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.Full article | 2 additions | 1 comment
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.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
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 CupFull article | 1 addition | 1 comment
Rioting Breaks Out in France After CPE Demos (Paris)
18-03-2006 21:34
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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...
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.
A big Thank YOU from France & some info...
18-03-2006 00:11
french struggleParis clash between cops & demonstrators.
17-03-2006 21:36
Paris Student march
17-03-2006 21:26
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University occupation, Paris.
17-03-2006 21:19
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French Students Continue CPE Resistance - Hundreds of 1000s on Streets + Clashes
17-03-2006 03:27
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...
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 ?
Virtual Sit-In in Solidarity with the Striking Students of France!
16-03-2006 21:50
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
news from on the ground in ecuador
16-03-2006 13:19
The following has been sent by a friend in Ecuador...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.
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.Full article | 1 addition | 2 comments
14th March: Student Action Against CPE in France: Protests + Blockades + Clashes
15-03-2006 08:06
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:
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.Sorbonne University Eviction Video + Pics and more background to CPE resistance (france)
13-03-2006 13:30
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.
