before that the police had information about the readiness
of hundreds of activists of radical groups, as well as radicals from the yellow vest movement, to take part in the rallies. In Paris, the
main procession was scheduled from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. from the Vostochny train station through the Place de la République to Place de Nation.
By the decision of the capital prefecture, all shops, cafes and restaurants along the route of the protesters are closed until the evening.
6,000 police officers were mobilized to maintain order in Paris
(http://www.rfi.fr/ru/%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F/20191204-%D0%B2%D0%BE-%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8C-%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%89%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2-%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9-%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D1%8B)

The national strike announced on December 5 took on an unprecedented scale in many years in France. According to preliminary data, in the
middle of the day, half of the railway workers, teachers and power engineers stopped working on Black Thursday. In 50 cities of the country,
more than 800,000 (according to official figures) people took part in protests, including the main demonstration in Paris, where the main
museums and the Eiffel Tower closed. The strike, which practically paralyzed the railways and public transport of Paris, was extended.

Against the backdrop of large-scale protest mobilization, President Emmanuel Macron announced in the afternoon his "calm and determination
to reform the pension system." Its final "common architecture" will be announced next week after negotiations with unions are completed,
Macron said. Government spokeswoman Sibet Ndiay noted that there is still "room for maneuver" and refinement of the reform in these
negotiations. These statements were made against the background of incoming data on the scope of the strike movement and protest demonstrations.

The largest rally was in Paris, where protesters marched from the East Station to Place de la Nation. One of the leading French trade union
VKT counted 250,000 people in the capital's procession. Police data, as always, are significantly lower - 65,000 demonstrators. In the
evening, France-Presse agency summarized police data on the number of demonstrators who took to the streets of 50 French cities - 806,000
people. Authorities reported 33,000 protesters in Toulouse, 25,000 in Marseille, and 20,000 marches in Lyon, Montpellier, Bordeaux, and
Nantes. In a dozen other major cities, according to police, 10 to 15 thousand protesters took to the streets. Trade unions, as usual, call
more impressive figures. For example, in Marseille, VKT counted 150,000 participants in the procession (six times more than the police).

The most "harmless" consequence of the strike was the complete or partial closure of the main Parisian museums and monuments. On "black"
Thursday, access to the Eiffel Tower was closed, the Orsay Museum and the Palace of Versailles stopped working. In the Louvre, the center of
Pompidou, the Grand Palais does not have access to some rooms and displays. Transport National railway company SNCF reported a strike of
more than half of its employees (56%). 86% of train drivers and almost 60% of dispatchers stopped work. 90% of high-speed TGV trains and 80%
of regional express trains were canceled this Thursday. In the afternoon, the unions announced that it was decided to extend the strike on
the railways until Friday. For the second day in a row, only every tenth TGV train will enter the line, the movement of regional trains will
improve slightly. In Paris, where 10 of the 14 metro lines are closed and only a third of buses go on the routes, the strike was extended
until Monday, December 9th. This was reported by the unions of the transport company of the capital region RATP. On Friday, December 6, in
Paris 10 metro lines will still not work.

Among public servants, the highest mobilization of strikers was noted in French schools. Many of them are closed on December 5 due to a
strike by teachers. The Ministry of Education reported that more than half (51%) of teachers did not go to work in primary school. In high
school, 42% of teachers went on strike. Unions do not believe official data, estimating the number of strikers at 60-70%. According to
preliminary government data, every fifth out of the 5.5 million-strong army of French civil servants went on strike on Thursday.

The French energy company EDF reported that 44% of its workers are participating in the strike. Trade unions claim that more than 85% of
staff go on strike at nuclear and thermal power plants. Due to the strike, work was stopped at seven out of eight French refineries (
http://www.rfi.fr/ru/%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F/20191205-%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2-%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9-%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D1%8B-%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0-%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8E)

The protest rally, which began on Thursday, December 5, continued on Friday. At inter-union negotiations, the protest movement was decided
to continue, at least until Tuesday, December 10, a new mass demonstration is scheduled for this day.

After the success of December 5, when, according to the union's call, more than 800 thousand people across France (1.5 million according to
the organizers) joined the demonstrations, according to police estimates, it was decided at the inter-union negotiations to extend the
strike and hold a new day of mass demonstrations on Tuesday, December 10th.

