>from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >subject: JC: Sierra Leone Imperialists -Methods differ > >JC.. This morning BBC's news concentrated on Sierra Leone for some 20 >minutes. The upshot was that the well-cultured English voices decided >that the waiting aircraft-carriers and troop ship will have to come >ashore and destroy the 'rebels' -not the ones that aid US/UK wealth >in so many other countries - once and for all. That sounds nasty >what! The only wise heads were those who spoke thus. -The French >colonialists always left a diplomatic advisory section when the >unstoppable sounds of "guns for freedom" arose. > > In this case the poorest of the poor Sierra Leone would be treated >with the US/UK "goodbye- sorry you have no people left, and our >corporations will relieve you of the piles of diamonds, gold and >oil", method. Sierra L is to become a thing nightmares are made of. > > The final speaker reasoned that every poor country should be given >instead, teachers, advisers, funds from dedicated United Nations >groups -not churches -and taught to live together and slowly educated >towards self discipline, self reliance, political understanding with >the correct teaching of their leaders, lawyers to involve the already >educated ones. Their natural resources must be UN protected against >the usual groups of imperialists and guarded with their own special >forces, armed and trained on how to do so. Modern equipment and >tradesmen could be recruited from the large numbers of unemployed in >other countries. Slowly, the 'greed nations' -particularly the US/UK >group -will learn not to steal or murder for dollars." JC > > **************** > > >------------------------- > >FRENCH STRIKE: NO MONEY, NO SALES > By G. Dunkel > >The drivers in France who transport money to and from banks, stores >and ATM machines have been on strike. They want a solid raise and >danger pay. > >So far this year five drivers have been killed by robbers using .50- >caliber machine guns or rocket launchers. > >Drivers have set up a few picket lines outside of banks that were >trying to use scabs or soldiers to move the cash. When a local >newspaper made a lot of fuss about motorists not being able to pay >their tolls because of the job action, strikers seized the >tollbooths and waved motorists through. > >The strikers have solid popular support. > >A capitalist economy needs money to function. The drivers only >control part of the money supply. Checks, credit cards, pre-paid >debit cards--alternative forms of money besides cash--have let the >French economy get by despite the strike, but the squeeze on the >amount of money available has restricted sales. Some stores report >as much as a 25 percent drop in sales. Others claim no perceptible > drop. > >The government appointed a special mediator, who is trying to get >the workers and the bosses together. > >The bosses have made it clear that they won't settle unless the >government picks up a significant part of the cost. > > > > > > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
