Off Guardian – by David Studdert
Five days ago, the 2nd of January, French strikers set a new record for consecutive days on strike: 29. This beats the 28 days registered in 1968.
No one is calling this a revolution, but it is.
Since November the revolt against Macron and the French state has entered a higher, more intense phase. Along with the vast union strikes go freeway and rail closure, petrol shortages, the selected allocation of electricity supplies to poor areas; the denial of power to Amazon, the marches of the Gilet Jaune, the intensifying battles with the police, the involvement of more and more of the French citizenry and institutions, including, last week, the National Ballet; all of it is evidence of how the struggle to remove Macron is intensifying.
After a year of weekend battles in every major French city and the official entry of the trade unions into the fight, big changes are in the wind and the yearlong power struggle in France is moving inexorably towards a climax.
This poster is a good place to start if we want to understand these developments.
See it and read the rest here: https://off-guardian.org/2020/01/06/i-am-france-no-one-is-calling-this-a-revolution-but-it-is/
Long live the Revolution(s)
Wherever they may rise
Goin’ after pensions was, in the words of my friend, “the last straw for the French.” And then their anger opened up so many other wounds, especially concerning their nation’s money, that (which is the case with so many other countries), was handed over to the Rothschilds. Macron not safe in his own country.
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Pensions was always a lie.
Years ago it meant something. My dad’s pension sure helped my widowed mom.
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