Explosion of solidarity with the VIO ME workers and their struggle at
the Festival of direct democracy and solidarity economy which was held
in Varna, Bulgaria on 13, 14 and 15 September this year.
There
was a lecture on which hundreds of people were introduced to the
problems of workers of the occupied factory. In the free discussion
that followed with the audience, the people of Bulgaria expressed their
support and asked about the details and the organization of the factory
after passing under workers control.Others asked for such "occupied"
factories in the world and whether similar "occupation" could happen in a
bulgarian factory.
The products were sold for just a few minutes. Some people wanted
to make a request for larger quantities but were disappointed by the
fact that due to legal issues, the importation of those goods in
Bulgaria is difficult.There was the idea of creating a network of
solidarity in Bulgaria to help solve the problems of the Greek workers
with institutions in Greece and afterwards for the distribution of their
products. People got T-shirts showing solidarity with the struggling
for self-government Vio ME and the conviction that their fight is fair.
