UK Indymedia - UK Workers' Movements Newswire Archive

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Tues 28th March. Mass Strike in Britain and General Strike in France.

21-03-2006 00:08

Tuesday 28th March 2006 will see 1.5 Million workers strike to defend pensions. On the same day there will be a General Strike in France as part of the uprising against the CPE.

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Update : French Uprising, General Strike, Protester in Coma

20-03-2006 22:14

French unions and student bodies have today official called for a general strike and massive protests throughout France on 28th March 28 to pressure the government to withdraw the new CPE law that removes existing rights from young workers.

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Anti-war, pro-human rights

20-03-2006 13:02

No Foreign Occupation of Iraq. Don’t attack Iran.
No Islamist State, No Sharia Law
Stop Islamists killing queers and women in Iraq & Iran

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Killer-Coke and the World Cup in London

19-03-2006 11:58

Protest Killer-Coke's assassinations in Colombia and their sponsorship of the World Cup

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Rioting Breaks Out in France After CPE Demos (Paris)

18-03-2006 21:34

There was some trouble in Paris but so far isolated. At Le Place de la Nation police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of youths who fought with police. The clashes lasted for around two hours. Around 14 arrests reported. 12 protestors and 4 police injured. Later reports speak of 50+ arrests though this is unclear if it's Paris or a national total for today.

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Over One Million on Streets Protesting Against CPE In France!

18-03-2006 17:23

First major estimate's of today's massive french protests put the figure above one million. Le Figaro is reporting that unions believe well over a million are now demonstrating against the CPE labour reform on the streets of France.

The Agency France Presses is now quoting organisers as giving a figure of 1,145,000 people...

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Millions to take to the streets- follow events at the UNREST IN FRANCE BLOG

18-03-2006 03:34

We've been covering events in France for the best part of a week:

Riots, occupations, its all been building up to today massive demonstrations that are set to take place across France.

68% of the population is now against Villepins labour liberalisation measures and he refuses to back down.

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A big Thank YOU from France & some info...

18-03-2006 00:11

french struggle

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Paris clash between cops & demonstrators.

17-03-2006 21:36

Many more youth groups than just the students attended the demo. Also present was the working class and Algerian young of Paris both of whom have an axe to grind with the authorities. The CRS riot police kept their distance from the demo letting the marchers complete their route un-harassed until the end. At this point they made confrontation inevitable by blocking all routes away from the finish with tooled up riot squad.

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Paris Student march

17-03-2006 21:26

It is impossible to give a number for the demo. There was no helicopter available to IMC UK. Tens of thousands marched against the CPE legislation possibly up to 100,000. The demo was loud and peaceful with few stewards and not a cop in sight. Several sound systems entertained the thousands over a route of several miles.

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University occupation, Paris.

17-03-2006 21:19

One mobilization from just one of the occupied Universities.

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French Students Continue CPE Resistance - Hundreds of 1000s on Streets + Clashes

17-03-2006 03:27

Thursday 16th March Update:
Well over 250,000 students in France took to the streets in protests against the CPE around the country. That's the official estimate, groups involved put the numbers much higher (300,000 according to the student union UNEF, 500,000 according to FIDL’S, and even 600,000 according to UNL’S). 70% of universities effected by occupations and protests, schools also occupied in many places. More roads blockaded, town hall occupied in Rennes, reports of fascists attacking student protestors in several locations, heavy clashes in central Paris and at Sevres and near Sorbonne area this evening with tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon used as people fought riot police from 7.30pm, CNT union members arrested, reports of up to 300 total arrests today...

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French students movement

17-03-2006 02:04

On the 16th of march, 64 french universities, out of 84, were on strike.
This huge movement has started in january. Why ?

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Virtual Sit-In in Solidarity with the Striking Students of France!

16-03-2006 21:50

We invite people from all over the world who support the french students
in resistance and oppose the precaritization of life
[

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precarity] to join the Electronic
Disturbance Theatre and borderlands Hacklab on March 16th and 17th, 2006
to engage in a virtual sit-in on french government websites to demand
that all of the students be released from prison and that the 'contrat
première embauche' (CPE) be revoked.

Join the action here:

http://sdhacklab.org/france_solidarity

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news from on the ground in ecuador

16-03-2006 13:19

The following has been sent by a friend in Ecuador...

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Connections - a Day of Protest in Liverpool

15-03-2006 14:58

Two protests took place in Liverpool at 1pm last Saturday 10th March.

One was to show distain at the forthcoming visit to Liverpool of America’s most vocal neo-con warmonger Condoleezza Rice. The second was to protest at the cuts in funding that the city council is making to youth services.

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Public Forum: Student protests in France, London, 18/3/06

15-03-2006 13:42

Due to the struggles in France against the CPE the title of this forum has been changed to take into account these significant events, which are part of the international development of workers' struggles and the proletariat's attempts to rediscover its class solidarity.

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14th March: Student Action Against CPE in France: Protests + Blockades + Clashes

15-03-2006 08:06

Tuesday 14th March France:

More nationwide demos, blockades, railway obstructions, occupations and street clashes as a student day of action opposed the CPE employment law. Updates from libcom below:

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Experiences and perspectives of the students' movement in France

14-03-2006 09:50

The text that follows introduced the ICC public meeting of 11th March in Paris, at which students and militants involved in the recent events debated their experience and the best means for spreading the movement.

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Sorbonne University Eviction Video + Pics and more background to CPE resistance (france)

13-03-2006 13:30

For the last week protests, occupations and direct action against the CPE in France has been increasing. Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in hundreds of demonstrations. Railways have been blockaded, airports disrupted, and around half of France's universities have seen occupations. Clashes with police have occured throughout the country.

Much international publicity has come from the occupation and violent eviction of the Sorbonne university in Paris (video below). With the media making the obvious 1968 comparisons, riot police stormed the university building firing tear gas at around 4am on Saturday after hours of resistance from the occupiers and their supporters outside. There were around 30 arrests. The university had been occupied since Tuesday night with tensions increasing. On Friday police batton charged students who were blocking a road near to the university.