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Since the beginning of October, production has been at a standstill at 'Teigwaren Riesa'. The once largest and famous pasta factory of the GDR is located in the district of Gröba, where in a harbor the Döllnitz flows into the Elbe, of the city of Riesa, a city of just under 30,000 inhabitants in the Saxon district of Meißen. At 12.51 euros, workers there earn only marginally more than the federal minimum wage.
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We upload a picture of a painting made in Berlin-Marzahn, to honor the fallen mexican comarades Jesús Manuel García Martínez and Filogonio Martínez Merino, that where send to us.
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The latest figures published reveal a bitter truth: a third of a century after the annexation of the GDR by the FRG, the illusions of flourishing landscapes have long since vanished and it is becoming increasingly clear that what belongs together is not growing together. Average wages in the not so "new" federal states today are about ¾ of the average wages in the West. More precisely, it is 78.5% or exactly 55,797 euros in West Germany, whereas in East Germany it was only 43,624 euros per year. Even though both increased in absolute terms compared to the previous year, both decreased when adjusted for inflation. What is important here is that the difference between East and West German wages has not only not decreased or remained the same, but has increased.
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Workers at a total of six oil refineries in France have been on strike for around three weeks. In view of the massive profits of the corporations and rising inflation, they are demanding a wage increase of 10% backdated to the 1st of January this year.
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More than three decades have passed since the annexation of the GDR by the FRG. On the basis of this annexation, German imperialism has developed the aspiration to be able to make the leap to a superpower. The people in the "new" federal states have not only not benefited from this development, on the contrary. To put it bluntly, but extremely aptly: What use is it that we could buy bananas in the supermarket, if we can't afford to buy bananas?
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Hereby we publish a translation of an important evaluation by Spanish comrades on the struggle of migrant workers:
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We publish a translation of the report from the powerful demonstration in Paris on the 24th of September
