Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by ROUSSET Pierre
The Olympic Games were the occasion of a real psychodrama between the French and Chinese governments. President Nicolas Sarkozy remained silent for a long time about the repression of the riots in Tibet before announcing, under the pressure of public opinion, that he did not envisage taking part (…)
, by REMY Yann
IN CONTRAST WITH the United States, where the political arena has been dominated by two entrenched parties for a century, France has gone through major changes since the end of World War II. Back then, workers’ demands were mostly put forward by the French Communist Party (PCF) which had over (…)
, by Cuban News Agency
HAVANA, Cuba: The French Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) reaffirmed its solidarity with Cuba after the devastation caused by the passing of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in a period of less than two weeks.
The Cuban News Agency published this report on September 15:
LCR leader Olivier (…)
, by ERLANGER Steven
MONTREUIL, France
“We are the exploited, oppressed, the young and the salaried, who don’t whine but want to be respected” — Olivier Besancenot
HE looks like a sprite: boyish, handsome in his black Hugo Boss T-shirt and blue jeans. He reminds some of Tintin, the eternally young comic-book (…)
, by ERLANGER Steven
This article is a different version from the The New York Times’ one posted earlier on line on ESSF: Olivier Besancenot – Light on the Left Guides His Comrades Toward France’s Mainstream
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MONTREUIL, France: He looks like a sprite - boyish, handsome in his black Hugo Boss (…)
, by CAMPBELL Matthew
With the Socialists in disarray, a young firebrand is now the best opponent of the French president: Olivier Besancenot, a postman.
Seldom have France’s opposition Socialists seemed in a more pitiful state. Overtaken long ago by the right, they were also being outflanked by the left last week (…)
, by KINZER Stephen
IS THE defendant’s dock at the International Criminal Court reserved for leaders of small and poor countries that defy the West? Not if Rwanda has its way. It wants to charge some of France’s most celebrated leaders of the 1990s as collaborators in genocide.
Last week the government of Rwanda (…)
, by DOBSON Tim
New laws were passed through the French Senate on July 23, which will see the virtual dismantling of the law that limits the working week for employees to 35 hours, which was introduced by the Socialist Party (SP) government in 1998.
The new laws, which are expected to take effect in August, (…)
, by O’KEEFE Derrick
Olivier Besancenot, a 34-year-old radical socialist postal worker, is now the most popular opposition politician in France.
Today is Bastille Day in France, a national holiday that marks a key event of the French Revolution. It’s the perfect time, especially in this year marking the 40th (…)
, by DUVAL François, HAYES Ingrid
Three hundred committees were represented by a little under 800 delegates. There were also a good number of observers so in all there were a thousand people. There were about 40% women and a majority of non-members of the LCR.
The agenda of this meeting was in two parts. The first part, a (…)
The meeting in Saint-Denis on 28 and 29th June confirms the emergence of a new national political force. The presence of almost 800 delegates representing hundreds of local committees testifies to the reality of the process which is going to lead us to the creation of a new anti-capitalist (…)
, by NPA / NPA l’Anticapitaliste
Appeal of the national coordination of action committees for a New Anti-capitalist Party
We are thousands of workers, men and women, from the cities and the countryside, with or without employment, with or without papers, young people, pensioners, precarious workers, activists from political (…)
, by PERELMAN Marc
by MARC PERELMAN
Lille, May 29, 2008 Revolutionary Communist League leader Olivier Besancenot at a rally last year
Lille
When French students began demonstrating forty years ago this spring to demand more autonomy in the universities and to protest the stifling rule of Gen. Charles de (…)
, by HAYES Ingrid
Following on the meeting of the National Leadership (DN) of the LCR over the weekend of May 17-18, some elements on the progress of the process of building the new anti-capitalist party (NPA).
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On what information are these elements based? on information coming (…)
, by MOUSSAOUI Rosa, PIEROT Jean-Paul
L’Humanite on French local elections. This analysis was published in L’Humanité, the daily newspaper closed to the French Communist Party (PCF) .
The on-going elections (9th and 16th March) concern town and “canton”(district) councillors. A few general lessons can be drawn from the first (…)
, par LCR (France)
More information will be added below on the LCR results and analysis as soon as possible. The French section of ESSF website contains of course much more articles than the English one...
A rejection of the liberal policies at the local and national level — 71 LCR candidates elected (…)
, by ROUSSET Pierre
This partial bibliography will be regularily completed. Some explanatory notes are and will be added to the usual bibliographical data.
Listed below are writings published in English and other non-French languages. To consult the more numerous list of publications in French, click here: (…)
, by ROUSSET Pierre
This partial bibliography will be regularly completed. Some explanatory notes are and will be added to the usual bibliographical data.
Many writings of the author have been and will be posted online on ESSF website. To get its updated list, click on this link: ROUSSET Pierre.
The * means (…)
, by DUVAL François
Within the LCR, there is a very broad agreement on the structural reasons behind the attempt to build a new political representation for the world of work, bringing together all those who have not given up on the struggle against the capitalist system.
After three months of rank and file (…)
, by GIEGOLD Sven
Report from the WSF 2008 in Paris. Or: Do we need a post-altermondialism?
In the framework of the WSF 2008 there were two very distinct remarkable events in Paris’ 11th arrondissement, very closed to each other.
First, there was an open festival organised by the French initiative for social (…)
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