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Indefinite Spanish Trucker strike Continues by self-employed drivers

The carriers continue the indefinite strike called by the Platform for the Defense of the National and International Road Freight Transport Sector, which claims to represent medium-sized and small companies that account for 85% of the sector.

Fuels persist at record highs despite the oil truce. Truckers claim they are ruined and prefer to stay home and lose less money.

Effects have reached consumers, with a lack of supplies, especially of fresh products from Andalusia. The Minister of Transport, Raquel Sánchez, has warned that she will not sit down to negotiate “with a group of radicals”

In France the united Truckers stroke ended before it began, with the Govt. announcing tax cuts and distributing compensation to the drivers.

CCOO and UGT, the majority Trade Unions, condemn the strike and accuse strikers of attacks on the section of wage earners in large freight transport companies, who the self employed see as scabs.

The unions have condemned the attacks suffered by the section of wage earners in road freight transport and have demanded responsibility from the Government in the search for a solution.

The extreme right party VOX, allied with the far right PP, have hijacked support of the strikers.

In response the ex Socialists, PSOE and Podemos parties in power have refused negotiations and sent 23,500 militarized and National police to ” ensure peace” and escort convoys of ‘ strikebreakers’ .

The minority and anarchist unions seem to have little presence in the sector, and it seems an opportunity has been missed, as strikes take place in other sectors, eg a 5 day schools strike in Catalonia.

Gasoline and diesel maintain their upward trend and have again exceeded their historical highs after soaring in the last week by 9.9% and 15%.

The strike has had huge repercussions, especially in Andalusia, with other sectors, taxis, fisher people, farmers, miners, etc joining in boycotts and blockades.

However by Friday 18th the strike was acknowledfed to be ‘peaceful’ though support seemed lessened, amid media opposition or ignoring. Some areas issued hive fined of up to 30,000 euros, arrests however have been few arrests, less than 30 in 5 days.

One trucker was shot by a police agent on the 1st day, they claimed it was an ” accident” in a ” scuffle”. The driver is now out of hospital.

Below you can read details of some reported in incidents on Friday 28th March.

The indefinite strike of self-employed carriers and small and medium-sized companies threatens to become entrenched and is causing shortages.

The Platform for the Defense of the National and International Road Freight Transport Sector, convener of the protest, has reiterated that it will not call it off until the minister of the branch, Raquel Sánchez, receives them, who refuses to do so, considering it an organization minority within the sector.

More than 2.5 million kilos of bananas blocked by strikes.

Finally it seems negotiations may begin on Monday 21st.

Global Solidarity against the Invasion: Voices from Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia – Against states and the militarization of the planet [Video]

Posted onMarch 20, 2022by@ndy

(I ripped this from Enough 14, a blog which, along with CrimethInc, is banned by CrackBook.)

See : Squatters Take Over Russian Oligarch’s London Mansion: ‘You Occupy Ukraine, We Occupy You’, Kate Nicholson, Huffington Post, March 14, 2022.

Below is a vid featuring Salem, a libertarian-socialist in Kyiv and founder of Operation Solidarity; Yana, a Russian anarchist and a participant in The Network support campaign; and Ivan, of the Anarchist Black Cross Belarus.

They discuss the current situation in these territories, the response of anarchists and anti-fascists, field questions, and how others elsewhere can express solidarity.

The event was co-hosted by the Anti-authoritarian Movement Athens/Nosotros EKX and CrimethInc.

After two dark pandemic years, warmonger States are militarizing the planet, drowning whole societies in blood in order to accomplish their power games. In this online discussion, comrades from Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia speak about how the invasion of Ukraine has impacted their societies and communities, describing the forms that resistance to the invasion is taking in all three contexts and how people elsewhere around the world can raise and support efforts to stop it.

Comrades in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine need our help — here’s a few ways you can offer some:

• Donate here to Operation Solidarity in Ukraine.
• Donate here to OVD-info, an independent news source about protest movements in Russia.

• Donate via Paypal to the Anarchist Black Cross in Moscow: abc-msk@riseup.net
• Donate via Paypal to the Anarchist Black Cross in Belarus: belarus_abc@riseup.net

See/hear also : avtonom.org and Anarchist Militant for news and perspectives | Крас – мат // CRAS AIT – KRAS IWA | Yeah Nah Pasaran! #012 w Antti Rautiainen on ‘The Network’, Russia & anti-fascism : April 2, 2020 | Ukrainian Anarchists Mobilize for Armed Defense, Draw Solidarity from Abroad as Russia Invades, The WannabeWonk, Militant Wire, March 3, 2022.