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This is fucking awesome. At least this time we didnt see Nike boy trashing the Nike store. I think that France has some of the most interesting protests in the world. Why cant Canada be like this? Oh yeah, because Canadians are "peaceful".
I've been pondering that. Why does liberal capitalism pacify its citizens in some cases and not others? A more extreme version of this law has been in effect in parts of the US for years. I'm sure if they passed it in Canada, people would bitch, but they'd do nothing to stop it.
Except in Québec. They'd riot.
Except in Québec. They'd riot.
Boy, that really is a great post. It took me way back..
A lot of it has to do with the union bureaucracy. The fact that in France you can choose which union to belong to, or whether or not to join the unions, based on your political outlook, and that you can go on strike and take an active, militant role whether or not you are a union member, means that the union leaders are under a lot of pressure to not lag behind the rage in the workplace, whereas in countries like the U.S. and Canada where labor relations are heavily institutionalized and state-regulated, the union leaders tend to think of themselves more as "partners" with the bosses and responsible more for calming down anger than giving it vent. In this case also, I think a lot of it also has to do with the recent revolt in the banlieus.
Francophones, what does "L'inaccompli" mean?
I had translated it as "unfinished business", but I'm only marginally Francophone.
I just saw a great movie on '68 called Walkout! It was made by an ex-Brown Beret about the high school walkout in 1968 for more inclusive schools in East LA.
It's fitting you put a picture of Bush, because it means "The unaccomplished."
Yup. The immigration one. The part about living conditions reminded me of our first year in the States.
This is true, but I'm sure there are historical reasons for why union bureaucracies in North America grew that way.
Absolutely. I don't know about the Candian history, but in the U.S. it's largely because during the CIO upsurge the CP-aligned radicals consciously signed onto the New Deal popular front. In terms of union politics that meant subordination to John L. Lewis and incorporation into the state apparatus by way of the National Labor Relations Act. In Canada I suspect it may just be because so many of your most important unions are in fact U.S. unions.
Banlieus=Parisian suburbs?
Yup.
"We are the unfinnished business of 68"? That makes sense.
The slogans on the first frame, despite their simplicity, betray a level of education that you would never read around here.
Les riches au goulag!
Mort à la valeur!
Les riches au goulag!
Mort à la valeur!
The reason this doesn't go on much in the United States is that the bosses have managed to infiltrate the Left effectively enough, sometimes with mere attitudes regarding so-called 'pacifism' that protest is essentially muzzled before it even quietly lines up on the street to get shaken down.
See this book as soon as you can:
'How Nonviolence Protects the State' by Peter Gelderloos (Signalfire Press, 2005
$8US/$10CAN
http://www.signalfirepress.org
They actually give permission to pirate the book in the beginning. I wish i had the means to reproduce a few copies. I may actually type the thing out. I dunno. However the Wooden Shoe bookstore in Philly, just north of South St., carries it; that's where I picked it up.
See this book as soon as you can:
'How Nonviolence Protects the State' by Peter Gelderloos (Signalfire Press, 2005
$8US/$10CAN
http://www.signalfirepress.org
They actually give permission to pirate the book in the beginning. I wish i had the means to reproduce a few copies. I may actually type the thing out. I dunno. However the Wooden Shoe bookstore in Philly, just north of South St., carries it; that's where I picked it up.
"valeur" is like wage, right?
That is a fucking awesome book. I know the guy who wrote it, he's badass
And I might type out a copy of it one of these days, I have enough free time on my hands.
It translates as "value", but in this context, I feel it's strongly pointing in that direction.
Death to the law of value!
I think that all this property destruction is a great economic stimulant!
Could it be done on Paint Shop Pro? That's all I have
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