The current situation in France is characterised by a turn to the right, a severe weakening of working class consciousness and the rise of “classless” populism, all in conditions of greatly increased social and political instability.
A crisis of leadership among the French working class Read Post »
By Marc Lassalle PARIS – WE ARE witnessing another of France’s powerful social movements. This time it is directed against
By Marc Lassalle PARIS – ON 4 NOVEMBER, 174,154 voters, from a population of 268,000, in Kanaky voted on the
Self determination for Kanaky! Down with French imperialism! Read Post »
By Marc Lassalle – PARIS WITH a successful day of action on October 9, the major trade unions, CGT, FO,
By Marc Lassalle PARIS – After a month of militant but inconclusive strikes and occupations by railway workers and students,
French workers’ and students’ struggle at a turning point Read Post »
PARIS – Strikes and demonstrations have taken place across France in a day of action called by a united front of
French railway workers prepare for decisive struggle Read Post »
PARIS – The new French President, Emmanuel Macron, speaking at a business start-up event
WITH 32 PER CENT of the votes in the first round of France’s parliamentary elections, Emmanuel Macron’s party, La République
Huge abstention takes the gloss off Macron’s majority Read Post »
DURING THE weeks between the first and second round of the French presidential elections, some on the French left called for
Emmanuel Macron, former investment banker and economy minister, easily won the second round of France’s presidential elections
Macron’s victory will pour fuel on the fire of racism and far right populism Read Post »
“Since 1965 I have never lived through a presidential election like this. There are no more axes, no more rules”,
France: Presidential elections in a climate of crisis Read Post »
By Marc Lasalle In the wake of the terrorist atrocities of 13 November 2015, which left 130 dead, Socialist government
IN THE wake of the terrorist atrocities of 13 November 2015, which left 130 dead, Socialist government ministers and local mayors
Burkini ban repealed but climate of fear prevails for French Muslims Read Post »
By KD Tait More than a million people marched in Paris in protest at the government’s attempt to demolish the
Paris: one million march against attack on workers’ rights Read Post »
By KD Tait French Trade unions have staged two nationwide days of action in response to the Socialist Party government’s
By KD Tait President François Hollande’s Socialist Party (PS) government has used emergency powers to force through Minister of Labour
France: All-out general strike now can halt anti-labour “reforms” Read Post »
3 September 2015 The drowned body of three year old Aylan Kurdi washed up on a beach near Bodrum, Turkey
By Jeremy Dewar 12 August 2015 There are more refugees in the world today than ever before. This year’s Global
By KD Tait 30 July, 2015 On Tuesday night a young Sudanese man was crushed to death by a lorry.
Calais crisis: the English Channel is becoming a river of blood Read Post »
5 February 2015 The Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris on 7 January, when two terrorists murdered 12 journalists, a worker
Secularism, multiculturalism and working class integration Read Post »
