Today's Topics:
1. France, Union Communiste Libertaire UCL Narseille - SNCF:
More than 45 days of strike and an intact determination! (fr, it,
pt)[machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
2. Germany, die plattform: Position: Old age poverty affects
EVERYONE! (ca, it, pt, de) [machine translation]
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
3. alas barricadas: [SEV] XI Anarchist Book Fair, prior
invitation (ca) [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
4. Czech, AFED: A3: The world only for the healthy and rich?
[machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
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Message: 1
A month and a half after the start of the renewable strike against the points retirement plan, the railway workers and railway workers are
not disarming. Even if the strike started on December 5 has been largely eroded at the SNCF, nothing predicts an end to a rapid conflict ...
and the SNCF strikers intend to take part in the mobilization to the end! ---- A strike without any truce ---- For almost a month, the
government and the union leaderships of the CFDT and the UNSA have announced the imminent end of the mobilization, but the mobilization has
continued, thwarting all demining and division attempts (sectoral measures, report pivotal age...) ---- This strike, which started with a
very large number of strikers, lost its vitality over the weeks but became again the majority during the day of interprofessional
mobilization on January 9, on the 36th day of strike, this is proof his inking and the determination of the strikers.
It is also the (re) discovery that when the mobilization is in the majority it is possible to really block production despite the obstacles
to the right to strike.[1]
A real inter-professional mobilization ... but not widespread
The general strike of January 9 was eagerly awaited by the railway workers on strike, and if this date was not the starting point for a
general conflagration, all the general assemblies of strikers noted a real investment many professional sectors and visibility of the strike
and blockages in many professional sectors.
If the length of the conflict, and the corresponding deductions of wages, make it difficult to envisage a massive remobilization of the
strike renewable at the SNCF, the tone of the last general assemblies looked nothing like an end of mobilization.
The almost daily interprofessional actions, opinion polls favorable to the strikers, the voluntarism of many union teams who remain on
strike and continue the mobilization work suggest a strong mobilization on the occasion of January 24, at opportunity of the Council of
Ministers which will examine the bill.
This unprecedented movement has already made it possible, through its visibility and its duration, to occupy the political field and to
corner the government. Despite the lack of union establishments and the fighting spirit of many union structures, the many links woven
locally at the inter-professional level could make it possible to boost union action in many territories.
The inter-professional mobilization started on December 5 is therefore not over, and whatever forms it takes in the weeks to come, railway
workers will continue to take their place!
The Rail Unleashed, January 21, 2020
[1]This had not happened to SNCF since the strike of 2007 (meanwhile the law on "continuity of public service" required many categories of
staff to declare their intention to strike 48 hours in advance what which allows the company to reassign non-strikers to run as many trains
as possible).
https://ucl-marseille.frama.site/blog/sncf-plus-de-45-jours-de-greve-et-une-determination-intacte
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Message: 2
On January 24th, 2020 there will be protests in many cities under the motto "Fridays against poverty in old age". There is strong evidence
that at least parts of it are being exploited by rights to occupy the subject. The appropriation of the name and logo of the "Fridays for
Future" climate movement also suggests that environmental and social issues should be played off against each other. ---- The fight against
old-age poverty and the socially unjust pension system has been waged for decades. It is supported by committed pensioners, left-wing
activists and unions. If more people discover the topic for themselves now, that would be very welcome; but not if they can be persuaded by
the AfD and Co. to step further down - instead of rising up.
In order to understand the current situation of old-age poverty (more than 2.4 million people in Germany are at risk), we have to take a
look back at the red-green federal government (1998 - 2005). As part of its notorious Agenda 2010 policy, this government - with the kind
support of the FDP and CDU / CSU - under Chancellor Schröder fundamentally "reformed" the pension system and shaped it into today's
"three-pillar model". These pillars are: 1. - the statutory pension (pay-as-you-go) 2. - the company pension (various models) and 3. - the
private pension (eg Riester - funded). The statutory pension dominated before red-green.
In a neoliberal manner, in favor of capital and to help the "lame duck" (or "the weak man of Europe") to get Germany back on its feet
economically, the "legal pillar" was tightened to strengthen the "private pillar". In summary: The added value that companies had through
social security contributions was brought back to capital on the one hand by lowering them and on the other hand by subsidizing the private
pension and thus the insurance industry. The contribution is not made in favor of pensioners, but in favor of capital. The whole thing
happened under the guise of "personal responsibility" and "more net of gross".
