Events around the world look grim: the war in Ukraine continues, the genocidal war in Gaza is escalating, and Trump is threatening to push the world economy into a recession that will harm workers. Since Trump’s January 20th inauguration, tariffs, mass layoffs, cuts to social programs, attacks on migrants and the fraying of democracy in […]
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“Strong man” rule is spreading in this period of capitalist nationalism and militarism. Orban in Hungary, Yoon in South Korea, Erdogan in Turkey and now of course, above all Donald Trump wield state power in their own interests, undermining and directly jettisoning “democratic” norms, without consultation with parties or parliament. France from 1848 to 1852, […]
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Let’s turn our anger into a mass movement in our neighbourhoods and workplaces! The racist murder of young Nahel by a police officer in Nanterre (economically deprived suburb of Paris) on 27 June sparked a wave of indignation and revolt against systemic racism and incessant police violence, particularly against young people of North African or […]
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Bob Sulatycki is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). Four months of protest across France. Over a dozen national strike days of action. Rolling strikes and protests, student and school student strikes, hundreds of arrests, road blockages, the storming of luxury shops and restaurants. The catalyst for this movement has been the […]
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This is the text of a leaflet issued by ISA in France. Set up strike committees in every workplace, every school, every district On March 23, France has been on strike with massive demonstrations across the country. According to the CGT trade union there are 700,000 on the streets of Paris alone. In Marseille there […]
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Arno is a member of Linkse Socialistiche Partij / Parti Socialiste de Lutte (ISA in Belgium). On Thursday, January 20, millions of French workers were on strike with tens of thousands on marches as workers reject the Macron’s government attack on pensions. As announced during the presidential campaign, the Macron government has launched its pension […]
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For almost 50 days, workers at 7 refineries across the country have led a strike that has shaken both the oil giants TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil, as well as the Macron government. The powerful strike movement, which was beginning to spill over into other sectors, carried the potential for a major struggle to obtain a pay-rise […]
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Philip Chmel is a member of Linkse Socialistiche Partij / Parti Socialiste de Lutte (ISA in Belgium). Expropriate the Energy Capitalists and Climate Killers Escalating the strike is the best answer of the working class to company blackmail and the government’s threat to force striking refinery workers back to work. The climate movement needs to […]
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Stéphane Delcros is a member of Linkse Socialistiche Partij / Parti Socialiste de Lutte (ISA in Belgium). Two months after the presidential election, the traditional parties in France received a new blow in the parliamentary elections. It confirms that the political instruments of the bourgeoisie have been undermined after decades of austerity policies. More than […]
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Stéphane Delcros and Nicolas Croes are members of Linkse Socialistiche Partij / Parti Socialiste de Lutte (ISA in Belgium). For a ‘Third Round’ of Struggle! The second round of the French presidential elections ended with 58.5% for Macron and 41.5% for Le Pen. The enthusiasm for Macron was very limited. The number of people who […]
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