Due to the demonstrations and the strike on December 5, revenue in the trade sector fell by an average of 30%. It is reported by AFP with
reference to the trade federation. The French Trade Union issued a communiqué on Friday expressing "serious concern," recalling that French
trade has been hit hard by the yellow vest movement over the past year.

Meanwhile, the strike continues on Friday. According to the French Railways Operator (SNCF), 90% of TGV high-speed trains and 70% of
regional express trains were canceled. In the capital, 10 out of 14 metro lines are still completely closed. Only one third of buses went on
the line. Traffic jams in the metropolitan area reached a record 347 km.

On a smaller scale, a strike continues in French schools. If on the first day of the protest more than half of the teachers joined the
action. Then on Friday, according to the Ministry of Education, there were no more than 10% of strikers. The intention to support the "long"
strike was announced on Friday by student unions
(http://www.rfi.fr/ru/%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F/20191206-%D0%B7%D0%B0-%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%BC-%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9-%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA-%D0%B2%D0%BE-%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BA%D1%83)

At the weekend, France remains paralyzed by protests. The public transport strike caused by the pension reform was supplemented by highway
shutdowns due to protests by transport companies against rising diesel prices. In addition, another protest rally is held on Saturday,
December 7, and the movement of "yellow vests".

In Paris this weekend, heavy interruptions in public transport are expected. According to the schedule, only 1 and 14 metro lines will run,
on which automatic trains run without drivers. The remaining branches will remain either fully or partially closed.

According to the statement of the capital's public transport operator, RATP, only buses will be on the line this weekend. More or less
regularly, Parisian trams will run this weekend. Only a few hours a day will commuter express trains (RER).

The company SNCF - the operator of the French railways - said on Saturday morning that it is planned to cancel from 85% to 90% of high-speed
trains TGV, regional and suburban trains throughout France. On the contrary, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation announced on Saturday
that it is not planned to cancel domestic and international flights this weekend.

Mobility difficulties will also be encountered by those who travel by car. The European Organization of Road Carriers is holding a rally in
France this Saturday against rising diesel prices. The blockade of motorways and the so-called "snail" operation will affect 11 regions of
the country.

Finally, the next "subbotnik" of "yellow vests" with the support of trade unions will be held on December 7 in different cities of France.
The largest demonstration should be expected in Paris. The procession will take place from the Ministry of Economy and Finance on the
embankment of Bercy to the Place de Versailles in the south-west of Paris
(http://www.rfi.fr/ru/%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F/20191207-%D0%B2-%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5-%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8C-%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9)
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The Yellow Vests organized a small march in Paris on December 5 in support of the strike. They staged a march in the center of the capital.
Having gathered in Clichy Square, activists began a procession along Clichy Boulevard to the east of the capital. The protesters were going
to reach the Vostochny train station at 2 pm, where they joined a mass demonstration against pension reform. The procession was guarded by
police, they did not interfere with the movement of protesters. "Yellow vests" pushed ahead of themselves a high installation based on the
picture "Freedom leading the people" - the inscription "This is not a strike, but a presidential collapse" flaunted below. Passing cars
greeted them with beeps ( https://ria.ru/20191205/1562006328.html )
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During the protests in connection with the strike, street battles with the police were noted. They passed, in particular, in Paris, Nantes,
Bordeaux and Rennes. Protesters smashed cans and cars, built burning barricades and fought with the gas police
(https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/france-riots-enter-day-two-21037345;
https://www.dw.com/en/france-police-and-protesters-clash-in-massive-strike-over-macrons-pension-reform/a-51538695).

FAN correspondent reports from Paris:

"I was at the beginning of the convoy. We already went through the entire Magenta Boulevard when I saw a bonfire at the last pillar in front
of Republic Square and burning wires inside it. Soon a young man came up and brought electric scooters, which are everywhere in Paris and
can be rented by paying online card. He put it in a fire, and then brought another bag of garbage to maintain fire. When the tires of the
scooter broke out, thick black smoke fell from them. Soon, a rented bicycle was also put in the fire. Then the same bonfires appeared at
other posts and the light Vor on the boulevard.

The police did not intervene and the youth began to storm the offices of banks. Interestingly, there were many shops whose shop windows were
not even protected by roller shutters or shields. There were cafes and restaurants that continued their work, but only banks attacked. The
door was knocked out at LCL Bank and everything was smashed inside, with pieces of furniture lying around until the morning. The first
letter in the name was half broken off at HSBC. Many glasses were shattered and anti-capitalist slogans painted walls, doors and windows of
absolutely all banking offices on the boulevard. Also, stands with advertising banking services were destroyed.

