Today's Topics:
1. France, Alternative Libertaire AL - international,
Bangladesh: 33 killed in factory fire (fr, it, pt) [machine
translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
2. France, Alternative Libertaire - unionism, Response to
Permanent Revolution: Being syndicalist today by AL Orleans , AL
Saint-Denis (fr, it, pt) [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
3. France, Alternative Libertaire AL - policy, Police violence:
an AL wounded comrade and private care (fr, it, pt) [machine
translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
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Message: 1
Saturday, September 10, at least 33 people died in a factory fire in Bangladesh food
packaging. Developing countries are a favored playground for capitalists: cheap labor,
virtually no labor regulations and lack of safety standards. All for profit and allow
export in rich countries. ---- The fire follows the many factory accidents in this region.
We remember especially the Rana Plaza in 2013 that killed more than 1,000 people, mostly
women. The building collapsed even as workers and laborers were demanding safer working
conditions. In 2012 a textile factory caught fire killing more than 100 women. ---- But
these are not just accidents. They are proletarians who were tué.es by the onslaught of a
deadly global capitalism. To all those who extol the virtues of industrial and rich
countries, these dramas are here to remind them that this wealth (monopolized by a small
handful) is made possible by the extreme poverty of most of the world.
That would be a salary in France if he could buy the ready-to-wear cheap, imported
directly from a developing country?
Women workers in a garment factory in Dhaka.
Recently, women have been much heard politicians claim to defend in caring for holding
that they carry on the beaches of the Mediterranean, but how many have spoken to denounce
the condition of these women hidden in unsanitary factories to manufacture goods directly
exportable to Europe?
To all those who think that capitalism is the only alternative, we say that the
proletarians of the whole world will eventually unite to prove them wrong. A system that
abuses and murders a very large proportion of the world population is a calamity and not
an alternative.
Alternative Libertaire, 12 September 2016
NGWF manifestation of solidarity with the French social movement against labor law on 15
June 2016.
The National Garment Workers Federation (NGWF) is the largest trade union federation of
the textile industry in Bangladesh.
http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Bangladesh-33-morts-dans-l
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Message: 2
Three libertarian unionists meet Permanent Revolution. Because the ritual denunciation of
"union bureaucracy" should no longer be used to mask the failure to act. ---- In the
monthly Alternative Libertaire July-August 2016, a critical article was devoted to the
Permanent Revolution website (RP). This article gave rise to online answer on that site .
Linger to return on important issues concerning the relationship between political and
union activism, issues of interest to all those convinced of the need to change society.
---- If we wrote this article, it is not for the pleasure of arguing with another
revolutionary current, let alone to defend the trade union bureaucracies. But because,
beyond the differences we may have on trade union action (and we do not find in the vision
RP attributes, we shall return), a red line seems to have been taken with the recovery
uncritically to a statement from the police headquarters .
Yesterday, the leaden Stalinist
We must first go back on the axis of break with the union leaders considered central RP.
This axis, we criticize in our article and it is again assumed by RP in its response.
There is indeed a history of opposition to the trade union bureaucracies, heavily
influenced by the Stalinist millstone. It is interesting to return to precisely measure
the distance that can separate us from past situations.
In the 1970s, the Stalinist apparatus did not hesitate to break mobilizations for
political interests, and had the means to do so. The sometimes physical confrontation with
it, especially embodied by the stewards of CGT at the time, was thus sometimes necessary.
Paris, May 17, 2016.
Today, low politisé.es permanent.es
Today this hegemony is no longer a distant memory. The union leaders are rather composed
of permanent.es little politisé.es, which does not impel much and are englué.es in social
dialogue ... They would even sometimes quite incapable of breaking a movement if their
idea coming! The issue is not so much to fight these directions to work towards the wider
participation of syndiqué.es to reflection and action. Where union democracy is alive, the
union bureaucracies are quickly swept away.
This is indeed a sacred shortcut to include under the term "management" all permanent.es
or even militant.es holding trade union office. The term seems to be used too extensively
by our RP mates.
The guardrail to bureaucratization
There is thus among the so-called "directions" activists and anticapitalist mlilitants who
try to live a democratic, class and mass. And they are not more than other prémuni.es
against the risks of bureaucratization, to this loan that being aware is the first
safeguard. Because bureaucrats left, who draft calls for a general strike but do not ask
themselves the question whether they are broadcast and to hear from the syndiqué.es, are
found in spades. What protects, it is precisely the broad participation of syndiqué.es in
the development and decision-making.
In this regard, several union leaders have recently sent their greetings to RP on the
occasion of its first anniversary. All trade union leaders do not seem to be bureaucrats
to fight ... but then where the boundary is located? And judge?
