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Fri, 02 Aug 2013 07:11
(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL #229 - Commemoration: Pentecost 1973: ratonnade in Grasse (fr) [machine translation]
Author: a-infos-en@ainfo
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 07:11
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 07:11
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In June 1973 in Grasse, Tunisian workers decide to strike. This is too much for racist of all kinds, supported by the forces of state repression and employers. Forty years later oblivion is not allowed. ---- In Grasse, the city of flowers and perfumes, it sometimes smells of sulfur. Whit Monday in 1973 because they are tired of being exploited on construction sites or in the fields, hundreds of North African workers, Tunisians for the most part, hold a general meeting in the old town. Worse, they decide to go on strike! The next day a delegation of three hundred people bringing their claims to the mayor, who welcomes them to blow fire hose, firefighters and city police are front to defend the "republican order" against the "invaders"[1]. ---- The protesters dispersed but determined to meet again in the afternoon under the covered market in the heart of the "Arab ... <p><a href="http://www.ainfos.ca/en/ainfos28341.html">Link</a>
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