Then the police appeared and gas grenades flew. In response, protesters set fire to one of the offices.

I was twice at the protests of yellow vests, but now the confrontation was completely different. There, people were defenseless, since all
bags and backpacks were checked and all personal protective equipment was seized. Their march began at 12, I arrived at 6 and the police
were already cordoned off. In the procession against pension reform, police always appeared an hour before the start, when most people were
already in place and especially not zealous. If a person walked along the sidewalk, then his luggage was checked, and if on a bicycle path,
then most often he was not noticed.

As a result, the most active youth had respirators and they didn't fear tear gas. Moreover, they themselves could attack the police,
throwing them with flyers, firecrackers and stones.

Unlike yellow vest stocks, the police did not use rubber bullets here. As a result, it took her about an hour to ensure the arrival of the
fire engine on the boulevard in the fire area. It took another hour to oust everyone to the Republic Square. There, the police used gas so
massively that at times the huge statue of the Republic in the center of the square was not visible.

But the demonstrators were active. And for the first time I saw how the police were forced to retreat, bombarding it with brought objects
and boards found somewhere. Several bonfires were lit in the square, in which scooters and bicycles burned. Doctors were constantly running,
someone was assisted at the bus stop. The confrontation lasted several hours, after which the convoy moved further along Voltaire Boulevard.
On the way, the bank's office was again attacked, and the police again applied gas.

To the final destination of their route - Nacion Square - arrived at nine in the evening. It was already completely dark. Here, most of the
protesters dispersed, and a group of youth continued the battle with the police and burned down the pavilion. Most of them were detained. It
is still unknown how many people were detained by the police in the country and Paris. Representatives of the metropolitan police vaguely
report that "there are about a hundred of them"
"(https://riafan.ru/1232825-ulichnye-boi-v-parizhe-i-ikh-posledstviya-glazami-ochevidca-kolonka-vladimira-tulina)
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The number of detainees during the protest rally in Paris reached 90 people, the prefecture of the police said. In addition, there are
victims. protesters began to beat shop windows, to throw firecrackers and explosive packets at the police, in response the police used tear gas.

The protesters set fire to the tires, the square and neighboring streets were shrouded in smoke and tear gas.
Several tens of thousands of people scattered along the neighboring streets, virtually paralyzing automobile traffic. Passersby are trying
to provide each other with medical care.
According to BFMTV, the protests in Nantes and Bordeaux were accompanied by riots and clashes with the police, law enforcement agencies used
tear gas ( https://ria.ru/20191205/1562032970.html )

https://aitrus.info/node/5375

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In Chile, in the face of popular revolt, the government sends its police and there are already several deaths and serious injuries. ---- In
Chile, in the face of popular revolt, the government sends its police and there are already several deaths and serious injuries. Women are
particularly targeted, and sexual violence is part of the panoply of repression. Three of them were even murdered by "  death squads  "
reminiscent of Pinochet's time. But this police crime is not only Chilean, it is international. ---- It is the violence of the state,
watchdog of capitalism, which protects its masters. In France, after a year of mobilization of yellow vests, the police are unleashed
publicly and everyone has understood that it is not about "  overflows  " or "  clashes  " - or so little. This is the current order of
things: no ear should go beyond ! In this sense, this police violence prolongs that of the work which, through its administration, its
governance, its management, brutes, mutilates and kills.

Capitalism only holds by the fear it distils. This fear, we must fight it. The upcoming mobilizations are worrying the power and it is safe
to say that it will put everything on its police and its media relays that, in the course of refreshing speeches, will try to separate " the
breakers  " of "  good demonstrators  ". Faced with this, and apart from tactical disagreements that should not be used as a pretext for
division, we must stand up and ensure a flawless class solidarity.

UCL, November 26, 2019

https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Edito

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The last two of our four members' conciliation hearings against Deliveroo took place today. The result: fighting back against unfair working
conditions pays off - whether in the workplaces, the streets or in the courts. ---- Deliveroo had previously offered workers a so-called
"goodwill payment" in August after making the entire workforce redundant with almost no notice. The hearings ended in three settlements,
where each of the three workers received up to seven times the payment originally offered by the company. However, the company has the right
to withdraw these offers within two weeks. ---- The fourth rider rejected the settlement of over € 4,000, as this was far below what he
considers a reasonable severance payment, having faced multiple hardships arising from his employment conditions. We'll continue to fight
for his right to be recognised as a fully employed worker and not a self-employed contractor. Next, he will have his first court case to
push for his employee status to be recognised by the court. If the case is won, it could have a positive effect for other "self-employed"
workers nationwide.

Outside the court, the FAU held a rally in solidarity with the riders. Here's the speech from Akseli, an ex-Deliveroo-rider.

https://deliverunion.fau.org/2019/10/07/625/

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Self-organization, direct action, solidarity interpro, but also conviviality ... To a certain extent, the yellow vests spontaneously found
what made the strength of the syndicalism of the origins. It should not be left without a future. ---- February 2016, the petition "  It's
better than that  " launched on social networks makes the buzz and finally breaks with the lethargy ambient ; a date of mobilization, March
9, out of this initiative, is growing so that unions CGT, Solidaires and FO cling. ---- The movement against the Labor law is launched, it
will last four months. This is new in France for a long time, a social movement of magnitude emerges on a question directly related to the
work outside the union structures, even if they have quickly seized it. In several cities, the Nuits debout that will follow will offer a
framework of mobilization to people far removed from unionism and will give a new character to this social protest.

November 2018, the movement of yellow vests confirms this trend and digs the furrow ; he was born and then first developed completely
outside the unions.

The successive defeats of trade unionism in the face of massive social confrontations and its difficulty in reaching an ever larger part of
the wage-earners, the precarious and the employees of small enterprises in the first place, certainly explain these atypical forms of
mobilization.

We analyze these emergences as answers to an ever more degraded social situation in which trade unionism, because it is powerless to oppose
it, is less and less considered as a perspective. We therefore think it is likely that in the future these situations will be repeated.
Should trade unionism be considered an inefficient and outdated tool ?

Libertarians, we are for a radical change of society. For us, it will necessarily pass through a control of production by the population,
which is essential if we want to break with capitalism. As such, because it remains the most important means of regrouping the exploited in
their workplace and that it allows to act on the class antagonisms, still with victories on small scales, we think trade unionism remains a
tool that may be relevant. But, for it to remain useful and interesting, we think it is essential and urgent to question the shortcomings of
syndicalism to modify it and to (re) make it a tool for moving towards the emancipation of the exploited.

The following lines are a contribution of libertarian syndicalists to this reflection and not an analysis of union links / yellow vests.

Accept the situation, be open
It seems to us first of all that trade unionists must take note of this state of affairs: for good and / or bad reasons, unionism is not,
for many exploited, the indispensable and obvious structure of struggle. And this, even if the defended claims are close or convergent. The
reflex that is too often present in trade union structures to see indifference or hostility first and foremost is that external struggle
initiatives must be undermined.

The attitude of many departmental or local unions of the CGT is often quite caricatured from this point of view, the movement of yellow
vests has again illustrated. This reflex prevails among trade unionists in general.

Yet, the balance must be done ; on global conflicts, trade unionism has lost all the battles since 1995. The withdrawal of Villepin's
government on the CPE in 2006 was obtained thanks to a joint struggle youth student-unions [1]. What push to modesty and especially to
understand that, despite its inescapable place by its ability to mobilize, unionism can not win alone.

 From this must flow, in our opinion, an open attitude towards parasyndical initiatives, different collectives, coordinations, etc. as soon
as they have the potential to place themselves on class ground. The depoliticization, the attenuation of class consciousness and the
mistrust of those who have made the choice to organize do not facilitate this "  state of mind  ", the beginning of the movement of yellow
vests has also shown [2].

But these links must be made, the militant experiences must be put at the service of this arduous work. Moreover, trade unionists have
largely contributed to weave these links in 2016 or with yellow vests, sometimes with the support of their structures, too often in
isolation ... Syndicalism, when it has the objective, has a privileged place to bind together those who are struggling and certainly has
everything to gain by doing so.

Find the gnaque
The movement of yellow vests marked by its modes of action. Blockades of roundabouts and first-week roads have actually hindered economic
flows in certain geographic areas. By freeing highways tolls, by conducting visible demonstrations that disrupt the conduct of business in
the city, yellow jackets have assumed the power struggle against the power with great determination. They have shown that, even at
relatively few and many, one can hinder power.

