The African Opportunistic Class { Known as the african eilte} At Play!

South African miners defiant in face of government, company threatsTags:

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It was here last Thursday that an army of police backed by helicopters and armored vehicles used tear gas, water cannon and stun grenades to disperse the strikers, driving one group into a waiting phalanx of cops armed with automatic weapons and live ammunition. Sustained and random gunfire continued even after scores of the strikers fell dead and wounded in scenes that called to mind the historic massacres perpetrated by the former apartheid regime in Sharpeville and Soweto.
Workers who spoke to South African media were clearly angry and bitter at both the African National Congress government for organizing this bloodletting and the company, Lonmin, for treating their demands with contempt and ordering them to end their strike or lose their jobs, under conditions where the blood of their co-workers is still not dry.Webmaster's Commentary: Translation; 18 years after the ANC took control of South Africa in terms of dominating the political spectrum, life for ordinary working Africans has changed very little. 



( Editorial Comment)  The politicians are still in bed with large corporations, the leadership of which considers the labor pool here, as well as in other African countries, thoroughly expendable.


http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?c...&aid=32434

hhhhmmmm....sounds similar to India and China  :lipsrsealed:

note my comment on the Jack layton thread

people are redundant and the corporate monopoly has taken off its gloves.  they have merged with the state and are throughly militarised. 

end the strike of losee your jobs.  look out! hocked: hocked: