
Long Reads: Anton Jäger on Belgium, the World's Most Successful Failed State?
Jacobin Radio
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The Strike Wave in Belgium
After the war, you have the creation of social security and all kinds of social rights. But at the same time, in the 19 fiftys, that old belgian elit is still able to keep its grip on power. The strike wave can then also be seen as this exclusively bolonian event - we want to secede from this conservative northern region. Even if it fails, the gaston askagover does make an enormous amount of social concessions.
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