The balance of power and determination are precisely the essential elements of trade unionism, too often stuck in ambiguous links with
institutions. The time is over when the government let go of the ballast if it judged a social movement potentially threatening for him. In
addition to public opinion movements putting many people on the street, trade unionism must urgently reconnect with the construction of
confrontational movements with power by employing the historical methods of the labor movement (hard strikes, blockades, sabotage, boycotts,
etc.). which enabled us to snatch the main social conquests.

Easier said than done, it's true.

This makes it necessary to consider seriously the launching of a strike, to prepare it well in advance, building with the workers the
demands that they will defend with determination. Reinventing strike banks and interprofessional solidarities. The ritual and losing
strikes, the events that go unnoticed, discourage even the most convinced activists.

Now, simple things can be done without necessarily being on the riot model. For example, what prevents, if not the political will, to split
in three a trade union event of 3,000 people to block strategic locations of a city ?

To have a greater reach, these reflexes to resume must come first trade unionists. He is often opposed to the supposed passivity of the
participants in the actions. Again, the movement of yellow vests has at least partially denied this, as is the support by many of the " head
processions  ". And this determination to fight to win seems to be expanding in recent times and can be seen in different fields of union
action.

Who would have thought that secondary school teachers, who had accustomed us to a degree of docility, would boycott on a large scale the
supervision of the baccalaureate on June 17, 2019 [3]and that the profession would support the "  disobedient  " ?

To keep it attractive, we believe that trade unionism must resume this culture of combativeness. We must anchor our practices first in the
balance of power before running behind a social dialogue with which capitalism is only marginally in need of embarrassment.

Have a structured phase
During this year 2019, yellow vests organized in AG have made living class solidarity by supporting various struggles in the Post Office,
hospitals, especially in the National Education. Paradoxically, they were often in greater numbers than trade unionists in other sectors.
The Confederate trade unions are nevertheless structured around this concern, but it remains too often superficial and the preserve of a few
permanent ones.

It is necessary to revitalize this interprofessional link by passing on information on the struggles of other sectors and by applying a
direct solidarity (presence on pickets, information to relay and popularization of the struggles, logistical and financial support, press
contacts, etc.). .

In the same way, we must strive to revitalize local structures (UL, UD) or to invent new ones ; Like the roundabouts of yellow vests, they
can be thought of in user-friendly dimensions that can revive the class belonging and solidarity of the exploited of the same geographical area.

There is also a huge challenge to encourage the creation of sectoral unions and no longer a business in order to respond to changes in the
wage system. Small businesses are the majority, the mobility of employees, precarious or not, very important. In these circumstances, it is
difficult to support a company union with few employees subject to the repeated departures of its members. A sector union helps to maintain
continuity, to number, to collectivize experiences and to promote mutual assistance.

Trade unionism must make its revolution in the fields of unionization. It must be structurally able to organize precarious workers as
self-employed workers. The precarious, if they and they are destined to stay in the same professional field, must be able to remain in the
same union, regardless of their periods without employment (the issue of sector unions is also operative).

For those who juggle between different sectors of activity, unemployed and precarious unions must be favored and benefit from true
interprofessional solidarity. This concern must be central among trade unionists, it is favored when the precarious unionize and militate,
embodying concretely their status within the unions. Let us remember that, especially through labor grants, trade unionism has been built on
the precariat [4]!

Finally, we point out, without addressing it here, the question of the unity of struggle syndicalism which, in a context of the push of
co-managerial unions, seems unavoidable.

Want to change society
Many people have joined the movement of yellow vests on political issues: unequal distribution of wealth, rejection of the political class,
search for a truly democratic form of organization, environmental issues, etc.

The combined weight of corporatism on the one hand, left and extreme left parties on the other hand, confined unionism to immediate demands.
Global issues have been delegated to politicians. The carelessness of these makes this scheme inoperative at the same time that it
discredits those who wear them, and therefore the unions. To be attractive and credible, trade unionism must reclaim the political question
and no longer outsource it to politicians and the state.

For us, unionism must be conceived as a tool that combines improvements in the daily lives of workers (immediate demands) and the goal of
revolutionary transformation of society by and for the exploited. Without making it an exclusive and invasive concern, we think it is
important to reintegrate our unions with this revolutionary dimension.

Return to the sources, rebuild !
Openness and solidarity with the self-organized forms of struggle that exploits give to themselves, mistrust of institutions and the balance
of power assumed against them, the importance of inter-professional solidarities, structuring adapted to new forms of work organization, an
affirmed desire to break with capitalism and the state to self-manage society, all of which we believe are necessary to develop within the
trade union structures. All these ideas are not new, they are constitutive of the syndicalism of the origins, syndicalism when it had its
revolutionary dimension.

