Antonio Cocciolo

Language: French

Charleroi is a historic stronghold of class struggle. The first workers' organizations in our country were forged in the mining and heavy industry of this city. The workers' uprising of Roux in 1886, which was bloodily suppressed, the general strike of 1913, the closure of the mines in the 1960s... You cannot understand Charleroi without the heroic struggle of the city's working class, which continues to this day. A Marxist walk through Charleroi, offering a counter-history of an inspiring city.

The tour is led by Antonio Cocciolo, former president of the FGTB-Charleroi and the FGTB Metalworkers Hainaut-Namur.