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French CPE uprising 2006 |
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France: Report from Nanterre University Nov 9th
Yesterday a general assembly (Assemblée générale, or AG) was held at Nanterre, at the beginning around 1200 students were present, numbers dropped as the meeting took two hours but the final vote was over 600 in favour, 199 against and around 100 abstentions. Students voted to begin a strike and a blockade and also to occupy the buildings.
Occupation of Paris Tolbiac: Anti-sarkozy action spreads and deepens.
This afternoon at a general assembly between six and eight hundred students at Paris Tolbiac voted in an indefinite strike and occupation in opposition to Sarkozy's planned education reforms.
World Peoples Youth Conference
Viva La Chance!
The solution to the problem cannot be curfews and tear gas.. Profit and power are set above social peace. Who is really responsible when the villa surrounded by barbed wire is charred one morning?
Filming his own death
It always hits me that first a 'white' woman or man like now Brad Will has to be killed in a local struggle anywhere on earth, and preferably a journalist or similar, before the mainstream propaganda media move. Even if they mostly distort reality: 'Fix the facts around the policy' - as they say.
Nous les zonards voyous
riot in the banlieue 2005
Howard Zinn & 'The NN-phant in the Room'
The huge omnivorous herd consumes everywhere on our earth as much as it can grab, and tramples millions of human beings to death. That doesn't seem to matter. The 'elephant boys' don't speak about the bloody pulp underneath the feet of the big animals: instead they give'm a bath in the mainstream.
July 4th 2006: Lady Liberty, America & her Fleeting Visions
One of the best writers, observing the fast deterioration, the horrible change and slow death of 'Lady Liberty', is American author and artist Jim Kirwan.
DEMOS AND HUNGERSTRIKERS ATTACKED
CALL TO ACTION AGAINST THE EDUCATION MINISTERS SUMMIT IN ATHENS (27/06/06)
We make a call to action to all students, workers, and social fighters worldwide to either come here in Athens on the 27th of June, or to blockade or take over embassies, consulates or other buildings of importance for the Greek state!
European Coordination Against Precariousness: Strasburg (France), June 9-10-11th
We invite you to take part in the European Coordination against precariousness on June 9th, 10th and 11th at Strasburg’s universities, to create a resistance network and european-scale common action projects.
France -how workers and students won -public meeting monday 15th May
French (pre) revolution
marseille.indymedia.org
Do like the French and Fight for your Rights!
European slavery: The 'managers' running Holland with it's 16 million inhabitants, will start 'opening' the borders for workers coming May 1st. Even if desperate people want to work for 10 cents an hour, without social security. Sold to the cheapest bidder...
Victory in France?
The hated CPE law was scrapped this morning after weeks of protests, strikes and occupations.
Toni Negri talk in Cambridge
You are invited to attend a lecture
struggle against the CPE - view from a french young protester
the movement is rising day after day. the demo of the 04 april has been considered by everyone in France as the summit of the contestation. direct actions are now occuring every day in all important cities : road and streets blockades, train station occupations ...
Anti-CPE Solidarity Benefit at the SQUARE
Solidarity with Anti-CPE movement (France) feat. talks and music
"Raspail Appeal" - English translation - Paris student protests
FRENCH ANTI - CPE PROTESTS: Last week, the Sorbonne Students joined the EHESS (School of Higher Social Science Studies Paris), students on Monday 20th to occupy their school and were evicted on Friday 24th. Before being evicted, they issued a "Raspail Appeal" (see bellow) calling for a wider opposition to capitalism and industrialism. The evicted student protesters have now joined the Tolbiac students for the occupation of this University.
All the “thug“ (of the misinformation)
A call to action : Be the Media, Block their "Madia" : you know it makes sense !
France: Almost 3 Million Take to Streets To Oppose CPE - Quick Report
BBC: French demonstrations: 1, 2, 3 ... many!
European slavery: "The Polish workers were paid EUR 5 an hour instead of the standard EUR 25 an hour. They worked 12 hours a day and the wages for a portion of each shift were allegedly not included in the agency's bookkeeping. The rest was paid at the standard rate for a seaman.''
Several satirical graphics relating to current protests in France
Talk and discussion in Leeds on the current French CPE uprising.
The Common Place presents
This Week's SchNEWS - Gaul To Arms
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Invitation to Democratic Organizations and Individuals!
Monday 15th May, 7-45pm O’Neills, Great George Street, Leeds 
On Tuesday 28th March campaigners against the CPE employment contract in France claimed that nearly three million people joined in strikes and hundreds of demonstrations across the country. 
These graphics, produced by the SchNEWS lateral thinking department, are copyleft - free to use for not-for-profit purposes (like everything else on Indymedia).
“The widespread perception in French society is that the gulf separating those ‘inside’ society, even if they are badly paid, from those ‘outside’, in particular living in the suburbs, has become more accentuated over the past 20 years.” - Sociologist François Dubet.
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