Paris, May 10, 2016
Old divide between Leninists and revolutionary syndicalists
Here, we come back here in a very old debate between Leninists and revolutionary
syndicalists. The first historically consider that the labor movement is necessarily
reformist therefore unable to provide, by itself, dirigeant.es revolutionary, and the
revolutionary consciousness must be brought in from outside by the political party.
The latter consider instead that the unions achieved a "double task" of immediate defense
of the exploited and construction of the premises of revolutionary organs. That
consequently it should work towards the emergence of revolutionary militant.es
conscient.es and able to take responsibility.
Back on manipulation
To return to the resumption of police communiqué, assumed by RP in its answer: yes at that
time, the risk of division was very high between on one side the "head of the procession"
and the other the trade union movement. The movement against the Labour Law was struggling
to take off and demonstrations remained very low.
Both the Inter was far too silent on police repression and at the same time, and that's
what forgets to remind RP, several union releases came out to denounce it. Philippe
Martinez was certainly present at the event cops on May 18, but at the same time he still
refused to denounce the "rioters" facing journalists and politicians who pressed in.
On the approach in relations between the unions and the police, we refer here to the
testimony of a trade unionist who attended the different scenes in an article we relayed
on our website, and press AL trying to avoid division .
We continue to affirm once again that transmit the press uncritically the prefecture like
retransmit releases employers without criticism and this contributes to the division in an
unstable when the mobilization did not need. And here we see the same inability to want to
build a unitary manner by moving the base. Also to focus too much attention on the union
bureaucracies is especially reveals a certain inability to mobilize working people.
What is a red union, exactly?
Regarding the accusation of wanting to build "red unions" that is exactly the opposite
that we defend in the original article: "unions must achieve class unity across political
affiliations of one or the other ".
No, being "syndicalist", it does not mean activism in unions where each and every
syndiqué.es are revolutionary, but on the contrary defend an anti-capitalist orientation
in class and mass unions.
generally refers to "red union" union subservient to a revolutionary organization, whose
leadership core is reduced to the members of this organization. It is usually
characterized by its scarce workforce, by his verbal revolutionism, and a timetable for
action submitted to the organization's requirements. This is the exact opposite of the
model advocated by the revolutionary syndicalists.
Permanent revolution therefore accused of defending a 'red unionism ", although it denies
it, solely on the basis of an allegation slid turn of a phrase, that of militant.es AL,
would have exclude militants ' reformist '' in certain sections of the Solidarity
federation " (??). It is dishonest to launch such an accusation lightly. How to respond?
In our case, we will continue to work with the affirmation of a contemporary revolutionary
unionism by relying, not on ideological positions but on practical, daily and recorded in
the period, animation struggles mass and union structures.
Gregory (AL Orléans), Martial (AL Saint-Denis), Theo (AL Orléans)
http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Reponse-a-Revolution-Permanente
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Beaten, held down, private care despite a bloody wound, placed in custody ... Our friend
Eric decided, with other victims, seize the advocate. ---- Thursday, September 15, the
first demonstration against labor law after the summer was held in Paris and other cities.
---- As in previous events, it has had its share of police violence: tight shots of tear
gas, LBD at face level, violent loads, arbitrary arrests, searches and security checks at
the entrance to the event. An activist SOUTH Health lost an eye despite surgery to try to
save him. ---- Among the protesters and arrested demonstrators: Eric, Alternative
Libertaire 92. ---- He had until the middle of the night to be auscultated ---- While the
event had just begun starting from Bastille, riot police charged, trying to cut the
demonstration in two, recurrent practice now.
A helmeted pack and boucliée is taking a demonstrator
(C) Red Cathedral
Wounded by a truncheon blow to the back of the skull, Eric was arrested violently when he
was brought no physical interference with law enforcement.
Instead of evacuating, or at least to let medical teams treat, CRS were gassed to those
who offered help.
Despite his injury, they put in danger by giving him up, probably to calm the anger of
other demonstrators. They then forced him to walk with them for a long part of the journey.
Taken to the police for custody, he had to wait until the middle of the night for
treatment when he was asked to be auscultated in 17 hours to a bloody wound to the skull.
Fortunately, he was released less than twenty-four hours after his arrest, with the
charges dropped.
Refusing the trivialization of police violence, Eric will participate with several other
victims, referral to the advocate.
Alternative Libertaire supports the victims of police violence of the event this September
15 and earlier.
We call for continued mobilization against the labor law and against repression.
To participate Eric legal costs, as well as those of five comrades AL pursued as part of
the movement against the law El Khomri, subscription remains open .
http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Violences-policieres-un-camarade-d
