Re: [Marxism] Revolt Continues in Guadeloupe

[Greg Dunkel <gdunkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here's what AFP said about support in metropolitan France

Antilles: treize organisations de gauche manifestent à Paris

Il y a 22 heures

PARIS (AFP) â Treize organisations de gauche, notamment NPA, Parti de gauche 
(PG), PCF, et LO ont manifestà lundi à Paris en "soutien total" aux 
grÃvistes de Martinique et Guadeloupe, a constatà une journaliste de l'AFP.

En tÃte du cortÃge des manifestants, rassemblÃs place Clichy avant de 
descendre la rue d'Amsterdam, une banderole proclamait, en reprenant le slogan 
de Barack Obama: "Antilles et mÃtropole, yes we can".

"Des Antilles à la RÃunion, solidarità avec la grÃve gÃnÃrale", 
pouvait-on lire sur une autre banniÃre.

"C'est fini, la colonisation", "Sarkozy, assez de mÃpris", scandaient les 
marcheurs, plusieurs centaines au dÃpart de la place Clichy, un millier à 
l'arrivÃe à la gare Saint-Lazare. 

Summary for those who don't read French.

13 left-wing parties marched in Paris Monday night, including the New 
Anti-capitalist Party (NPA), the Party of the Left (PG, the French Communist 
Party (PCF, Workers Struggle (LO) expressing their total support to the 
strikers in Martinique and Gaudeloupe.

The lead banner read "Caribean and France, yes we can" Another banner read 
"Colonization has ended, Sarkozy, enough of your scorn!"

According to one of the organizers, 4,000 people marched.

news.google.fr has some 68 articles on this development, with another 360 on 
govm't moves such as 

-----Original Message-----
>From: "S. Artesian" <sartesian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Feb 17, 2009 8:40 AM
>To: gdunkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [Marxism] Revolt Continues in Guadeloupe
>
>http://libcom.org/news/revolt-continues-french-caribbean-16022009
>
>
>The leader of the general strike crippling Guadeloupe has accused the French 
>government of preparing to kill protestors to bring an end to the stoppage 
>on the French Caribbean island.
>

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