> ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > Subject: Workers9 tragedy in Vietnam > Date: Tue, 24 Oct 00 18:01:08 +0100 > x-mailer: Claris Emailer 1.1 > From: Socialist Appeal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "What's New at \"In Defence of Marxism\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by james.hwcn.org id > NAA05854 > > http://www.marxist.com > > Tuesday, October 24, 2000 > > > - Workers9 tragedy in Vietnam > http://www.marxist.com/Asia/strike_in_vietnam_oct00.html > > Report from Vietnam on the strike at the Hue Phong shoe factory in Ho Chi > Minh City: > > "After 14 years of "reform", with the introduction of the so-called "market > economy under state control in a socialist direction", an economic boom is > indeed taking place in Vietnam. However, its economy is obviously not > immune from the financial crisis of its neighbours. The regime is looking > hopelessly for foreign investment. They are speeding up the process of > privatisation. This year they allowed the sale of stocks of publicly owned > companies and the setting up of joint-venture companies. They also > auctioned off weak state-owned enterprises. As soon as the foreign > capitalists came into Vietnam, they applied every measure possible to > maximise the exploitation of the workers. The bosses from Korea, Taiwan and > many other countries have used brutal methods against the workers. The > trade unions, from the national leadership right down to the local bodies, > have very often been too slow to act and have revealed their inability to > protect their own workers. Very few strikes have been reported, and most of > them have attracted very few workers. However the strike of over 4,000 > workers at the Hue Phong company (a joint-venture producing shoes) on > 12-13th September may represent an important turning point in the workers9 > struggle in Vietnam." > > By Nguyen Ky, Vietnam, > 23rd October, 2000 > > > - Latest Messages from the Socialist Students in Palestine > http://www.marxist.com/appeals/from_palestine.html > > Read the latest message from the Palestinian Socialist Students (23rd October) > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > If you would like to be informed by email of new additions to the In > Defence of Marxism web site send us an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "subscribe What's new" as the message > body. If you want to be removed from this list send a message to the same > address with "unsubscribe" as the body of the message. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Yours in solidarity, > > > Socialist Appeal's "In Defence of Marxism" web site > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.marxist.com > http://www.socialist.net > PO Box 2626 > London N1 7SQ > Britain > > > > > The Revolution will not be televised: News at 11... > > Jim W. Jaszewski > Labour Left Opposition (I.D. Only) > Canada > > ++ stop the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal ++ > ++ if you agree copy these 3 sentences in your own sig ++ > ++ see: http://www.xs4all.nl/~tank/spg-l/sigaction.htm++ > > To Hell with elitism, feudalism and British Royalty: > Let's fight for a Republic of Canada!! _______________________________________________ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international
