Lo sciopero generale indetto per il 6 settembre dalla CGIL e da una nutrita schiera di sindacati di base giunge in un momento cruciale per le sorti della classe lavoratrice italiana, sullo sfondo di una crisi continentale sempre più violenta nei confronti delle condizioni di vita dei proletari europei.

Si tratta di una risposta resa necessaria dall'estrema ingiustizia sociale che la doppia manovra estiva imposta dal governo Berlusconi insieme a Confindustria e sindacati di mercato sta diffondendo nel paese, colpendo salari, diritti e tutele sindacali, deprimendo senza apparente via di scampo la dignità di vita di centinaia di migliaia di lavoratori, lavoratrici, precari, disoccupati, migranti.

La lotta dei lavoratori italiani è la lotta dei lavoratori europei, la convergenza del sindacalismo conflittuale (tendenzialmente a prassi libertaria) è la speranza di riorganizzare la risposta dei proletari italiani ed europei.

Altri articoli:

• Repressione sui posti di lavoro, Comm. Sind. FdCA
• Sciopero Generale, 6 settembre 2011, USB, Slaicobas, ORSA, Cib-Unicobas, Snater, SICobas e USI
• Adesso basta!, FIOM
• Basta con la macelleria sociale e i diktat dell'Unione Europea, USB, Slaicobas, ORSA, Cib-Unicobas, Snater, SICobas e USI
• Confermato Sciopero Generale del 6 settembre di 8 ore, USI
• Socialismo o barbarie, Seg. Naz. FdCA

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Las organizaciones sindicales CGT - CNT - SO -CSC proponen la movilización desde reivindicaciones comunes, debatidas y asumidas por los trabajadores y trabajadoras, con el horizonte de una Huelga General.

Las organizaciones sindicales Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT), Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT), Solidaridad Obrera (SO) y Coordinadora Sindical de Clase (CSC) nos reunimos el pasado 24 de junio en Madrid para valorar las respuestas que, ante el ataque sin precedentes que trabajadores y trabajadoras estamos sufriendo por la política de recortes y pérdida de derechos impulsada por el gobierno y las instituciones europeas, a instancias de la patronal y los mercados, debemos oponer en un proceso de lucha coordinada desde la unidad de acción y de clase.

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A partir de fines del año 2001 y comienzos del 2002, sectores de la clase obrera argentina protagonizaron una experiencia de lucha muy singular. La ocupación de empresas y la puesta en producción sin patrones.

En un contexto de crisis económica, alto nivel del índice de desocupación, quiebras de empresas y despidos masivos, miles de trabajadores se organizaron para mantener sus fuentes de trabajo.

Este artículo fue escrito especialmente para la ZACF, y será publicado en Inglés en el próximo número de la revista "Zabalaza".

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The economic crisis in South Africa has seen inequalities, and the forced misery of the working class, grow. While the rich and politicians have continued to flaunt their ill-gotten wealth, workers and the poor have been forced to suffer. It is in this context that the majority of the leaders of the largest trade unions have, unfortunately, elected to once again place their faith in a social dialogue and partnerships with big business and the state. So while the state and bosses have been on the offensive against workers and the poor, union officials have been appealing to them to save jobs during the crisis. Not surprisingly, this strategy has largely failed. While union leaders and technocrats have been debating about the policies that should or should not be taken to overcome the crisis, bosses and the state have retrenched over 1 million workers in a bid to increase profits. It is, therefore, sheer folly for union leaders to believe that the state and bosses are interested in compromise – without being forced into it.

As seen by their actions, the elite are only interested in maintaining their power, wealth and lifestyles by making the workers and the poor pay for the crisis. For the elite, social dialogue is simply a tool to tie the unions up and limit their real strength – direct action by members. In fact, even before the crisis, social dialogue had been a disaster for the unions contributing towards their bureaucratisation and having abysmal results in terms of them trying to influence the state away from its pro-rich macro-economic policies.

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Appeal for solidarity from the Madison, Wisconsin Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) branch:

International Capital is confronting International Labor on the world stage. Our neighbors in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia have recently shown the world how to bring governments and rulers to their knees. As the struggle unfolds, we are learning from each other minute-to-minute.

In Madison, The Industrial Workers of the World are active in a fight against Governor Scott Walker, who serves the infamous Koch brothers and the wider corporate interests. We believe it will take a General Strike to stop Walker's legislation and strengthen the labor movement. Governor Walker and conservative legislators have pushed through a plan that will virtually destroy all unions for public employees, except for firefighters, police, and the state patrol. They also plan to severely cut welfare and medical programs, and reduce rights for immigrants.

We need to let union and non-union workers, the unemployed, and all disenfranchised people of the world know that true power does not rest in the marble halls of the capitol building or corporate boardrooms. It is through unity and action that our hearts and minds become the pathways of power and resistance.

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