Struggle against capitalism in france
alex | 07.04.2006 14:36
The last two month a social mouvement grow up in france. At the begening, it was a studiant struggle against the "CPE", a new working contract, and now it grows as an anticapitalist mouvemen
Excuse my english, i"m french...
Maybe some of you have eard about a social mouvement in france. To make it clear, i will try to explain wath appent in my country.
Two or tree month ago, the gouvernement and the 1st minister decide de propose a new series of laws call "for the equlaity of chance". In fact,it was liberal laws. Some of them introduce more flexibility for the worker. A law concern specifiquely the young (under 26 years old), the "CPE": A boss has the right to employed a young and during the first two years of the contract, he has the possibility to fire (revoque) you with no justification. I know that the english laws are very tuf in matters working condition, so it could be strange to see french peole refusing wath almost all country in the world are living. But young people in france refuse to be precarised more that wath's happen today. So university start to react and a lot of them start the strike (alomost all the faculty in france were on strike), and the mouvement grow and grow during two month. Last week, we were about 2 and 3 millions in the street, not only against the CPE but more and more against the capitalism and the explotation of all the working contract. Since the begening of the mouvement, activist, anarchist, "Extreme gauche" and young deseritate from popular quarter and suburb fight with the cops at all manifestation and riot. 3600(!!!) people were arrested since the begenin of the mouvement. While the gouvernement do not ear us and understand the fight, at lot of us decide to be harder in the struggle: We make some sit ing on the principal way, in the principal station all around the country,,and we make some free demonstration, and we make the "itineraire" spontanely. Last friday, we make a wild demonstration until 4 ocklok in the morning all around paris, with fight against the cop and some destruction (Agencies for employement specialised in precarised work,, mac donald, bank, the permanence of the UMP, the party of the gouvernement). This week, a lot of symbolic place have been ocuped but the police is everywhere and the reppression is hard. Now, we hope that a lot of people in europe have some solidarity for our mouvement. Greece make some manifestation in front of french ambassade at the same time of french demonstration. Next thursday (mardi), there is a demonstration in paris, we hope that you can do the same in front of french ambassade to explain your solidarity with the french fight, fight who's trying to amorce a reflexion on the work in life, and the place of the economy in our fucking life, and the problem of the "representative democracy" who don't (or never) ear us anymore
We are always right when we are angry
Alex
Maybe some of you have eard about a social mouvement in france. To make it clear, i will try to explain wath appent in my country.
Two or tree month ago, the gouvernement and the 1st minister decide de propose a new series of laws call "for the equlaity of chance". In fact,it was liberal laws. Some of them introduce more flexibility for the worker. A law concern specifiquely the young (under 26 years old), the "CPE": A boss has the right to employed a young and during the first two years of the contract, he has the possibility to fire (revoque) you with no justification. I know that the english laws are very tuf in matters working condition, so it could be strange to see french peole refusing wath almost all country in the world are living. But young people in france refuse to be precarised more that wath's happen today. So university start to react and a lot of them start the strike (alomost all the faculty in france were on strike), and the mouvement grow and grow during two month. Last week, we were about 2 and 3 millions in the street, not only against the CPE but more and more against the capitalism and the explotation of all the working contract. Since the begening of the mouvement, activist, anarchist, "Extreme gauche" and young deseritate from popular quarter and suburb fight with the cops at all manifestation and riot. 3600(!!!) people were arrested since the begenin of the mouvement. While the gouvernement do not ear us and understand the fight, at lot of us decide to be harder in the struggle: We make some sit ing on the principal way, in the principal station all around the country,,and we make some free demonstration, and we make the "itineraire" spontanely. Last friday, we make a wild demonstration until 4 ocklok in the morning all around paris, with fight against the cop and some destruction (Agencies for employement specialised in precarised work,, mac donald, bank, the permanence of the UMP, the party of the gouvernement). This week, a lot of symbolic place have been ocuped but the police is everywhere and the reppression is hard. Now, we hope that a lot of people in europe have some solidarity for our mouvement. Greece make some manifestation in front of french ambassade at the same time of french demonstration. Next thursday (mardi), there is a demonstration in paris, we hope that you can do the same in front of french ambassade to explain your solidarity with the french fight, fight who's trying to amorce a reflexion on the work in life, and the place of the economy in our fucking life, and the problem of the "representative democracy" who don't (or never) ear us anymore
We are always right when we are angry
Alex
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precarised = McJobbyed
07.04.2006 16:06
Hundreds of thousands of young french workers took to the streets on March 16th to continue their refusal of a future where the only certainty is insecurity. Their demonstrations followed the occupation of most of the universities in France, and will be followed by a general strike today (Saturday 18th March). The rebellion is in reaction to the french governements attempt to pass a law enabling employers to give all 18-26 year olds 2 year contracts which would allow them to be fired with no notice or explanation. The French governments excuse is that the new labour contracts or 'CPE's would help bring down youth unemployment, but their attempts to condemn youth to a life of insecure employment where they can be sacked at a moments notice, and have no ability to plan a future is being resisted, not just by university and school students, but by their teachers, most trade unions, and the working class, mostly 1st and 2nd generation immigrant suburban youth who also rioted against their living and working conditions several months ago.
