THE ECONOMIC CRISIS, WHICH STARTED IN THE UNITED STATES, IS CREATING HARDSHIP AND SOCIAL UNREST IN COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.
IN FRENCH GUADELOUPE, HIGH PRICES, UNEMPLOYMENT AND SYSTEMIC RACISM LED THE PEOPLE OF THE CARIBBEAN ISLAND TO A GENERAL STRIKE ON JANUARY 20TH TO DEMAND PAY RAISES AND LOWER PRICES.
AFTER FORTY-FOUR DAYS OF MASS PROTESTS, SWELLING TO CROWDS OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND, OR 25% OF THE ISLAND POPULATION, WHICH FACED DOWN THE RIOT POLICE AND PARALYZED THE ISLAND, THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT CONCEDED TO MOST OF THE DEMANDS FROM THE STRIKERS LED BY THE LKP OR âMOVEMENT AGAINST EXPLOITATIONâ, A COALITION OF 48 LABOR, CIVIL AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS PAST THURSDAY, ELIE DOMOTA, THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE LKP AND GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE UGTG, THE MAIN TRADE UNION IN GUADELOUPE, WAS A GUEST SPEAKER OF THE PEOPLEâS ORGANIZATION FOR PROGRESS IN NEWARK NEW JERSEY, ON AN EIGHT-CITY, TEN-DAY âGUADELOUPE-HAITI TOUR USAâ SPONSORED BY EIGHT ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE INTERNATIONAL LIAISON COMMITTEE OF WORKERS AND PEOPLES. WBAI FRED NGUYEN WAS THERE AND FILES THIS REPORT:
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