History is ours when we make it with our own hands

Jan 25, 2006 13:28

so, when argentina's economy most recently collapsed, all kinds of business owners told their workers that they would either agree to work for lots less money or they would get fired. much to their surprise, many of the factory workers told their owners to fire them (and then refused to leave, forcibly removed the owners, and continued production in co-operative style).

the following was found written inside the Brukman factory:

"Those who are still alive should never
say never.
The inevitable is not inevitable,
The way things are won't last.
When those who govern have spoken,
The goverened will speak out.

Who dares to say never?
On whom does continued
oppression depend?
On us.
On whom does breaking it depend?
Once more, on us.

If you are knocked down, get up,
If you are lost, fight.
How can those who understand their own
situation ever be stopped?"
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