The class struggle in the first half of November

Miners' strike in the Kemerovo region

On November 11, 2019, over 50 workers at the Oktyabrsky mine site, located in the Polysaevo area, began a strike. They said they would not go to work until they were paid off wage arrears.
In September, 13.767 million rubles were not paid to Oktyabrsky employees.
The site is part of the Zarechnaya mine.

Strike in Tyumen

On November 11, local taxi drivers went on strike. The dissatisfaction of drivers was caused by a decrease in their earnings.
Taxi drivers first announced a 2-hour strike, and then announced the resumption of the action at rush hour: from 17:30 to 20:00. The protest was expressed in the fact that drivers simply did not take orders.
- We generally stopped making money. We decided to go on strike ... On Sunday we met with the guys and agreed on everything. On Monday morning, from seven to nine in the morning they didn’t take applications ... About 300 of us were, said one of the strikers.

Workers rally in North Ossetia

In Ordzhonikidze (Vladikavkaz) on November 9, a rally of employees of the Electrozinc enterprise was held, which was closed this year. The fact is that the authorities did not fulfill the promise to employ factory workers, and as a result entire families were left without a livelihood. The protesters demanded the resumption of the enterprise.
The owners of "Electrozinc" in April decided to stop the last two workshops and start activities to preserve the plant. As a result, more than 1.1 thousand workers and other employees of the enterprise fell under the reduction.

Mass protest in Syktyvkar

On November 9, a rally was held in the capital of the Komi Republic against the construction of a landfill at the Shies station. Despite the cold, about five thousand people came to the event.
Syktyvkar activists, as well as opponents of the construction site from the Arkhangelsk region, spoke at the rally. The Syktyvkarians went to the rally with banners, where it was written: “Defend the Shies”, “The North is not a garbage dump”.
At the end of the rally, activists read out a resolution where they demanded to cancel the construction of the landfill. Recall that at the end of July 2018, trees were cut down at the Shies station in Urdom of the Arkhangelsk region, and later they began to import special equipment and building materials. Officially, they say that an ecotechnopark for waste processing will be built on the site of the railway station, but the residents of the village are confident that a giant landfill will appear next to them for landfill from other regions of the country.


The working people of Ukraine strongly opposed the sale of land

On Monday, November 11, protests took place in many regions of the republic. They were united by the slogan against the sale of land.
Protests took place in 13 regions - Vinnitsa, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Ternopol, Kirovograd, Nikolaev, Khmelnitsky, Zhytomyr, Odessa, Poltava, Volyn, Rivne and Lviv.
Protesters called for the recall of bills on the land market. At the same time, in some regions, protesters blocked roads. Draft law No. 2178-10 "On Amending Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Concerning the Turnover of Agricultural Land" is included in the agenda of the Verkhovna Rada.



"Yellow vests" in France came out under anti-capitalist slogans

On the next Saturday, November 9, 2019, mass rallies and demonstrations were again held in many cities of the country.
In Montpellier, a large demonstration deviated from the indicated route, and people tried to break through the police fence to the train station. Police officers used tear gas and batons against the demonstrators. The demonstrators were holding banners with the slogans "Capitalism is preventing us from living," "The poor are hiding in hell, the rich live in paradise."
The protest rally also took place in Toulouse, where it was calmer, but in the end the police still dispersed the protesters with tear gas. In Strasbourg, three demonstrators were injured. The demonstrators chanted slogans against President Macron, openly called for rebellion and revolution. November 17, 2019 marks one year since the start of the Yellow Vests protests.

Catalan workers struggle for independence

On November 9, supporters of the country's separation from Spain held demonstrations and rallies in Barcelona and other cities. They not only once again argued for the independence of Catalonia, but also demanded the annulment of the Supreme Court’s verdict against activists involved in organizing the independence referendum on October 1, 2017.
Many of the demonstrators said they were going to protest until the main goal - the Catalan Republic - was achieved.

Strike in Germany

On November 7, flight attendants and pilots of the country's largest airline launched a protest.
As a result, 700 flights were canceled at many airports in Germany, including the air harbors of Munich and Frankfurt. The strike took place after it became known about the failure of negotiations with the authorities on improving working conditions and raising salaries.