In September 2012, shortly after the end of the largest unlimited general student strike in the history of Quebec, several class-struggle anarchist organisations in Canada along with a few local chapters of the IWW put together a cross-country tour to bring the history and experiences of the Quebec student movement to students and activists outside the province. Stopping in over a dozen cities from Toronto, Ontario to Victoria, BC, the tour brought a participant in the 2012 student strike to audiences in colleges and universities as well as union halls and various cooperatives. The article that follows is based on this conference. Special thanks to Jonathan from Zabalaza for editing help!

Depuis le week end dernier l’armée israélienne a amorcé une nouvelle attaque meurtrière contre la bande de Gaza, suite à l’attaque d’une Jeep de l’armée israélienne par des groupes de résistance armée palestiniens. Sous prétexte de s’en prendre à des «terroristes», les bombardements touchent en réalité pour l’essentiel des civil-es, y compris des enfants.

C’est bien à l’Etat d’Israël que revient la responsabilité de ce nouveau carnage. C’est lui qui par sa persistance à refuser aux Palestinien-nes la satisfaction de leurs droits les plus élémentaires, à les empêcher de vivre dignement, à maintenir un véritable état d’apartheid et à réprimer dans le sang la résistance que ces injustices occasionnent, maintient la Palestine dans un état de guerre perpétuelle...

[Gaza, la prisión al aire libre más grande del mundo] [Italiano]

There are some stories that are hard to cover - the death of Savita Halappanavar, a pregnant women, from septicemia whose life might have been saved if an abortion was not delayed is a hard as they come. According to the Irish Times Praveen Halappanavar, the husband of Savita said she had asked for a termination several times over a three day period only to be told "this is a catholic country."

All the ruling parties – Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, the Greens and the Labour party - have prevaricated, delayed, avoided and ignored the issue. This has led to two further court cases where girls in care had to go to the courts in order to be allowed to travel to another country. It has led to court cases over ownership of eggs used in IVF. It has, no doubt, led to the forced pregnancies of immigrant women who cannot travel. It has led to women ordering abortion drugs over the Internet. It has forced women to travel under stressful conditions at great expense to other countries, including women who are carrying foetuses who will not survive birth. And now the delay in carrying out a termination has led to the death of a women. Whether it’s due to cowardice or callousness, all the ruling parties have shown little concern for the misery they inflict on women's lives.

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Le mercredi 14 novembre 2012, des grèves interprofessionnelles auront lieu en Grèce, au Portugal, en Espagne, en Italie, à Chypre, à Malte. Des grèves sectorielles seront organisées en Belgique, en France, … Des manifestations sont prévues dans tous ces pays, mais aussi en Slovénie, en République tchèque…

Nous voulons construire un autre avenir, basé sur la satisfaction des besoins de tous, possible avec à une redistribution différente des richesses que nous produisons dans le monde.

Les grèves et les manifestations qui auront lieu le 14 novembre sont une étape. Les syndicats alternatifs et de base travaillent à l’organisation d’une grève européenne depuis longtemps ; nous avons déjà organisé des mouvements unitaires internationaux dans plusieurs secteurs professionnels.

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Il 14 novembre i lavoratori sono chiamati a uno sciopero europeo, il primo segnale di risposta internazionale a un attacco portato in tutto il continente in forme diverse ma sempre durissime dalla borghesia europea ed i suoi governi contro la classe lavoratrice. E ai lavoratori va restituita la titolarità delle lotte, che saranno tanto radicali quanto i lavoratori e le lavoratrici sapranno costruirle e esserne protagonisti.

Nostro compito, come sempre è quello di stare a fianco dei lavoratori, nei posti di lavoro e nelle piazze; perché la nostra condizione di donne ed uomini operai, impiegati, insegnanti, contadini, pensionati, studenti, precari e disoccupati, lavoratori al nero, esodati, partite IVA malpagate è la condizione mutabile all'interno di queste categorie di salariati sfruttati che stanno pagando quella che comunemente viene chiamata crisi, per nascondere il gigantesco saccheggio in atto di risorse economiche ed ambientali, di diritti e di civiltà.

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