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Czech-Slovak Anarchist Federation: Against the reform by the time-unlimited general strike - June 2008

Members of the Czechoslovakian anarchist federation (CSAF) are fully supporting the strike announced on the 24th of June and any other protest actions against the goverment reforms.

Members of CSAF are directly joining the strike, according to their possibilities, or expressing their solidarity by the other forms of protests.Also we, the anarchists, say NO to these asocial reforms and thatīs why we call upon everybody – working people, unemployed people, students, pensioners and the other groups of unprivileged people, to join the strike or express their solidarity with the striking.

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Against the reform by the time-unlimited general strike!!
(Part of leaflet created by CZECHOSLOVAKIAN ANARCHIST FEDERATION, on the occasion of strike, declared by the most of the czech main labour unions against the government reforms)

NOTE: The government reforms in Czech republic are hand in hand with orders and recommendations of monetary institutions and OECD..For common peolple it means another enormous increase of their expenses.. The worst measures are for example : food consumer tax increase, introducing charges at doctor(everybody,even small children and pensioners, now have to pay during the visit of their doctor), raising the limit for retirement, decrease of parental allowances....

Members of the Czechoslovakian anarchist federation(ČSAF) are fully supporting the strike announced on the 24th of June and any other protest actions against the goverment reforms.

Members of ČSAF are directly joining the strike, according to their possibilities, or expressing their solidarity by the other forms of protests.Also we, the anarchists, say NO to these asocial reforms and thatīs why we call upon everybody – working people, unemployed people, students, pensioners and the other groups of unprivileged people, to join the strike or express their solidarity with the striking..

Donīt let ourselves to be separated, donīt forget that our strength is in our unity and solidarity.

It is fool to trust in political parties or supreme labour union leaders. Donīt let them abuse us for their political or power ambition. Trust ourselves and our colleagues!

As the anarchists, we don't think that reforms can be stopped just by one-hour or one day-long strike indeed. The only way out, the only method, how to beat down the government and stop reforms, is time-unlimited general strike, which would be stopped only at that time, when government will withdraw and abolish their asocial reformative plans and measures.

There are a lot of ways, how to join..

If you canīt stop or quit your job or study for any reason, express your solidarity with the striking people, for example during your journey to work, or by hanging out the banner “ I support the demands of the striking” in your workplace or window.

If you are unemployed, for example you can occupy and block the building of Bureau of labour.

Extend the ideas of self-organization, direct action and time-unlimited general strike.

Create your own posters, stickers, leaflets, streetart stencils and set out to the streets. There are offices of political parties in every bigger city. The forms of protest are various : symbolic lockout of these offices, blocades, verbal confrontation of the politicians, flying rotten fruit or sprayed walls of their offices..

The struggle doesnīt end with one strike

Reformistic labour unions have no will to stop the recent government reforms.It is not possible to be responsible part of the capitalist system and at the same time defend the interests of the workpeople.

History of social struggles have clearly shown us that negotiations with those,who have the power, is simply pointless.The government will withdraw and annul reformative plans only at that time, when the time-unlimited general strike will take place. The strike, which will threaten profits of the lobbystic groups of employers. In fact, especially these groups have the eminent concern over realization of these reforms promoted by the government. At the same time, we will see what the labour unions seek to do – to defend the interests of the working people, or to maintain their soft jobs..

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