Between May Day struggles and indiscriminate repression in Algeria - International Viewpoint
Algeria Friday 7 May 2021, by Adel Abderezak The trade union movement is formally pluralist but in fact corporatist and bureaucratized. Workers’ struggles remain defensive and atomized. The industrial centres remain silent while the peripheral sectors are more combative. The fighting spirit of the teachers in education is intact but the union apparatuses have become bureaucratized. Weaknesses of the trade union and workers’ movement Béjaïa is today at the forefront of new experiences of struggle and the Numilog workers are leading the way. The autonomous unions are attempting unity in...