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Posted on 16 January 2020 at 11:04 GMT
West London Socialist Party: French workers - fighting back against Macron
Thursday 16th January 2020, 7.30pm
West London Trade Union Club, 33-35 High Street, Acton, London W3 6ND
President Macron has stepped up attacks on French workers with his attempt to completely change the pension system. Find out more about this struggle and how our sister French organisation, Gauche Révolutionnaire, is campaigning against these attacks.
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The coronavirus crisis has laid bare the class character of society in numerous ways. It is making clear to many that it is the working class that keeps society running, not the CEOs of major corporations.
The results of austerity have been graphically demonstrated as public services strain to cope with the crisis.
The government has now ripped up its 'austerity' mantra and turned to policies that not long ago were denounced as socialist. But after the corona crisis, it will try to make the working class pay for it, by trying to claw back what has been given.
- The Socialist Party's material is more vital than ever, so we can continue to report from workers who are fighting for better health and safety measures, against layoffs, for adequate staffing levels, etc.
- When the health crisis subsides, we must be ready for the stormy events ahead and the need to arm workers' movements with a socialist programme - one which puts the health and needs of humanity before the profits of a few.
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