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2 June 2005
THE FRENCH 'no' to the EU constitution is a massive blow to the pro-big business politicians in France and Europe...
2 June 2005
Why French workers voted 'no' to EU referendum
"WE'RE VOTING no. It is a constitution for the bourgeoisie, for multinationals, for bosses. It is only about the economy, competition,...
19 March 2005
IN FRANCE, in one of the biggest trade union mobilisations, one million people took to the streets on 10 March demanding better wages and battling against a longer working week...
26 February 2005
France: 24-hour general strike in the making
A NEW wave of militancy is sweeping France as school students and workers take action against the attacks of the right-wing Raffarin government...
29 January 2005
French public-sector workers show their strength
LAST WEEK France saw huge mobilisations by workers against redundancies and for higher wages...
6 November 2004
Ministers Paper Over Growing EU Crises
ON 29 October leaders from the 25 member states of the European Union (EU), meeting in Rome, signed a new European Constitution...
4 September 2004
Defending the 35-hour week: The Profit System's The Problem, Not The Workers
Defending the 35-hour week: Minister for Europe and former trade union official Denis MacShane has recently claimed: "An obsession with the 35-hour week is now part of Europe's economic problem, not the solution."...
3 April 2004
Raffarin's 'Reforms' Decisively Rejected
THE RIGHT-WING Chirac-Raffarin government in France is in political meltdown following disastrous regional election results. Its share of the vote slump to 36%...
31 January 2004
French Government's Divisive Ban On Headscarves
ON 17 January 2004, demonstrations took place in many countries against the French government's proposal to ban the wearing of the hijab (headscarf) in France's state schools...
13 December 2003
EU 'growth and stability' fiasco: Squabbling States Continue With Bosses' Agenda
'REFRIGERATED, HOSPITALISED, dead', are the words used to describe the European Union stability and growth pact after it was trashed by Germany and France, writes Manny Thain.
28 June 2003
Marseille marches to a militant beat
MARSEILLE WAS at the height of the recent strike wave in France. Its militant traditions were reflected in the numbers on the streets, writes Manny Thain, participant in the recent mass workers' actions in France.
21 June 2003
France: Workers Still Angry At Bosses' Plans
TRADE UNION organisers say 1.5 million workers struck in France against government attacks on state pensions on 10 June, when the plans were presented to the National Assembly (parliament)...
14 June 2003
France - millions keep up strike movement
STRIKES AND protest actions are continuing across France on a daily basis, against the Raffarin government's pension 'reform' plans, writes Judy Beishon.
7 June 2003
G8 at Evian: Multinationals 'United' In Exploitation?
IN EVIAN, France, representatives of the world's most powerful capitalist nations discussed many issues, including globalisation, weapons of mass destruction (WMD), North Korea and the Middle East, writes Paul Hunt, Coventry.
7 June 2003
AIRPLANES WERE grounded, trains didn't run and the roads and motorways were gridlocked as France's workers walked out, writes Judy Beishon, Paris, Tuesday 3 June..
7 June 2003
France: Millions Strike Against The Raffarin Government
THE LEADERS of the world's richest and most powerful nations met this week at their G8 summit in Evian, France...
31 May 2003
AS STRIKES and demonstrations against public sector cuts sweep France, Germany, and Austria, the mainstream British press's most prominent mention of this mass movement is in the gossip columns - apparently Madonna is upset because her daughter's teachers have been on strike!...
31 May 2003
French workers' protest: Building For A General Strike
AIR TRAFFIC controllers, school teachers, hospital workers, postal and communications workers in France have again taken strike action this week against the Raffarin government's attacks on pensions...
24 May 2003
Raffarin government attacks pensions France's Workers Take To The Streets
A HUGE demonstration of French workers called by the CGT union is expected to swamp the streets of Paris on 25 May...
29 June 2001
Inside Britain's Secret State: Interview with David Shayler
Shayler's stand: DAVID SHAYLER is a former MI5 agent who left its pay in 1997 saying that MI5 and MI6 had been involved in an attempted assassination of Libyan leader Colonel Gadaffi in 1996...
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