The factory that manufactures oxygen bottles closed its doors last year, as, despite the economic benefits, it seems that its bosses had other intentions (producing lower cost and higher yield products). This factory distributed oxygen bottles not only in Europe, but also in Asia, Africa and Australia.
Now, in the face of the crisis we are experiencing, the workers have recalled the words of the President of the French Government: “This pandemic has made it clear that there are goods and services that must be placed outside the law of the market.” They have therefore asked him to start his activity as soon as possible in the total nationalisation of the factory and to start distributing the oxygen bottles to the places where they need it.
Will the French Government be able not to take control of this factory, which is essential to care for patients with covid19? They ask in the article that we bring from El Salto Diario.
The pandemic has revealed, in all its crudeness, the consequences of the neoliberal model of care for the elderly, children and the dependent population. Now is the time to consolidate the critical discourses and community alternatives that flourished during the lockdown.”... [+]