Yesterday strike still Théâtre de la Cité Internationale in Paris. But we were there, French and foreign artists, and the audience. We spoke and exchanged about work, about art, about the social values that are in danger, about different ways of striking, of saying ‘no.’ Now first general assembly in order to decide on the actions of today but for the people who are interested in the festival and the artists: please come and join us, it’s more than worth it!!!

 

Strike of the “intermittents” in Paris. Yesterday @ Théâtre de la Cité Internationale: no shows on stage. Instead: artists, technicians, staff, audience gathering in a beautiful moment of solidarity: NO to the increasing precarization of work. NO to the austerity measurements of right or so-called left governments running after Capital. Not only in France, but everywhere. Very touching: the Portuguese company Cao Solteiro says: “For the first time in fifteen years, we managed to get out of Portugal and show our work here in Paris. We want to play. But do it, go ahead with your strike. Because in Portugal we have nothing, but we also don’t have strikes, people don’t organize themselves like this.”

>> eyewitness report by Iiris Viirpalu

 
LFEO in Paris! The city is groaning under strikes. Perfect timing for another week of interruptions of the daily routines of so many working people. Here on our way to a meeting at HLM, organization for social housing – they sure also know something about “living together”.