POI Manifestation Guadeloupe Martinique 16-02-2009
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POI: Independent Workers' Party. For socialism, the Republic and democracy.
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This is really a protest movement against the rising cost of living.
And I invite all of its detractors...
[XXX]
And to see that effectively
We are being suffocated, and it's gone on long enough.
I am here in solidarity with the people in the overseas departments
who are protesting against the high cost of living and impossible conditions
because I think there is a connection between living conditions
here in the metropole, and conditions overseas
the struggles are connected, and we need to fight together
What we are demanding...is our right. We are not asking [XXX]
Twelve of our compatriots are in prison.
We are not going to just let it go
and we are not [XXX]
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Even right now in Guadeloupe [XXX]
[XXX] our comrades
We [XXX] 12 arrests.
And its [XXX] between the security forces and the protesters
[XXX]
He came back with nothing
And seemingly with the order to charge the protesters
And that's the only response the government can give today
What's happening today is not just about the Antilles
I think we are in the same boat, in the same [XXX], and the crisis has affected everyone
[XXX]
I am here because I think the situation in Guadeloupe and Martinique is intolerable
With an exploitation [XXX]
Our friends working over there [XXX]
Working conditions are getting worse everywhere
[XXX]
We are here in the streets to defend union rights
And the right to free speech
in order to improve working conditions and the standard of living
I am here because [XXX] the workers of Guadeloupe and Martinique.
[XXX] the stubbornness of the French government
which has made promises it has refused to keep
And it's clear that the workers' movement in France and all of the workers' organizations
must be on the side of the workers in Guadeloupe
and force Mr. Sarkozy respond to their demands.
There's undeniably an unwavering support for the workers in Guadeloupe
As the working classes in France have fought [XXX]
[XXX]
The confrontations are beginning
The provocations are beginning
So how will the government respond to our friends, our family in Guadeloupe?
We should say shame
Shame on this government
Shame on this government that has done nothing but run away
That responds with lies and today, with blows.
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