The era requires, in our opinion, this return to the sources and can meet a real echo, the movement of yellow vests can be understood as
symptomatic of these aspirations more or less diffuse. Against us, first of all, the increasingly fierce repression of the employers and the
state, and the resignation of the greatest number ; but also the vertical, authoritarian and bureaucratic workings within our union
structures, the pitfalls of integration and co-management and those who want to make the union the transmission belt of their parties.

The task is ample, the adversities numerous. But this is the job to be done if we do not want to make a clean sweep of the sacrifices of our
old and old, and their social conquests, if we want to give a future to the unionism of struggle and especially if we want an emancipatory
society.

Commission world of work and trade unionism of UCL Montpellier

[1] See " CPE: For union leadership, the parenthesis is finally closed ", Alternative libertarian , June 2006.

[2] " Syndicates: I love you, me either ", Libertarian Alternative , January 2019.

[3] " Baccalaureate 2019: strike with mention ", Libertarian Alternative , September 2019.

[4] " With Francine, Souleymane and Leila, precarious and trade unionists ", Alternative Libertaire , November 2018.

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Whatever the scale of the mobilization of December 5, we must now ask the question of the consequences not to find themselves dangling in
the face of events. ---- As early as December 5, the movement against the Delevoye pension reform project will be off to a flying start at
SNCF and RATP. On the civil servant side, mobilization will also be very strong in the sectors most affected by the reform, particularly in
education, but renewal is not yet on the agenda. ---- In the private sector, the strike calls that are flourishing in certain regions or
companies also point to a high level of mobilization. But the battle of retreats will not be played only on December 5 and the following
days will be decisive for the rest of the movement. In any political situation, the main challenge is not to undergo the events but rather
to anticipate them to adapt and propose actions in phase with reality.

Several scenarios can already be envisaged, since the most depressing (a strike finally disappointing on December 5 with a mobilization that
struggles to continue, including the SNCF or the RATP) to the most exciting: a strike exceptional scale as of December 5, which is prolonged
and generalized, thus opening new horizons).

Inform and mobilize
In the worst case scenario, we must not lose sight of the fact that the fight will not stop there anyway and that the government is not
ready to pass the bill it has been keeping up to now. The drawers. A weak mobilization will not be a good signal but will have to resonate
as an encouragement to continue the patient work of information, discussion and incitement to action. For, even though the polls show a
majority support for the strike, especially among workers, employees and public sector employees, there is always a step to be taken between
the passive disagreement and the challenge. active [1].

Pushing workers to take that step is the main task of activists in all professional sectors. What must be avoided is a "  proxy  " strike
that relies solely on transport. This includes workshops or service tours, speaking in the canteen or during breaks, meetings at workplaces
or for the general population, general meetings where possible, collages of posters or distribution of leaflets in mailboxes. In short, do
not skimp on ways that Macron has good reason to continue to be afraid.

Do not dodge organizational issues
If the mobilization proves very successful on December 5th, it will not be necessary to feel pushing wings because a day of isolated strike
can not be enough to tip the balance of power. To win, the strike must be prolonged and developed. And for that, the strikers must be able
to meet to discuss, debate and decide. Here again, this supposes to have anticipated to allow the strikers to gather locally in general
meetings and to pose clearly the stakes during the discussions: do we want to stop there where do we want to push the advantage ? If we want
to continue, it is essential to have tools to organize the following: where will we meet tomorrow and how are we going to go? What actions
will be taken to secure the solidarity of the population (which can go through a strike fund, by studying the issue well [2]), to occupy the
ground and make the strike visible in the public space, to extend it to other sectors ? How to link the different professional sectors in
struggle ? Finally, who will organize all this: an inter-union or an ad hoc strike committee reporting to strikers ? - as many questions as
activists must ask themselves.

These questions may seem obvious, but it has been a long time since we have had to ask them and we should not let a lack of anticipation
give the advantage to the camp opposite, because we will not miss political opponents in this battle: from the bosses, who will doubtless
hesitate between the unconditional support for Macron, their ideological champion, and the preservation of their economic interests, to the
tenors of the extreme right, who know all too well what they have to lose if social issues relegate their racist and xenophobic
preoccupations to the background.

