From: "Jari-Pekka Raitamaa" Subject: [luokkataistelu] Fw: Live report from Brussels Below are some short reports on the Brussels actions. Today's demo was brilliant: over a 1000 CWI members and supporters chanting and shouting slogans in English, French, Dutch, German, Greek, Russian,... We had the biggest international political contingent. Geert Cool (just back from Brussels to Gent and going back tomorrow for the ISR- conference) REPORTS D14 Two CWI meetings after the demo had several hundreds present. D14 Immediately after the demo dozens of demonstrators were arrested. One ISR-member was arrested and is still in custody at the Etterbeek police station. This comrade from Germany should be released before 4 a.m. on D15. After the demo police used a watercanon against a small group of demonstrators. D14 25.000 demonstrated at the anti-EU demo today organised by the NGO's, ATTAC and D14 (in which the CWI is represented). The CWI and Internationals Socialist Resistance formed a strong contingent with several hundreds of members and supporters. We probably had about 1000 present or even more. Despite the cold there was a very combattive mood. The demo was peaceful. D13 100.000 people demonstrate on the trade union organised demonstration. There were big contingents from France. After the demo there was a CWI meeting with 200 present. Speaking at the meeting were Silvio Marra (Forges de Clabecq), Roger Bannister (NEC-member UNISON, the biggest public services union in Britain), Ursel Beck (from a leftwing union network in Germany) and Clare Daly (shopsteward Air Lingus in Dublin). A collection to support the court case against the Clabecq workers raised over 10.000 Belgian francs. D13 The daily paper 'De Morgen' has an article on the arrest of CWI- member Per Johansson who was sent back to Sweden for flyposting. D13 In Eastern Flanders and a Limburg city the busses went on strike to protest against a possible privatisation. In other areas busses are carrying posters with a warning for the EU-summit saying "this bus will never drive for a private company". D12 42 environmentalist activists arrested! Radical ecological organisations organised an occupation of the CEFIC (European Federation of Chemical Industries) headquarters in Brussels. 22 Dutch activists were sent back to Holland. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
