A comment about the general strike
From a mailing list:
in case you wonder, the general strike called by cgil and sindacati di base didn’t exactly paralyze italy, at least judging from a milanese perspective. the weather didn’t help, and people don’t seem to trust cgil any longer, especially in the public sector. The Onda is still active but we’ll have to wait until january to see whether it will manage to crash the gates of power. Berlusconi had anyway to make significant concessions on primary and secondary education on the eve of the strike. The hideous cuts to higher education are still standing and that’s where the battle is gonna be in the new year.