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Saturday November 01, 2003 11:14

by ipsiphi

The workers of the Brukman almost two years on are winning their case!

{"for being in the main women,
{"for demonstrating how to stop redundancy"
{"for leaping from the most brutal of oppression and being an example of dignity, The Workers of Brukman were converted into a symbol and pendant of Argentina in the world"}

Many readers will remember the events in Argentina two years ago, and with good reason, the failure of the banking system could not easily be kept from the Television screens.
But for those who don't, on two keys night of 2001 Argentina went into a popular revolt and assemblies and collectives throughout the country inspired the world yet again.

Of the many sites and names, perhaps Saurez and Brukman are the ones that still will provoke recognition.
Brukman was the most well known factory claimed by it's workers when the owners went "pop". They famously occupied it on December 18 2001. They continued to work, fulfill their contracts, exceed production targets, continue to export their products through the darkest days of the Argentine economic collapse to the "recovery" period of 2002. They increased productivity, they were in many ways through their anarcho-syndicalist assembly _proved_ the efficacy of a political ideology. And then when the "recovery" came, the previous "owners" sued to recover their business [complete with it's increased "value"].

That legal process is now almost at an end, and last night Argentina indymedia were delighted to put the news as a feature on their front page.
I recommend visiting the site and using the links to photographs of the Brukman workers as they are this week, and as they were almost two years ago.

Http://argentina.indymedia.org

meanwhile:
{"for being in the main women,
{"for demonstrating how to stop redundancy"
{"for leaping from the most brutal of oppression and being an example of dignity, The Workers of Brukman were converted into a symbol and pendant of Argentina in the world"}

{"They suffered three evictions the last being a brutal battle which saw 10,000 workers made redundant at the point of tear gas and police batons."}

photos of the workers at the court:
http://argentina.indymedia.org/news/2003/10/146022.php

¡ Workers without Bosses !
¡ que se vayan todos !

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Todd - Unctious

by Mr Disco - ucd SA ( )

Sat Nov 01, 2003 17:07

Iosafs back
Iosafs back
Hes - a - Maniac!

/* Beat the man
Take him on
You never give up
Its one on one */

Thats a really good story. A facinatin' accant y'gat ther.

The sit ee at ion thur in argentina is quite interestin.

/* I tried but I can't find you
Tell me now what do I do */

Will there be a sunday paper tomorrow?

Who will be in it?
What will be its line?
How many supplements will it have?

My [ 13 ] top-tips for this sunday:

white house: reaction on iraq from the inside.
concorde: where did it all go wrong.
KillBill finding nemo: 21st century art.
Turner prize: us normal folk
the 1950s: ah! ......
editorial: lets see the UN before we war more.
Rugby Rugby Rugby
Cars Cars Cars
Rat Rat Race
Photographs you diddnt know you needed to see.
"I was a radical"
My life in the bush
My life as a stay at home hack.

begining to worry about you

by redjade

Sun Nov 02, 2003 02:37

good to see ya back :-)

I was thinking of iosaf today when i learned all the words that end with 'archy'....

http://www.onelook.com/?w=*archy

the sun.

by editor of the Sunday Papers

Sun Nov 02, 2003 16:46

special dedication issue (for UCD).

white house: reaction to the war update.
they're not talking about it.
the matter is now delegated.
there were signs and post-its about the place for the first week, but interns have let us know that neither the words "war" or "iraq" have been heard in the last week.

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