Liberals, conservatives and the extreme right, so FDP , CDU / CSUand AfD still hold on to the neoliberal dogma described by the logic of
capital today: first the economy, then sometime the human being. In the AfD there is even a constantly postponed debate about who may be
anti-social: the openly new (old) Nazis around the ethnic "wing" (which Gauland says is the center of the party) or the neoliberal wing
around Weidel, Meuthen and Co Some mix up a few stolen, left-wing ideas for social appearances with the racist basis of excluding large
parts of the population from the statutory pension and massively extending their working life for everyone. The others want to exacerbate
the existing dogma in favor of business and private insurance. So they do not provide any solutions, they only underline their misanthropy!
In the meantime, basic security has been introduced to "cushion" the statutory pension that is no longer secure. These are available for
retirees who, firstly, cannot claim more than the "incredible wealth" of 5000 euros and secondly receive a pension that is below the Hartz4
rate. The basic security is supposed to guarantee the maintenance of the subsistence minimum, whereby we all know that systematic social
exclusion and worse (eg illness) take place here.
People should serve their entire lives in the form of wage labor or as unemployed in the lawless "reserve army" of capital, and whoever does
not succeed is of no value. Those on the "job market" (what a miserable embellishment for the degradation of people to goods), for whatever
reason, who have not been able to sell themselves expensively, are poor not only before but also after retirement!
The Social Democrats, who cannot do anything for the current situation, are now coming around the corner with a basic pension that speaks
the word for the classic Calvinist work ethic. 35 years must be exploited (or for an even lower basic pension at least 33 years, with fewer
working years there is no basic pension) to land a few euros above the basic security. Bad enough that the SPDbetrayed the workers, and they
shit on the poor with all their hearts. The creed of politics seems to be: the poor belong to the margins of society, they are pushed to die
from the eyes of the "functioning"! In the meantime, companies are developing slogans such as "Pledge belongs next to it" and districts in
cities are turning beer crates into rubbish bins - pensioners shouldn't have to dig in the dirt if they already live in the dirt!
As I said, this topic has been on the agenda regularly for decades. The problem is repeatedly mentioned from the left. And "problematic" is
by far a trivialization.
One of the often mentioned alternatives (reminiscent of the systems in the Netherlands or - still - Austria) is the so-called "citizen
insurance". The entire population is supposed to pay in, with social contributions on the gross and in addition the whole is supported by
taxes. One possibility here is to introduce a minimum pension of, for example, 1500 euros and a maximum pension of, say, 2500 euros. This
would be a classic - previously we would have called it social democratic politics - redistribution from top to bottom. Clear that capital
and especially the insurance industry are crying out here. In addition, this alternative of the present takes away something very crucial,
namely pressure and fear in the class of wage earners. This pressure and fear are the lubricant of the job market.
Furthermore, as mentioned, this possibility deprives capital of profit. And that leads to a disadvantage for German capital in the
competition for and in the world market. From an economic perspective, poor pensioners don't care. But poor pensioners who demand and
maintain social solidarity are a danger!
Exactly on this knowledge was created under red-green, quote Gerhard Schröder: "the largest low-wage sector in all of Europe ..." - yes, you
have it, you assholes.
The "lame duck" can waddle again, built on the lifetime of millions of wage slaves, to whom old-age poverty will wave in the future and tell
them in the face: you are goods - not human!
What is still waving from the future, however, is climate change, which is also produced by the economy without any consideration, and which
will particularly affect the poor and the elderly.
If we want change here, we can argue for a long time about the right "system" in wrong capitalism. But it is more important to finally shift
the pressure and fear from people to the rulers. This pressure has to come from the street, it has to be ecological and anti-fascist -
because everyone has to fight for the "good pension" and the right to the future!
With angry greetings - your platform!
dieplattform.org/2020/01/23/standpunkt-altersarmut-geht-uns-alle-an
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Message: 3
The XI edition of the Anarchist Book Fair in Seville is already underway. We are about to close the program, and as every year we would like
to make a special invitation to the districts, publishers and bookstores, both those who have already accompanied us in previous editions
and those who want to do it this year for the first time. ---- The fair will be held on 27, 28 and 29 as March in Seville, in the spaces
Tramallol and Lanònima (Pasaje Mallol 22) . On the 26th there is an activity but in another space, without distris. ---- We have a limited
space, so we need you to communicate your interest in attending. ---- And if possible, we would also like you to clarify a series of issues
in order to make the organizational work a little easier:
- The first thing is to know if you have accommodation in the city (so we can prioritize people who do not have accommodation options) or on
the contrary we would have to provide it.
