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Marie-José Douet speaking on ‘France 1968, month of revolution’ in London May 2008 |
Speaker: Marie-José Douet
Marie-José became active in Left politics as a student in the 1960s and was a participant in the events of May 1968. She is a member of Gauche Révolutionnaire (CWI France). To this day, she remains a socialist campaigner and her visit to the UK offered an excellent opportunity to hear first hand the effect of the mass movement on workers and young people.
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Clare Doyle, speaking on France 1968 in London May 2008 |
Speakers: Clare Doyle, (Committee for a Workers International) and Marco Verrugio of Controcorrente, Italy
Clare is a member of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales). She has visited France on many occasions, including in 1968, and is the author of ‘France 1968: month of revolution’. Her work has included traveling to many countries, including living for a period in Russia, and she has written extensively on international issues. She is a convinced and active socialist.
Marco Verrugio of Controcorrente Italy gives an analysis of political developments in Italy, in particular in the PRC (see also ‘Italy: What future for Prc? The Socialist 29 March 2007’)
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Peter Taaffe speaking at the May 2008 London meeting to commemorate France May 1968, month of revolution |
Speaker: Peter Taaffe, general secretary of the Socialist Party
Peter Taaffe looks at the revolutionary situation which arose in France in May 1968 in the light of the current sub-prime crisis and credit crunch afflicting the economies of the western capitalist world.