[From the Fracción Trotskista, ft-ci.org –– unofficial translation)

Italy: Big metal workers' strike against the government and the employers

By Diego Dalai
Thursday, March 15, 2012

50,000 workers and students mobilized on Friday, March 9, in Rome against the Mario Monti government's labor reform. This big workers' mobilization took place in the context of a strike by the big Italian metal workers' branch, organized in the metal workers' federation...

[From the Fracción Trotskista, ft-ci.org –– unofficial translation]

Signs of the German working class waking up
Long live the struggle of the Frankfurt Airport workers!

Thursday, March 8, 2012
Chucho Kahl, RIO Germany

After more than two weeks on strike, amid a reactionary campaign against the workers' legitimate demands – promoted by management and backed by the government and the ver.di–DGB– union bureaucracy, the industrial court in Frankfurt...

[Author's Note: This is a fluff piece for my Nova Mundi project (check it out if you can!), basically filling out the universe and giving it a bit more background. I posted this here in the hope of getting feedback]


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Because this is a common question for newcomers, I thought it made sense to write down a short list of materials that might help new and young comrades in forming their ideas.

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We need the bitter truth

This is my reply to the new BOC thread about the attacks
on the movement by the ISO --Ben

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Hi Blue Bossa Nova,

I know that you and the other BOC comrades have worked your hearts
out to create a stronger analysis of why the ISO has attacked both
your group and the entire militant section of the Occupy movement.

Having said that, I need to tell you, frankly,...