As wars rage around the world, it is easy to feel helpless oroverwhelmed in the face of the surge of violence. However, theinternationalism of our class is still alive, and in particular throughunion networks. ---- As wars rage around the world, it is easy to feelhelpless or overwhelmed in the face of the surge of violence. However,the internationalism of our class is still alive, and in particularthrough union networks. ---- When it comes to internationalism, analyzesthat purport to be geopolitical should not be rejected in principle;but, apart from the fact that many of them are in reality limited toverbiage around a few slogans (relevant or not, that's anotherquestion), the real question is: "how are they useful for those andthose who lead emancipatory struggles? ". The debates around the wars inPalestine or Ukraine, the situation in Iran or Afghanistan, what ishappening in Nicaragua or Kurdistan, etc., only have revolutionaryinterest if they are linked to action concrete internationalist.But what are we talking about when we talk about "concreteinternationalist solidarity"? Of course, this includes material support,in forms adapted to different situations. But what is often called"political support" is also part of it, if this is not confined toproclamations. What about, for example, international union solidarity?How are union tools relevant, or not, to contribute to solidarity butalso to the strengthening of union struggles, across borders?Acting with active class structuresWith the invasion of Ukrainian territory by the Russian army, the war,popular resistance (including union resistance), the unions that areoften described as "strugglers" or "combative" from different countrieshave questioned the initiatives to be taken. take. In France, veryquickly, the CGT and Solidaires prioritized contacts with the workerswho were on site. What could be more natural, and effective, than tofirst call on trade unionists directly at the heart of the tragiccontext? This is how a long work of information here in France, ofmotions of support towards Ukraine (but also Belarus or Russia), offinancial and material solidarity was put in place.If the French inter-union brought equipment in January 2023, theInternational Union Network of Solidarity and Struggles in whichSolidaires participates organized three union convoys to Ukraine, thefirst from April 2022. Each time, it is a question of respond as best aspossible to the demands of the comrades of Ukraine and to developcontacts between workers, between unions, at the grassroots. This isessential to anchor solidarity in global emancipatory action. Severaldocuments relate these moments.[1]On June 25, 2022, the first part of a French inter-union convoy left forUkraineCGTInformation and concrete solidarityFaced with the war in Palestine, the question arises again. The unitedcall of Palestinian unions charts a path that internationalist unionsolidarity should follow. Incomplete? Not enough of this or too much ofthat? Let us already respond to the demands expressed by our comrades,by opposing the manufacture and transport of weapons for Israel, bycampaigning for measures to be taken against companies complicit in themassacre organized in Gaza, by putting pressure on governments Stop allmilitary trade with Israel! Direct contacts are difficult but notimpossible. In Palestine as in Ukraine or elsewhere, they are essentialand must be carried out by national structures but also by grassrootsactivist groups: unions, departmental or local unions.Palestine, Ukraine, but elsewhere? From Iran, the comrades of SocialistSolidarity with the Workers of Iran (SSTI) regularly transmitinformation on the class struggle in this country, on the movements forwomen's rights, or the abuses of the regime in place[2]. In Afghanistan,RAWA[3]continues its militant activities, facing successive regimessince 1977. From Nicaragua, direct news reaches the Solidarité Nicaraguacollective. Those who went to Kurdistan do important information andsolidarity work on their return. These are just a few examples. Forinternational direct action, nothing better than direct internationalcontacts!Christian (UCL South East Suburbs)To validate[1]International union network of solidarity and struggles, Ukraine,union solidarity in times of war, Syllepse editions, 2022, 5 euros.2]Voir le site Iran-echo.com.[3]Association révolutionnaire des femmes en Afghanistan: Rawa.org.https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Syndicalisme-internationaliste-une-solidarite-concrete-et-de-classe_________________________________________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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