Audacity, yet daring
Suffice to say right now: if the strike blew up the counter, it will not have to be paralyzed but on the contrary be bold enough not to stop
at the issue of pensions. Retreats is the battlefield chosen by Macron to confront the labor movement. If he recoils, we will have to go
further and go on the offensive: regain the nibbled rights, conquer new rights and ask the question of the transformation of society as a
whole, as we also invite the anti-racist and feminist mobilizations .

Everyone will not agree with that and it is up to the revolutionaries to prove that we can not sustainably improve our living conditions
without breaking with capitalism. All the counter-powers that we are trying to develop today to defeat Macron must serve, tomorrow, to draw
another horizon, rid of exploitation and the race for profit. That's it, our project.

Benjamin Bakin (UCL North East Paris)

Precariousness kills
On November 8, A., a 22-year-old student set himself on fire in front of the Crous building in Lyon. In economic distress, this activist of
Solidaires-Études had lost his scholarship and his home. And even when he still had his purse, he wrote in his farewell letter, " 450 euros
a month, is it enough to live? While he was hospitalized, between life and death, fifty rallies were organized by his union throughout the
country, to denounce the student precariousness but also, more generally, all of them.

The government, for its part, has repeatedly refuted the political and social dimension of this tragedy, preferring to condemn the "
violence " against the grids of the ministry or the canceled conference of François Hollande, while the farewell letter of AT. named him
among those responsible for the rise of insecurity, with Macron and Sarkozy. Committing his comrades to continue the struggle, A. concluded
his letter with these words: " Long live socialism, long live self-management, long live the Secu. ". Let us try to live up to his call.

[1] BVA poll from 13 to 14 November for La Tribune , RTL and Orange.

[2] See " Tactics of struggle: For or against strike funds?», Libertarian Alternative n ° 281 (March 2018)

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While the state wants to become a minority in the capital of the Post Office, a limited company since 2010, half of the post offices have
already closed, strikes are triggered again in numbers, and suffering at work soaring, awakening the spectrum of suicides at France Telecom.
---- The trial of the violence at France Telecom - known as the "  Lombard trial  " - not only shed light on the strategy of managerial
abuse that led to a wave of suicides in the 2000s in this now renamed company Orange. It has also had repercussions, with the publication on
France 2 of a Special Envoy's investigation into the crisis that is brewing at the Post Office, and which draws on the same sources:
programmed end of the public service, pressure on the staff, poorly sized work, overtaking schedules, feeling sloppy work ...

The first stones of the crisis were already raised since the opening of the capital to private investors, in 2010. If the social climate was
not good, the transformation into a public limited company then the prospect of the rise of the Caisse des dépôts and recordings (CDC) in
the capital, have accentuated the authoritarian nature of the management, to make pass fundamental changes.

The first major post-  privatization social crisis  erupted in 2012. A wave of suicides was first mediated  [1]. Faced with the surge in the
press, the CEO, Jean-Paul Bailly, had drawn a "  Kaspar commission  " (named after the former Secretary General of the CFDT, who led the
confederation to class collaboration). It had mostly served to hide the dust under the carpet.

But the Post has also relied on unions to try to extinguish fire in the company. Thus in 2015, it signed with all the unions, except SUD and
CGT, a pompously titled "  A future for every postman  ". And in 2017, she pulled out of her sleeve a deal specifically for letter carriers.

The state, a boss like the others
La Poste is now a multinational company located on every continent, with several hundred subsidiaries abroad, and yet it continues to look
after the image of the good-natured Epinal or kind mailman.

Already the postman, with a smartphone and recognized "  trusted third party  " could enter private homes to take certified photos of
damaged cars, water damage, road problems or see if the elderly are doing well ... Now he can carry meal trays to the elderly, set up a
certified digital identity, etc. In post offices, tablets for seniors are sold. Everything is good for taking market share and encroaching
on other utilities ...

The suppression of jobs, the repression of trade unions, the decline of the public postal service and therefore of the social bond, whether
in working-class neighborhoods or in rural areas shows, oh how much, the integration by the State of the capitalist doxa. .

The repression tries to silence any dispute. We remember the sending of the RAID against strikers occupying a sorting center in 2003, for
example. For two or three years this repression has evolved, methodically targeting trade unionists, for simple words, or intervention ( "
intrusion  " ) in institutions. Traditionally, justice is on the side of the boss, unlike the Labor Inspectorate, whose decisions are
unfortunately often overturned by the Ministry of Labor (whether UMP, PS or LRM). La Poste also knows how to use the police and penal
channel to put pressure on the fight unionism.

