Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 13:21:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Paul Mattick <pm16-AT-is3.NYU.EDU>
Subject: Re: AUT: Folha de S.Paulo - MST coordena saques em cidades atingidas pela seca (com foto) - 06/05/98


Matt Davies's post abt the MST is quite interesting; far from being simply
a Third World tactic, supermarket looting has been a feature of the
current
unemployed movement in France. In fact, it became such a popular thing
that the CGT-controlled unemployed association felt they had to take it
up--though, ever mindful of law & order, they warned the supermarkets in
advance (and on one occasion at least were met with preloaded shopping
carts!)
A question I have: how does the MST as a rural land-oriented movement
connect with urban struggles? The supermarket actions are intriguing in
this regard.
Paul



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