Comments on: spanish miners strike back against austerity http://thecommune.co.uk/2012/06/30/spanish-miners-strike-back-against-austerity/ for workers' self-management and communism from below Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:32:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: gata selvaje http://thecommune.co.uk/2012/06/30/spanish-miners-strike-back-against-austerity/#comment-11013 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:27:18 +0000 http://thecommune.co.uk/?p=8103#comment-11013 There were general strikes in solidarity in the comarcas mineros, in Asturias, Leon, Teruel and Palencia on the 18th June, fair enough they were just one day strikes. The other strikes which were ongoing in Asturias when the miners strike started, the transport and the occupation in the Thyssen factory, got settled quickly by the employers. Don’t know if that was a result of political pressure to stop the strike spreading or not.

Although it is good to see the miners getting so much solidarity, it is problematic that there is a certain expectation on them to win for the whole class. It would be very useful to look at how this struggle is linking up with others (15-M in Madrid, for example) and what stops it linking up more, and what is stopping other sectors of workers from fighting so militantly, given the severity of the situation they are in.

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