2 million demonstrated today according to the unions here in France

[reggie the dog]

cops say half a million but they have orders to low ball the numbers (a cop at the demonstration protesting with us said the cops in the field give real numbers and then each person up the heirarchy shaves them down and that is how we end up with different figures.) I took my daughter and proudly carried the red and black flag of my union (sud education). there were about 1500 of us in Draguignan including many off duty police officers and soldiers who protested!, there were even unionized bank tellers and loan officers from credit agricole! millions of us were in the street, 2 million means about 1 out of every 30 people in the country was in the street protesting today! vive la grève! nique le patronat!

http://www.liberation.fr/economie/01012298991-65-des-francais-apportent-leur-soutien-a-la-greve-ce-jeudi


keep in mind it is school holiday and people have a minimum of 5 weeks vacation so many people took their kids and went to the countryside for vacation... the numbers should go back up after the holidays are done!

[Lasher]

1. Keep at it.

There's a lot of us here in the States cheering you on.

:thumbsup:

[reggie the dog]

2. thank you, i hope we win here in france and inspire the brits!

the greeks have been a great inspiration for me!

[Lasher]

3. I wish you and the Greeks could inspire more of us in the States!

I would especially like to see our unions follow your example by playing a broader role in protecting our social programs. Sadly, our wealthy elite has for 3 decades waged a successful class warfare against them.

Aux armes, citoyens! Formez vos bataillons!

[BurtWorm]

4. Vive la grève!

Nique le patronat!

[reggie the dog]

6. do you know what that means???

vive la grève "long live strikes" and nique le patronat "fuck the bosses(oligarchy if you want)" :) we are gonna keep it up, sat nov 6th there are going to be more rallies and you are damn sure i will be there with my red and black union flag! vive le anarcho-syndicalisme!!

[BurtWorm]

8. Yes I do.

:insert smiley with raised fist:

[readmoreoften]

5. Please keep it up. We need your strikes!

Solidarity

[reggie the dog]

7. thank you

do you know where i can order a tshirt that says union yes on it without it being for a specific union? i would love to wear that english language tshirt when i protest here in france, i have 2 nationalities, french and american, and i am proud of both of them