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| October 16th, 2002 RESIST! |
| What do we hope to achieve? |
| We do not see the events of October 16th as an end in themselves, the point of local self controlled workers' organisations is not to generate an internationally co-ordinated day of action- the point of an internationally co-ordinated day of action is to generate local self-controlled workers' organisations. On October 16th we hope we will see forward looking actions that concentrate on building the confidence and ability of McDonalds workers to take control over areas of our lives that have always been dictated to us. If October 16th is a crescendo to our nascent rebellion that leaves our networks of resistance repressed or burned out then it will have been a failure. But if it is succesful, October 16th will increase the strengths of our networks, increase our numbers, our influence and our confidence. So, the sort of actions that we think will be most effective are those that inspire or inform workers of McDonalds and other corporations regarding the possibility and potential of direct action (just means stuff we do ourselves, rather than through the boss/ politician/ trade union leader, etc.) at work. So to hand out information about MWR or other resistance to your workmates is, at any time, an important act, if it's done on October 16th and linked to similar acts around the world it's also inspiring, if it's accompanied by some disruption of the productive process, then even more so. We think the effect of simultaneous acts by McDonalds workers around the world will prove very empowering. We want to show the world and ourselves that we are capable of organising internationally and that we will not be divided by lines on a map. We want to show ourselves and the world that we are not powerless in the face of multinational corporations, that in fact it is us who make their billions and we are able and willing to organise and fight back. We want to show ourselves and the world that there is a young generation of workers, passionate and rebellious, who refuse to live like past generations- we will not surrender our lives to an idiotic pursuit of wealth on behalf of those who already have too much. We want to take our first tentative steps towards a world designed for the many, not the few. |
| Full REPORT on the McStrike! (Time line that was updated throughout the day) HOME www.mcspotlight.org what was planned? what did we hope to achieve? |
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| Please let us know about your action ASAP by e-mailing both: reports@mwr.org.uk and globaldayofaction@yahoo.co.uk and/ or by calling us on: ((00) 44) 07732 531 196 |