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On January 20, 2009, a general strike began in the French colony of Guadeloupe. After a month of fruitless negotiations, the strikers “began rioting, burning cars and businesses, throwing rocks and eventually opening fire on the police.”
After three days, the French president conceded to all 20 of the strikers’ demands. You can read more on how this played out in our book The Failure of Nonviolence by Peter Gelderloos
http://detritusbooks.com/failure 
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