The social situation of the company has become catastrophic. Beyond the Special Envoy survey , the reaction of many employees on social
networks shows their discomfort. This is primarily the result of understaffing, with 5,000 to 7,000 job cuts per year - and peaks at 10,000
in some years. Over ten years, the 100,000 mark could be crossed, which would make a drop of one third of the workforce. More than half of
full-function post offices [2]have been replaced by post offices  in supermarkets, for example.

For socialization and self-management
Successive attacks have transformed the Post Office into one more service business in the capitalist field. By accepting the passage of the
CDC as the majority shareholder of La Poste, with 66  % of the capital, the State intends to relieve itself of a whole lot of public service
missions that were devolved to it, especially in rural areas, through the houses of services to the public (MSAP, soon renamed Maisons
France service).

Faced with this offensive, it is necessary to return the post office to users, users and employees. While most elected officials and the
government are sacrificing public service and postal presence on the altar of capitalism, it is up to the public, postal workers and postal
workers to decide on the future of this essential public service. the social connection.

Resistance is already taking place everywhere, in France and overseas, in all areas of the Post Office  [3]. Strikes, especially among
letter carriers, are breaking out in many departments ; Municipalities and user committees are grouping together to obtain the maintenance
of post offices. Against the backdrop of the campaign for a referendum on the privatization of ADP, and the struggle for pensions, the
mobilization for the future of the Post Office, postal workers and postal workers must not falter.

Hugo (UCL Orleans)

Chronopost: revolt of undocumented workers
On October 11, the undocumented workers of Chronopost in Alfortville (94) began their fourth month of strikes. The Collective of
undocumented workers of Vitry-sur-Seine (CTSPV) and trade unionists of Solidaires du Val-de-Marne play a leading role in this fight
supported by the SUD-PTT federation. But four months is very long.

Chronopost still refuses to give in to their request for regularization and hiring, denying all responsibility and discarding itself on the
subcontractors. Why this stubbornness, while the strikes of undocumented in a dozen companies in Île-de-France, in October, quickly resulted
in regularization ? Recall that the State is - still - majority shareholder of the Post.

At a time when Macron wants to impose a nauseating debate on immigration and immigration quotas, this intransigence is probably not surprising !

To give the strike fund:

" Undocumented Chronopost!»On Lepotsolidaire.fr

[1] "  La Poste: Management by terror kills ... and stirs up anger  ", Alternative Libertaire , December 2018.

[2] That is, offering the full range of services, including banking.

[3] "  La Poste: Strike virus against understaffing  ", Libertarian Alternative , February 2018.

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More than 12,000 protesters walked to the Greek Parliament to mark the 11th anniversary of the death of young anarchist Alexis
Grigoropoulos, who was gunned down by police. On the way, covered-faced protesters threw stones and pieces of wood at windows of banks and
shops in the center of the Greek capital.
Traffic was prohibited on the main avenues and squares. Five thousand police were assigned to accompany the demonstration. In Exarchia, at
the end of the protest, anarchists clashed with security forces. Different acts left 30 people detained.
Grigoropoulos's death, then 15 years old, took place on December 6, 2008 in Athens. The fact sparked a series of protests in various cities
across the country. In Greece there was already a previous discontent with the authorities over the worsening economic scenario.
anarchist news agency-ana

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Message: 9






This Saturday, December 7 in Nantes, again the choice of repression was made. Faced with the growing repression of trade union and political
activists, our solidarity must remain flawless. ---- This Saturday, December 7 in Nantes, again the choice of repression was made. At the
beginning of the afternoon, when a feminist procession was preparing to find the rest of the demonstration, a woman was brutally arrested.
---- A few dozen protesters were indignant at this free inquiry and demanded the release of the comrade, without any violence. ---- The
police then loaded and clubbed our wounded group with 2 activists at the head and calling one of our comrades. The latter is currently still
in custody. ---- We demand his immediate release and no pursuit !
Faced with the growing repression of trade union and political activists, our solidarity must remain flawless. A rally in front of the
police station in Nantes is underway at the call of Union syndicale solidaires.

Libertarian Communist Union, Saturday, December 7th, 2019

Nantes, December 2018
cc At the glass photographer's eye

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