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Strikes and elections in Europe
- The weather in Scotland is miserable
- Stephen moved to a new apartment in Mexico city and is very excited
- Walton just started working for Union Solidarity International
- 30,000 cops marched in the public sector strike
- 400,000 people took action – pictures here
- The Tories have broken their contract with the police – could spell trouble
- When the police unionised in apartheid South Africa it undermined that organisation as an instrument of oppression
- POPCRU was formed by Lieutenant Gregory Rockman
6:30 Tech update
- IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat
- We’re going to try to integrate the #cyberunions IRC channel into the web page
- Forums are taking off nicely – thanks
9:20 It’s election time in Greece and France
- Stephen is not keen on voting when there’s no alternative
- France: Hollande is no radical, but his election could represent a sea change in Europe
- People are rejecting austerity
- Radical left party Syriza have come from nowhere to dominate the Greek elections
- Centre left parties need to realise that the centre is collapsing and it’s time to articulate a left alternative
- The Democrats are distancing themselves from the unions
- Parliament is the management system of the status quo
- We need to contest power in the workplace and on the streets
- It’s impossible to get structural change through the ballot box – there needs to be outside pressure
- Voting can change the terrain that struggles happen in – there are strategic reasons for voting
- Another world is possible!
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