Recibi esto por otra lista y me parece que vale la pena que lo lean.
Quizas desde esta lista podriamos hacer algo... carta a la embajada?

---
Claudia B.

Happy MayDay to all!

The Zanon workers of Neuquen in Argentina are at yet
another turning point
in their struggle, and the time is ripe for another
explosion of
international support for these brave workers and
their inspiring
achievements.

They have saved their factory from closing, run it
without bosses, created
hundreds of meaningful democratic jobs, given back to
their community, and
energetically supported other workers¢® struggles
throughout their country.

Please go to the following web page right now, type in
your name and email
address, and send a message to local politicians with
one click.

<http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=49
>


And now here¢®s a short update¢®

The Zanon workers and their families have recently and
repeatedly been the
victims of brutal attacks, torture, death threats and
kidnappings. The
attackers have used tactics familiar to Argentinians
who remember the terror
of the violent military dictatorship, right down to
the chilling detail of
kidnapping and torturing the wife of one of the
workers in a green Ford
Falcon ¡¾ the very vehicles used by security forces
responsible for 30,000
forced disappearances and countless other human rights
violations. Two Zanon
families have had to leave the city for their own
safety.

This was all clearly leading up to the climax of the
legal battle for the
factory. Last week, the judge opened up a process
known as a ¢®cram-down¢®:
five days in which new or old owners could make bids
to ¢®buy¢® the factory
for a fraction of its real value. This could have
triggered an immediate
eviction order, and another crisis at the factory.

But no one came forward. It is clear that the deep
community support for the
workers¢® struggle, both locally and internationally,
has dissuaded those who
want to take the factory away from the community that
has defended and
nurtured it.

So now the process can move to the next stage: the
judge should declare the
bankruptcy once and for all, and hand legal control of
the workplace to the
Zanon workers and their cooperative (FaSinPat ¡¾ short
for Factories Without
Bosses).

This is not a permanent solution, but it will at least
make the situation
less precarious, and allow the workers to work without
the constant threat
of eviction. The only acceptable permanent solution is
the definitive
recognition of the workers¢® control of the factory,
free of the previous
owner¢®s debt.

As part of a global movement for social justice, we
must defend this
inspiring concrete example of those other worlds we
know we can create.
Let¢®s build a network strong enough to defend
FaSinPat!!

To receive future updates, join the Zanon alert email
list ¡¾ to sign up send
an email to <cerlac2@...> with Zanon in the
subject line.


And for more information, see the links below.


Workers' control of FaSinPat continues despite attacks
<http://www.hellocoolworld.com/thetake/grassroots/Action/FaSinPat_en.htm>

Zanon Factory Worker Kidnapped, Tortured
<http://argentina.indymedia.org/news/2005/03/271612.php>

Press Release:
Zanon workers in state of alert. judge opens way for
vulture funds to take
over the factory
<http://www.hellocoolworld.com/thetake/grassroots/action/press.htm>

Zanon workers under attack
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/623/623p15.htm>

Zanon, Argentina
<http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2004-03/18trigona.cfm>

Death threats against occupying workers in Argentina
<https://www3.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/03/306048.html

Argentina's Factories: Avi Lewis
<http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2005/200503/20050329.html>

Occupy, Resist, Produce: Worker Cooperatives in Buenos
Aires
<http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=42&ItemID=7353

Member of Worker-Run Factory in Argentina Was
Kidnapped, Tortured
<http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=42&ItemID=7403

Zanon
<http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=42&ItemID=6792

The work of changing minds: Recovered factories in
Argentina
<http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=42&ItemID=4702

March in Defense of Zanon
<http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=42&ItemID=6250>



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