- If so , how many people would they be? how long? It would also be good if you tell us if you are accompanied by an animal , since with a
pet it is very difficult to stay.
- The second, if you have a table or board to place the material or need one. If so , what size?
- It does not hurt if you bring flexos or points of light nearby , in Tramallol there is overhead light but in the evening night a spot of
light is appreciated near the tables.
We await your response and above all we hope to see you here.
Health and freedom.
Related Links / Source:
http://feriaanarquistasevilla.org/
http://alasbarricadas.org/noticias/node/42905
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Message: 4
How do ODS cadres want to trim the rights of the weakest within their ideological line? Download, print and distribute the January issue of
the A3 wall paper! ---- A fire broke out at the mental institution in Vejprty in the Ore Mountains, which killed eight of the 35 people who
lived in the building. The inmates reportedly can afford everything, even to move freely - the mayor of Gavdun, as explained in the Third
Reich's handbook, explained the reason for the tragedy. He speaks of the inmates in modern newspapers as clients and the institution as a
home. "It would be necessary to focus on the fact that such benevolence towards people who are mentally from six to twelve years should not
be," added eugenicist from ODS. The media then supported her, citing it endlessly that clients even smoked in the toilets (who had ever seen
it?), And why, at all, why did the firemen not come from the German side of the village? And the mayor is also suggesting a system solution:
"When she met with Prime Minister Andrej Babiš,
So she's either a program racist, or she's completely stupid. In general, institutions for the mentally disabled are considered to be the
last relic of practice based on the theory of racial purity. They began to systematically set up on the basis of "scientific" racism, so
that these stigmatized people could be isolated from the "full-fledged" part of society. In our country, the operation of these institutions
today, of course, is tempting for forty years of communist dictatorship, which did not seek to integrate the mentally disabled into society
(but at least officially described them as "defective" with cruel sincerity). But after thirty years of capitalism, in addition to racial
segregation, there will be a call for an even more rigorous - legitimate - division of people into those who have the right to a free and
dignified life and those who have to spend their lives chain in a cage.
The stereotypical argument of the mayor, who apparently wanted to draw attention to the personal immaturity of the inmates of the Institute,
may be added only that these people are often at least emotionally mature more than she, but with its approach difficult to understand, even
if higher intelligence. Otherwise, it would rather appeal that when the institute has to be in operation, it should be provided with
sufficient care, and not the wage and numerically undervalued routine supervision activity. She could afford to say that, even if it is from
the ODS, if she knew that in countries where the institutions for the mentally disabled were even completely abolished and where such people
were provided with the necessary care to live freely, the economic benefits of the solution .
The quality of a company can be recognized by its care for its weakest. But such an approach does not fit in with the ideological formula of
the right-wingers who were driving the so-called economic transformation, whose goal was to open social scissors properly and create almost
a new economic elite that is allowed all night. Thus, for example, they created Babiš, who decided that it was not in his interest to feed
snacks from the then allied political parties and that he would rather grow and keep his own in the political division of his corporation.
It is no secret that the ODS has always promoted the asocial form of social relations, where the winners are the strongest (understand the
most unscrupulous) and others must submit to their will. The protection of the weak was portrayed as something unacceptable on the way to
shining capitalist tomorrows. After all, it was the "founder father" of this party, Václav Klaus the Elder, who promoted the motto that
money is only in the first place. Not surprisingly, on the side of ordinary people, more and more individuals and whole families are falling
into poverty and the executor of the existing order is the proclamator. Not surprisingly, people who should receive qualified assistance
often end up on the street to be annoyed by connoisseurs in city centers and driven them out of sight of the Pechkin's paradise.
Ideological propaganda appears to us in the image of happy, wealthy and healthy people on the advertising boards. But society is not only
composed of the healthy and the rich. There are even people who cannot live without help. This is often provided by the nearest, and if they
are not or are unable to do so, then poorly paid and insufficiently staffed by various health and social services.
Let us not allow the right-wing socialists to use a tragedy like the one in Vejprty to promote the stigmatization of the weakest. We already
have lessons from history where it will lead.
A3 ( January 20 20 ) for download HERE .
Download, print, distribute!
The wall paper A3 is published every month by the Anarchist Federation. They are intended primarily for dissemination through street
placement or posting at workplaces and schools.
https://www.afed.cz/text/7102/a3-svet-jen-pro-zdrave-a-bohate
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