100,000 demostrate in Buenos Aries
soggy oggie | 03.04.2002 20:45
For more than five years, and in the face of massive unemployment, now pushing 30% nationally, there has developed an outstanding unemployed workers’ movement — the piqueteros — who have asserted their right to work through massive road blockades.
The piqueteros are organised locally with a general assembly in which all active members participate. Once a road
artery is designated, the assembly organises support within the barrio. Hundreds of women, men, and children participate in the blockade, setting up tents and soup kitchens at the side of the road. If the police threaten the protests, hundreds more pour in from other barrios close by.
If the government decides to negotiate, the movement demands that the meetings take place with all the piqueteros at the blockade. The collective assembly makes decisions at the site of the action.
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artery is designated, the assembly organises support within the barrio. Hundreds of women, men, and children participate in the blockade, setting up tents and soup kitchens at the side of the road. If the police threaten the protests, hundreds more pour in from other barrios close by.
If the government decides to negotiate, the movement demands that the meetings take place with all the piqueteros at the blockade. The collective assembly makes decisions at the site of the action.
Read the rest at...
http://www.workersliberty.org.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=49&mode=&order=0
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