:: MAYDAY :: 1ST MAY 006 ::
:: Mayday Parade :: Meet 12pm Clerkenwell Green EC1 & Join the Autonomous Bloc
This Mayday we invite all self-organised workers, migrant workers, non-unionised workers, agency workers, cash in hand workers, dole claimants, free-lancers, work rejecters and all of those who fall outside of traditional union organisation to join our autonomous bloc on the TUC march. To make Mayday a day where the invisible claim a common voice.
MAYDAY is International workers day, born out of the struggle for an 8 hour day in 1886. Over 100 years later our lives are still taken up by the world of work. Even more so now, as the work imposed by Capitalism has become more casualised (temporary contracts, flex time, part time, no time!) forcing us to adapt to the point where it's hard to tell when, where or even if we are working. This leaves us in a situation where our lives are always on hold, on call and at the mercy of the market. May 1st this year falls on a bank holiday, yet for many it will be just another day at work. Our leisure time too is filled with anxieties. The anxiety of not being able to have enough money to pay the rent, go to the cinema, a nice restaurant, shop for food, clothes, anything! In reality our work never finishes and when we're not at work we still end up making some other person even richer.
Even looking forward to a nice retirement is set to become a thing of the past, with us soon to be working ‘til we drop and a pensions’ crisis leaving many of us in fear of an old age of poverty.
Around Europe people call this new working and living condition "precarity" and over the past few years the “EuroMayday” parades of casualised workers, temps, part-timers, immigrants and unemployed have marched through Europe's capitals to demand new social rights. The riots of marginalised suburban youth, and the rebellion against new contracts of insecurity for young workers in France; the massive strike over pensions by public sector workers, and the mobilisation of agency employed cleaners to fight for a living wage in the UK are all struggles against a life of insecurity.
This Mayday we call for freedom of movement across borders for everyone and the right to stay and work in the country of their choosing, with access to all the benefits and freedoms available to that population. We reject an immigration system which allows the movement of goods but not people, of the rich but not the poor; which forces migrants, refugees and asylum seekers into a choice between destitution and illegal, often dangerous work.
On May 1st we act in solidarity with the many Mayday actions against precarity and insecurity which are taking place around the world; and with the French workers refusal of a future where the only certainty is insecurity.
More Boredom...
After these first wave of punk bands, the qualilty of 'Boredom', or 'White Man In Hammersmith Palais', the outright exposure of personal loneliness, deperation and alienation, the sense of someone saying something that struck you right at the heart of your own experience of living, was taken up by a million young punks in forming bands, doing zines etc.
You know me - I'm acting dumb
you know the scene - very humdrum
boredom - boredom
boredom
I'm living in this movie
but it doesn't move me
I'm the man that's waiting for the phone to ring
Hear it ring-a-ding-a-fucking-ding
You see there's nothing behind me
I'm already a has-been
my future ain't what it was
well I think I know the words that I mean
I've taken this extravagant journey
so it seems to me
I just came from nowhere
and I'm going straight back there
Snot Dead