On 11 October, the French government decided to use state powers to “requisition” several oil depots where workers had been on strike since 27 September. This has led to a call for a day of national strike action on Tuesday (18 October). Coming off the back of a large demonstration against the cost of living yesterday (16 October), the class struggle in France is roaring back onto the scene.
The Bank of France has once more revised down its projections for the growth of the French economy: in 2023, GDP is predicted to experience somewhere between a 0.5 percent fall and a meagre 0.8 percent growth. Analysts from Deutsche Bank, meanwhile, estimate that French GDP could slump by over 1 percent. This would, fatally, translate into a sharp rise in unemployment and poverty.
Nos encontramos en una etapa histórica que esta signada por la guerra, la revolución y la contrarrevolución empujada por la crisis que deviene del agotamiento del capitalismo que se encuentra en una fase de declive irreversible en términos históricos.
Širom Irana su izbili protesti nakon ubistva mlade kurdske djevojke Džine Mahse Amini od strane ozloglašene iranske moralne policije. Počevši od kurdskih oblasti Irana, protesti su se proširili na više od 30 gradova, uključujući one najveće u zemlji: Teheran, Mešhad, Isfahan, Karadž, Tabriz i takozvani sveti grad Kom. Ono što je počelo kao reakcija na policijsku brutalnost brzo se pretvorilo u bijes protiv režima u cjelini.
