Transcribing the Past

  The following is a transcription I've made of the above pamphlet by the CGT on the French Coal Miners Strike of 1948 . The Truth About The French Miners’ Strike (October – December 1948) Foreword After the Liberation of he country, the General Confederation of Labour, being concerned both with the interests of the working-class and with the general interest of the country, launched an appeal for increased production. This appeal was understood by the workers and output rapidly reached a level, higher than pre-war. Any Government having a sense of national interest and knowing that the recovery of French economy depended, above all, on the efforts of the working-class, would have improved the living conditions of the workers, since it was by their efforts that the country’s output had increased. Nothing has been done in this respect: quite the contrary. For 18 months, our rulers have systematically carried out an anti-working class policy. a) ...

  I transcribed this pamphlet from the PDF version uploaded for libcom.org 1934 positions adopted at conference by exiled Russian anarchist-communists in the US and Canada on the matters of war, fascism, bolshevism, the United Front and political prisoners. Scanned for libcom.org by New York/New Jersey Workers Solidarity Alliance archives. Our Position WAR FASCISM BOLSHEVISM UNITED FRONT POLITICAL PRISONERS Resolutions adopted at the Chicago Convention (2-3 Sept, 1934) by the Federation of the Russian Anarchist Communist Groups of USA and Canada. I OUR POSITION TOWARDS WAR of the IMPERIALIST POWERS AGAINST THE U.S.S.R. AND TOWARD WAR IN GENERAL The USSR due to her entrance into the circle of capitalist states plays the same role as all other states. Since the foundation of the USSR is laid upon the system of hired labour and commodity production, the Union, as the rest of the capitalist states, has need of foreign markets and spheres of po...