(en) Canada, UCL - Brief. Brussels: Protest against austerity and occupation of the FEB by Collectif Emma Goldman (fr)

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On November 6, a demonstration took place in the streets of Brussels to denounce the 
austerity measures put forward by the coalition government right, which includes the N-VA 
Flemish nationalist group. More than 100,000 people marched through the capital to oppose 
economic and social reforms aimed claiming 11 billion euros in savings in the next five 
years. To do this, the Belgian government wants to lower wages, pensions and social 
security while large businesses to save as usual. Here, as elsewhere, it's always the same 
people who pay. ---- During the event, a group of demonstrators, including libertarian 
comrades occupied the offices of the Federation of Belgian Enterprises. " We held a 
meeting and a symbolic tribunal to try FEB destroys jobs, s' monopolizes wealth and 
democracy away.

One of the proposals of this court is to reduce working hours while maintaining pay and 
compensatory hiring. As managers and directors of the FEB, the jury considering the 
sentence to hard labor , "said Antoine Roisin, spokespersons JOC. " For years, the ELF and 
its members preach austerity and destruction of our futures on behalf of the profits of 
their shareholders. To impose through their political connections, they have hijacked 
democracy , "said he added. According to Antoine Roisin, these measures do not create jobs 
but concentrate all the wealth " in the hands of a small elite . " " On behalf of the 
crisis that the elite has created, they now justify the dismantling of labor law, the 
destruction of our lives and work, and the bracketing of democracy , "he has concluded .1

The government reported no intention to change course, but the protest movement does not 
count stop there. Rotating strikes are already planned in the coming weeks. They set the 
table for the general strike on December 15.

Here are some pictures of the occupation:
http://ucl-saguenay.blogspot.co.il/2014/11/breve-bruxelles-manifestation-contre.html
1. http://www.lavenir.net/article/detail.aspx?articleid=dmf20141106_00554696
Published by Collectif Emma Goldman