Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by BILLARD Cathy
A statement on the position of the new French government and state in relation to the extraordinary mobilisation of the people of Kanaky was expected in the general policy speech of the French prime minister Michel Barnier on 1 October.
Since 13 May, the date on which a law to unfreeze the (…)
, by ROBIE David
Jean-Marie Tjibaou, a revered Kanak visionary, was inspirational to indigenous Pacific political activists across Oceania, just like Tongan anthropologist and writer Epeli Hao’ofa was to cultural advocates.
Tragically, he was assassinated in 1989 by an opponent within the independence movement (…)
, by DELAPORTE Lucie, TREPIED Benoît
French President Emmanuel Macron left Paris for New Caledonia on Tuesday, in a bid to defuse the unrest in France’s Pacific Ocean territory that has claimed the lives of at least six people over the past week. The eruption of rioting last week followed a move by Paris to allow recent settlers on (…)
, by FOUTEAU Carine
A sixth person was on Saturday reported to have been killed in the ongoing unrest in the French overseas territory of New Caledonia, amid increasing calls for Emmanuel Macron and his government to place on hold the legislation that sparked the violence. This will give newly arrived settlers, (…)
, by Comité Stratégique Indépendantiste de Non-Participation (CSI-NP)
Gathered under the name of “Independence Strategic Committee of Non-participation” , the representatives of the political parties (FLNKS, the nationalists of MNSK, PT, DUS, MOI) and the independentist trade unions (USTKE, FLS, CNTP) call for the non-participation in the referendum of 12 (…)
, by McDONNELL Hugh
Emmanuel Macron celebrated New Caledonia’s vote to remain part of France as an indication of the Republic’s strength. Yet France’s continued control is based on a bloody history of repression against the independence movement.
The French South Pacific territory of New Caledonia went to the (…)
, by WEBB-GANNON Camellia, WEBB Michael
This Sunday, November 4, the New Caledonians will go to the polls to decide on the independence of their archipelago.
Many Australians, who are used to spending their holidays there in order to taste French culture in the middle of the Pacific, are unaware of the continuing struggle of the (…)
, by LEVY Kim , SRINIVASAN Prianka
As the country prepares for a referendum on 4 November, the scars of colonisation are still raw
Just over 16,700km from Paris, on the edge of the southwest Pacific Ocean, lies a little piece of France. In New Caledonia, locals eat croissants for breakfast, crêpes for lunch and in the (…)
, by ALLETON Bernard
Within the next year the referendum on the self-determination of Kanaky / New Caledonia must be held. This territory of the Pacific has been a French colony since 1853, and was re-registered in 1986 by the United Nations on the list of non-autonomous territories to be decolonized. The Kanaks (…)
, by ECOIFFIER Matthieu, JODAR Gérard
This interview with Gérard Jodar, president of the pro-independence trade union federation USTKE (Union of Kanak and Exploited Workers), was published in Libération, issue #14790, on August 17 2009. He was interviewed by Matthieu Ecoiffier. Translated into English for Links International Journal (…)
, by Collectif Solidarité Kanaky, TRUMAN Annolies
By Collectif Solidarité Kanaky, translation and introduction for Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal by Annolies Truman.
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August 12, 2009 — On August 6, a general strike in Kanaky (or the French overseas territory of New Caledonia) was called off (…)
, by ALLETON Bernard
One year after its founding by the Kanak and Exploited Workers Union (Union syndicale des travailleurs kanaks et des exploités:USTKE ), the Kanaky Labour Party (Parti travailliste: PT) held its first congress in November 2008 in Noumea. The Revolutionary Communist League (Ligue communiste (…)
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