War does not abolish the relations of domination within a society, it does not
eliminate the differences between the rich and the poor. It even tends toaccentuate them by allowing the appearance of the new rich, the war profiteers.In times of war, as in times of peace, the objective of the capitalists, of thosewho hold economic power, is always the same: to make ever more money. And forthat, in times of peace as in times of war, the recipe is always the same: makeemployees work ever more, by paying them ever less and in ever worse workingconditions. The war adds additional stress to the workers in that you riskgetting a bomb on your head, or being thrown in prison or sent to the front ifyou challenge the National Union under the command of the Chief Leader and thenational flagsee and its intimidations.So, is it possible to see a strike and a demonstration of workers, during the warand when street gatherings are prohibited due to martial law? Is it possible toundermine "class peace" with capital, when everyone is obliged to "defend thefatherland" under the wise leadership of the ruling class? Yes, it is possible toanswer yes twice, with recent examples in both Russia and Ukraine.In Russia, after the boss of Delivery Club, the Russian leader in home deliverycompanies, decided in April without notice to reduce their remuneration by 20%while inflation is exploding in Russia as everywhere, the couriers had went onstrike to demand decent wages and simply humane working conditions. Their unionspokesman, Kirill Ukraintsev, was arrested by police dispatched by the StateProsecutor for "calling or participating in an unauthorized gathering more thantwice in the space of 180 days" and faces up to to five years in prison. While heis still in prison, on October 17, his trial was postponed to April 2023. In themeantime, Kirill remains imprisoned, in total disregard of Russian law, whichsets the maximum period of preventive prison at 6 months. The Russian power isalso waging an internal war against workers and trade unionists, and all thosewho dare to demonstrate their freedom of spirit and their refusal to beconsidered slaves to be worked at will and without rights.In Ukraine too, couriers have revolted against poor working conditions. Due tothe war started by the Russian Federation, delivery men are forced to work in themost risky conditions and for starvation wages. Since the beginning of the war,wages have even been reduced by 60%, while prices are constantly rising! TheUkrainian parliament is currently discussing new Ukrainian laws of ultra-liberalinspiration, taken under the pretext of war, and which aim to annul all rightsfor workers. In addition, martial law has prohibited all strikes and alldemonstrations.But that doesn't intimidate Bolt's delivery men from kyiv: in early July, theycreated a chat group to organize and discuss possible forms of protest despitethe context of war.Someone even managed to disable the delivery scooters...On July 4, the delivery group went on strike. The following day, several dozenpeople went to the company's offices in the City Zen Park office center at noonto hold a meeting in the company's lobby devoted to "the exorbitant reduction oftheir income and the payment of unpaid bills. They demand an increase in minimumpayments from 0.82 euros to 1.33 euros per order, as well as an increase in theremuneration per kilometer from 0.23 euros to 0.40 euros to compensate for theincrease ininflation.That rally brought a spokeswoman for the company's management out of her office,who threatened the protesters with calling the police, who she said would issue amilitary summons to all of them. As always in countries at war, the mastersthreaten to send the troublemakers to the front, under the bullets!However, it seems that the management has finally accepted a salary increase evenif it does not completely cover the rampant inflation.These two examples, in Russia as in Ukraine, show us that capitalism andexploitation have no borders, and neither does autonomous popular resistance.Despite the risks involved, despite the prison or the threats of being sent tothe front, both in Russia and in Ukraine, there are courageous workerswho dare to stand up against arbitrariness, who dare to affirm their dignity byrefusing to bow before power and its intimidation.But war on war also means fighting against the nationalist poison that tends tomake us believe that all the inhabitants of the other country are enemies.According to the Courrier Syndicate companions, they tried to contact the Boltstrikers to express their solidarity. But the latter would have pushed back theirsolidarity on the grounds that as Ukrainians they would not know how to acceptanything from Russians. This regrettable attitude illustrates the results of thedissemination in peacetime of ideological discourses on the defense of "peoples"(in the plural, instead of promoting a single Humanity) whose harmfulconsequences are felt in times of war...Workers have no country! Peace to the cottages and war to the tyrants!Companions of the CNT-AIT (France)http://cntaittoulouse.lautre.net/spip.php?article1295_________________________________________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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