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Photo: Communist organizations in Moscow rally in solidarity with workers’ uprising in Kazakhstan, Jan. 7.
In a statement about the large-scale mobilizations and protests in the former Soviet republic, the Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan calls for international solidarity with the demonstrators and demands the withdrawal of troops from the cities, the resignation of all Nazarbayev officials, the release of all political prisoners and detainees, the legalization of the Communist Party and trade unions, as well as the nationalization of Kazakhstan’s entire extractive and large-scale industry.
Jan. 6 – In Kazakhstan, there is now a real popular uprising. From the very beginning the protests were of a social and class nature, since the doubling of the price of liquefied gas on the exchange was just the last straw in an overflowing cup of patience. After all, the demonstrations began precisely in Zhanaozen at the initiative of the oil workers, which became a kind of political headquarters of the entire protest movement.
And the dynamics of this movement is indicative, since it began as a social protest, it then began to expand, and labor collectives used rallies to put forward their own demands for a 100% increase in wages, cancellation of optimization results, improvement of working conditions and freedom of trade union activity.
A collection of financial statements and press releases from the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC / BP / British Petroleum) and its Chairman, Sir William Fraser. The Mossadegh Project | www.MohammadMossadegh.com
A collection of financial statements and press releases from the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC / BP / British Petroleum) and its Chairman, Sir William Fraser.
The Mossadegh Project
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This ca. 1914 photograph shows oil field workers in Drumright, Oklahoma shooting a flaming oil tank with a cannon to prevent it from exploding.
This image is part of the Hagley Library’s collection of Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials, Series II. Nation’s Business photographs (Accession 1993.230.II). To view more items from this collection online, visit its page in our Digital Archive by clicking here.
"Adults often think that they know more [about the oil issue] just because they are older," Emma Bugge Gjerdevik says. "But we have resources." She remembers one oil manager she debated with, who accused her of making him "a villain". But she has come to view the real villain as the Norwegian state, which makes the decisions to extract petroleum. "Oil is absolutely incredible," Emma says. "There is no other resource like it. It has contributed so much good. It is a safety net. So of course the older generations find it hard to think beyond it." Finding oil was an economic game changer for Norway. But as climate change concerns have grown among the Norwegian population, the country's media has started writing about "oil shame". In 2019, oil electrician Idar Martin Herland started the hashtag #stoltoljearbeider (#proud oil worker) to challenge this view. "I saw that my colleagues felt exposed," he says. "But we produce something that the world needs." People criticise the oil workers, but that's unfair, he says. "These same people drive [petrol] cars." Hilde-Marit Rysst, who used to work as an oil rig technician, and is now the leader of the labour union in which Idar Martin is active, stresses that oil workers care about the planet too, but people need to be realistic. "The green energy isn't ready [to meet all our needs] yet," Hilde-Marit says. "For a long time to come, renewable energy will go hand in hand with fossil fuels." "Young people are eager and impatient," Idar Martin adds. "But we really have to do this step by step."
Matilda Welin, 'The young Norwegians taking their own country to court over oil', BBC
George McGhee of the State Dept. has how first solo meeting with Premier Mohammad Mossadegh. They met at New York Hospital, October 9, 1951, and discussed practical matters around operating Iran's oil industry. Memorandum by Vernon Walters. The Mossadegh Project | www.MohammadMossadegh.com
Brazil’s oil workers strike 113 Petrobras locations
Brazil’s largest oil workers union, FUP, said Thursday it’s expanded the strike against Petrobras to 113 locations, including offshore and onshore oil installations, refineries, power plants, fertilizer and biofuels plants.
“The more Petrobras’ management bets on the conflict, criminalizing the oil workers’ strike, lying to the judiciary and refusing to negotiate with the FUP, the more the union strengthens the movement,” FUP said, in a statement.
On Wednesday, the Brazilian Supreme Court maintained a previous ruling that 90% of the workers should continue working during the strikes, which started on Feb. 1. Petrobras has previously requested the tribunal to suspend the protests as this would mean losses to the company and the country’s energy security due to less supply.
The strikes have reached 53 platforms, 23 terminals, 11 refineries and 23 other operational units, as well as three administrative bases, Kallanish Energy reports. The workers are protesting layoffs in a fertilizer plant in Parana state.
Workers are also set to protest against the privatization of the Brazilian state-run oil company and its divestment plans.
Brazilian truckers announce strike and support to oil workers
The Brazilian Union of Autonomous Land Carriers of Goods (ANTB) announced a strike, starting on Monday, against the government's policy of fuel prices, and ratified its support of the strike of the Petrobras workers.
Jose Rodrigo Stringasci, President of the ANTB said that 'it is a matter that needs to be discussed by all of the society, since it affects all of the sectors. He insisted that 'if we have the oil and (the State company) Petrobras, it is not possible but to accept these inadequate (fuel) pump values.'
California is often considered the United States’ greenest state — a first-mover on climate policy, renewable energy, electric vehicles and
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