Many revolutionaries watch the struggles in France with interest. Images of
strikes, mass demonstrations and clashes give hope. Testimony of a Germancomrade. ---- The protest movement currently unfolding in France shows us howpowerful the working class is when it organizes, unites and fights for itsinterests in a self-determined way. Some of us have therefore traveled to Francein recent weeks to participate in the actions and report on them. Theseimpressive mobilizations illustrate once again the contrast with our ownsituation in Germany. ---- Here too, there are currently struggles andmobilizations of workers in different sectors. Already last year, collectivebargaining took place in the important metal and chemical sectors. However, theresults have been weak and, in some cases, far from compensating for runawayinflation.Today, colleagues in the public sector (hospitals, education, public transport),postal services and railways are negotiating collective agreements and havestarted industrial action. This March 27, a day of strike was organized by theunions of the railways and the transport and airport sectors. The main axes wereparalyzed throughout the country. The strike is also supported by part of theclimate movement, which sees it as a way to implement an ecological and socialpolicy in transport."Today is not a work day. Today is a strike day.The " mega day of strike " called by the two unions was the subject of relativelystrong agitation in the bourgeois and reactionary press. The unions and theirleaders are accused of blocking the country and of blackmailing it for employmentto obtain far too high demands. However, these are far from being particularlyhigh. In many sectors, after three years of restriction during the pandemic, itis just a question of compensating for inflation.[...]Nevertheless, the current strikes ensure that the perspective of struggle andorganizing in the workplace is once again entering the consciousness of many ofus. The German revolutionaries find themselves in what appears to be an impasse.On the one hand, they have practically no influence on the workplaces andtherefore on possible strike movements. On the other hand, the dominant unionsare positioned in such a way that revolutionary work within them is hardlypossible for the development of a self-determined and powerful movement.Only time will tell whether revolutionaries and the labor movement as a whole,given the various convergences we are currently witnessing, particularly with theclimate and feminist movements, will manage to resolve this dichotomy.Peter, a fellow German libertarian communisthttps://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Internationalisme-Le-mouvement-de-greve-vu-d-Allemagne_________________________________________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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