We remember the great strike of the banana workers of the multinational United
Fruit Company that began on November 12, 1928 in the Magdalena department innorthern Colombia. Nearly 22,000 national and foreign workers went on strike,including 800 salaried women, to demand compliance with the specifications of theUnion Sindical del Magdalena Medio (USTM), an organism with a libertarian uniontradition. During the conflict, the North American management of the company andthe national government of Abadía Méndez accused the workers of anarchists fortheir multiple forms of direct action, solidarity and resistance, proceeding toimprison the labor activists from revolutionary socialism and the LibertarianGroup. of Santa Marta.Finally, after the decree of the State of Siege imposed by the nationalgovernment, the Army under the leadership of Colonel Carlos Cortes Vargas,appointed as the civil and military chief of the area, decided to massacre thestrikers who were gathered in the Plaza de Ciénaga at dawn on December 6,preparing his mobilization to the city of Santa Marta. The massacre in the plaza,carried out with submachine gun fire on a defenseless crowd of at least 5,000people, was followed by violent persecution of strikers throughout the region,which catalyzed a popular riot against the company and a new wave of protests.brutal repression. The repression against the strike would result in at least 100workers killed, 400 injured and 54 arrested.For the memory and the struggles of those below. Above those who fight!https://grupovialibre.org/2021/12/09/93-anos-de-la-huelga-obrera-y-masacre-gubernamental-de-las-bananeras/_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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