Fuel price protests spread across Europe

[Hannah Bell]

By Kumaran Ira and Alex Lantier
2 June 2008

Growing anger over soaring fuel prices has prompted a wave of strikes and demonstrations across Europe that is fast becoming a major political crisis for the European bourgeoisie. After fishermen in France went on strike, their counterparts in Portugal, Spain, and Italy began indefinite nationwide work stoppages on May 30 to protest against soaring oil prices. Truck drivers, farmers, taxi drivers and ambulance workers across the continent also staged protests.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jun2008/fuel-j02.shtml


Interesting, since I often hear that the main reason gas prices are rising is the dollar is falling. Apparently not the case.

[seriousstan]

1. Boats take HUGE amounts of fuel. I have no doubt that this is a heavy burden on them.

[elleng]

2. Does anyone know

of reliable analysis of method of 'pricing' gas at the pump in the U.S?

Of course, Europeans are WAY ahead of us in U.S. as to 'communicating' with their governments; more 'democratic' than we?

[PearliePoo2]

3. This is what we need to do HERE

Europe doesn't seem to have any qualms about tying things up and shutting it down.
Why won't it happen here now?
This is a friggin crisis!

[Zynx]

4. The dollar issue makes it worse, but it is not the primary driver.

The idea that the reason we are seeing price inflation is simply because of dollar devaluation is gold bug nonsense. Notice how gold hasn't budged since March while oil is up 20%?

[magnificent9]

5. woo hoo!

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. That will come to the US sooner or later

mark my words