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21 October 2020
Horrific murder in Paris: fight intolerance and racism!
Gauche Révolutionnaire (GR - CWI in France) issued the following statement on 17 October (extracts reproduced here) after the beheading of a teacher outside his school in the Paris region
17 June 2020
Reform or revolt? How was the slave trade abolished?
The slave trade between the west coast of Africa and the Americas over a period of 300 to 400 years was probably one of the most barbaric periods of exploitation in history
10 June 2020
France: 20,000 rally against Paris's killer gendarmes
20,000 people rallied in Paris on 2 June to demand #JusticePourAdama, to fight against racism, and in solidarity with the movement in the United States.
18 March 2020
French local elections: CWI candidate elected
Leïla Messaoudi of Gauche Révolutionnaire was elected to the local council of Petit-Quevilly in the city of Rouen
22 January 2020
France striker speaks: real, deep anger needs union strategy
For the moment, the strike relies on the workers' determination - we need to discuss demands to generalise the strike, and a political alternative
22 January 2020
Eyewitness report: workers' struggle in France on the boil
After more than 45 days of strikes and 62 weeks of 'gilets jaunes' protests, French workers' appetite for struggle endures
8 January 2020
International wave of revolt continues
As we go to press, a general strike is set to rock India on 8 January
16 December 2019
French workers determined to defeat Macron
France's working class is in a gargantuan struggle with its government and the hated 'president of the rich'
9 December 2019
Last Thursday's strike in France against pension 'reform' was massive
13 November 2019
1 May 2019
France Telecom: Privatisation in the dock
As chief executive officer of the recently privatised France Telecom (now Orange), Didier Lombard was a 'master of the universe'. And on a salary of €500,000 to boot.
20 February 2019
TV: Les Misérables - Hugo's novel and this adaptation both offer a message of hope
Les Misérables started life as a three-volume novel by Victor Hugo written during his political exile from France.
13 February 2019
France: striking workers confront Macron
The gilets jaunes have awoken, on the part of millions, a deep will to revolt - even to make a revolution
6 February 2019
France gilets jaunes' backed by mass strike action
The 'gilets jaunes' (yellow vests) movement in France is by no means over. Saturday 2 February saw 'Act 13' of the series of weekend demonstrations, swelled by anger at the blinding by rubber bullets of gilets jaunes protesters including a prominent member of the movement, Jerome Rodrigues.
23 January 2019
Reports from strikes and struggle in the USA, Nigeria, Russia, France, Tunisia, Zimbabwe and the Spanish state
16 January 2019
France: union-led action and assemblies can defeat Macron
After a slowdown over Christmas, it seems the 'gilets jaunes' movement is back in full swing.
12 December 2018
Since Saturday 17 November, a massive tide of very visible protest has swept the country.
5 December 2018
France: mass demonstrations force president to back down
This movement, the expression of accumulated anger, brings together many who have voted very different ways in recent elections
28 November 2018
Eyewitness: French protesters seize streets against President Macron
Over the last weeks, France has witnessed widespread protest against neoliberal president Emmanuel Macron and his government. Close to 500,000 people blockaded roads and roundabouts on Saturday 17 November.
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