Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 14:13:42 -0500 From: malecki-AT-algonet.se (Robert Malecki) Subject: M-G: Cockroach! Extra ("Radiotime France!) This is the first draft of the radio program on French Truckers Strike for Straightfacts radio. France French Truckers shut down European Continent! Good Evening. This is Bob Malecki reporting for Straight Facts somewhere in northern Scandinavia quite near the Polar Circle! The French Truckers and their union, through massive mobile blocades have effectively shutdown not only most of the highways in France but have effectively stopped most goods that go over the highways of the entire European continent. Already after the second day of the strike their are coming reports of that 30% of all the bensin stations in France are shutdown. And industries from many countries on the European continent to the British Isles and up to the Scandinavian countries are becoming short on vital parts needed on the assembly lines. Already Mercedes Benz in Germany has to fly in parts to the assembly lines by special chartered jets.. Like Volvo in Sweden will soon have to do if the strike continues a few more days. The ruling classes, bougeosies, governments and the common market parliament's inner circle are all united in their howling rage and are openly calling on the newly elected "Socialist" popular front government of Juspin to smash the French Truckers blocade and their union... In fact Helmut Kohl is calling for a meeting as soon as possible with the Juspin government and "monetary union" and "Maastrich" allie to discuss the situation. As the crys from the once oh so united ruling classes in Europe become higher demanding the strike be smashed and the French truckers continue their blocade of all the major highways leading in and out of the country. And France with its geographical place on the European map is in fact the hub of the tranportation network on this continent. The truckers with their determined militancy can quickly bring to a halt almost the entire European industries that depend on the roads to tranports goods.. And on the roads everywhere is fresh produce (vegatables, meat, milk products) and tons of vital parts to industries from and too many different European countries sitting in the middle of the blocade rotting away.. Once again the militant French truckers have gone into the breech against the French ruling class and the European bougeoisies, who have since the destruction of the former Soviet Union and the East European deformed workers states, been attacking all of the post war reforms that have been won in pitched battles and on the picket lines of this continent.. Now the European ruling classes rage is directed at the "Socialist" Juspin government and higher and louder screams are being heard from all corners of Europe for Juspin to "do something" with and underlying tone or open tone of calling for the smashing of the truckers strike and blocade.. The capitalist owned industries have become extremely vulnerable with the enormous downsizing and new order introduced in the form of "just in time delivery". This system introduced by the capitalist run industries caused the lay off of tens of thousands of workers in order to cut down on storage space, of spare parts in order to drive up the profits and the now over inflated International Stockmarket! Class concious workers and Communists must have only one answer to this strike! Victory to the French truckers Strike. Shut down Europe till their demands are met. Juspin and his "Socialist" government now under the pressure of almost and entire united French ruling class and the bougeoisies and capitalist governments of the whole European continent including Tony Blairs "New" Social Democratic government will be forced to act in one way or another. As this report is being written the Jospin government has been using both the stick and the carrot in trying to stop the Frenck truckers strike. The stick has been in the form of the French police, the armed fist of the capitalist state trying to remove some of the trucks and truckers blocading key highways to and from France and arresting people. However to this date rather unsucessfully. The carrot is the Juspin government trying to find a "compromise" between the bosses and the truckers union. In fact attempts to make a last minute compromise by the government was thrown back in their faces by the truckers who are determined to get more! So in reality we have a situation where a militant and well organized core of key workers has brought the entire continent to a standstill! All workers in all industries must support this strike of the french Truckers. A victory here can be the beginning of a counter-offensive against years of capitalist austerity and anti-immigrant racism that has been racking the entire continent... Think if the British TUC had had the guts to stop England in support of the Liverpool dockworkers who have heroically and against almost the entire trade union bureacracy and the anti-union and racist "New" Social Democratic government of Tony Blair continued their struggle. But no the TUC bureaucray elected to betray the Liverpool dockworkers and jump on the anti-worker, anti-union bandwagon of Tony Blair's "new" Social Democracy.. The newly elected Juspin government is now faced with its most serious crisis since its election. In fact the whole project of the Germam/French monetary union and austerity economic policies of "Maastrich" is at stake and a victory of the French Truckers strike could set the scene for a wave of strikes throughout Europe. And almost united European ruling class realizes this and will do everything in their power to force Juspin and his pro-capitalist popular front government to doing something to end this strike.. The Juspin government with its record so far of remaining committed to the Maastrich project have synically tried to capitalize on the strong anti-Maastrich sentiment of the working class. Aiming to dampen the labor unrest which has rocked France, Juspin's Socialist party mouths empty liberal platitudes about a "reorientation of European construction" around policies which would be "placed at the service of man." However the French Truckers strike proves that the Juspin government in reality wants to use the French cops and army if neccessary to end the srtike. If the truckers do not agree with a "compromise" that the government is desperately is trying to work out.. This connected to the government of Jospin and Chirac and including the Stalinist French Communit Party (PCF) who will continue the brutal attacks on the working class and poor, police terror against racial minorities at home and imperialist plunder in Africa and other French colonies and neo colonies demands the desperate need of a Bolshevik Leninist Party in France which can split the base from the reformist and Stalinist popular front traitors at the top.. The Social Democrats and ex-Stalinists and their fake "left" supporters try to present themselves as the "lesser evil", as advocates of a lesser degree of unemployment, cutbacks in social programs and overall economic hardship. Trotskyists, Bolshevik Leninists stand for a fundamentally different program and perspective: the smashing of the capitalist state, the expropriation of the means of production and the establishment of a planned, collectivized economy under a workers government. We seek new October Revolutions thoughout Europe and the rest of the world. This is Bob Malecki reporting for Stright facts in Sweden. ------------------------------------------------------- Check Out My HomePage where you can, Read or download the book! Ha Ha Ha McNamara, Vietnam-My Bellybutton is my Crystalball! And Now the International Communist League Page! Just push on the "Spartacist" Button. Or Get The Latest Issue of, COCKROACH, a zine for poor and working-class people. NEW! "RADIO TIME" In cooperation with Straitfacts, Bob Malecki will be giving occasional reports to Straitfacts Radio audiences in the United States. 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