OscailtAtlanta Public Sector Under AttackWith much of the media's attention placed on the “War on
Terror,” a clever name for neo-colonialism, the war at
home rages on against the working class and poor, with
barely a mention. Much like the quest for control of
global resources, the continued decline and shifting of
public resources and institutions in the US into private
sector hands plays right into the agenda of funneling
more power and control to the usual suspects.
2007-11-18T15:41:47+08:00Anarkismoanarkismoeditors@lists.riseup.nethttp://www.anarkismo.net/atomfullposts?story_id=6865http://www.anarkismo.net/graphics/feedlogo.gifsame old tacticshttp://www.anarkismo.net/article/6865#comment71032007-11-18T15:41:47+08:00marc bavayUnfortunately, these are the same old tricks that they use over and over. I've l...Unfortunately, these are the same old tricks that they use over and over. I've lived in downtown Miami 20 years ago, and they would use the same tactics to pull out poor, black & hispanic people out of the centre of the town : the place where I used to live was tore down so they build something new and more expensive that we could not afford to rent anymore. they even made this place close, "the salvation army" so really poor people got less and less help.<br />
I also heard comments where middle class people were complaining because with back people leaving the center and coming near the subburbs, the price of their houses was going down, with the reputation of the place !<br />
this is juste terrible, you can't go anywhere with a state of mind like that, but it is the same everywhere : my brother in law bought a small appartment in Paris, in the Belleville quarter 20 years ago. 3/4 of the people there were 1st, 2nd or 3rd generation of colonised north african people. the mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac did not want this anymore, he wanted a "clean" Paris, so he used the same old tactics : kicking people out in several ways (declaring the appartments too poor and unhealthy), destroying the buildings, building new ones of higher standards, so northern african people had to move away...<br />
At the moment I am writing, the strikes go stronger and stronger over here to protect regular & special retirement plans in France.<br />
Keep fighting