Bolivian general strike enters 5th week, demands President Paz resign

Nearly 100 roadblocks around the country have the neoliberal agenda of domestic and foreign elites in the grip of the masses of organized Bolivians. From indigenous campesino organizations and trade unions, to mining cooperatives and neighborhood councils, working-class Bolivians have paralyzed the efforts of President Rodrigo Paz to make Bolivia a buffet for corporate interests.

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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/bolivian-general-strike-enters-5th-week-demands-president-paz-resign

Today in Labor History June 6, 1937: A general strike by 12,000 autoworkers and others in Lansing, MI shut down the city for a month in what was to become known as the city’s “Labor Holiday.” A judge had recently imposed an injunction on workers, making it illegal for them to picket, blockade or interfere in the operations of Capital city Wrecking Company. The workers ignored the injunction were arrested, including the wife of the auto workers local union president, leaving their three children at home unattended. In response, they called a General Strike. Flying squadrons of out-town workers came in solidarity to support the General Strike. They were successful in forcing negotiations that got all the prisoners released. However, the strike continued in East Lansing, where anti-labor university students battled with workers, dumping some of their cars into the river.

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All the news sites seem to be crowing about a third straight month of strong job growth without any analysis or apprehension.

Didn't they have to keep restating past job numbers, lowering them by huge amounts?

And didn't this administration recently gut the offices and procedures that allow for these numbers to be accurate?

And aren't these numbers based on bullshit lies from corporate HR departments anyway?

Fucking perverts...

#GeneralStrike