Guadelope Uprising

The Guadelope Uprising or Guadelope General Strike was a worker uprising that occurred in Guadelope, Caribbean France in 2009.
== Background ==
The uprising was triggered by a combination of poor living conditions, the high cost of living, low wages, racial tension, anti-colonial sentiment, precarious and high unemployment from a tourist economy and the commodification of the environment and indigenous traditions.
== Tactics ==
Islanders burned cars and businesses, throwing rocks and eventually opening fire with guns on the police.
== Results ==
Peter Gelderloos explains the success of the uprising:After just three days, the French authorities came back to the negotiating table with a much better offer: raising the lowest salaries by a whopping 200 euros a month, and acceding to all of the strikers' top 20 demands. President Sarkozy, a hardliner and law-and-order politician through and through, took on an apologetic tone with rioters and promised to review French policy in all its overseas possessions.Peter Gelderloos (2015) The Failure of Nonviolence
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