comment and analysis
CPE replacement measures criticised - the protests must go on
French anarchists claim that CPE replacement measures merely "give tax breaks to employers but do not deal with workers' rights" and protest should continue.
French group Alternative Libertaire stated:
Like 1968, but different... Similarities and contrasts with the anti-CPE struggle
Ed Goddard examines the recent movement in France against the CPE, compares it to the uprising in 1968 and looks at possibilities for the future.
The recent movement in France against the CPE have been a massive inspiration to militant workers the world over.
Montpellier - reaction to the withdrawal, and events this week
Our correspondent in Montpellier reacts to the withdrawal of the CPE and gives a run down of events there this past week.
So Chirac's withdrawn the CPE?
A victory for the anti-CPE movement, but will it end there?
Our correspondent in Bordeaux, Jay Taylor, reacts to the news that the CPE has been withdrawn.
Today is a victory for the anti-CPE movement. This has been a single issue campaign around the CPE and the major players can stand down now and save a degree of face. However, the CNE still remains on the books, there is a regressive Immigration bill in the works and an extreme law focusing on digital copyrights (a.k.a. the Vivendi law) lurking in the background.
Abuse of power in the NHS - the Kerr Haslam Inquiry
Ellen Kemp looks into the sexual abuse scandal involving vulnerable people that didn’t rock the nation.
In July 2005 the Kerr Haslam Inquiry reported its findings to the Minster of Health. Unlike of the Shipman inquiry or the inquiry into the deaths of babies in Bristol, this report has not made the headlines.
Capitalism under fire - International Herald Tribune
In this age of "La Pensée Unique" and corporate control of the mass media it's rare to find articles that get through the editing control net. But this from the International Herald Tribune no less, is one of those rare ones.
Capitalism Under Fire
"The protests' ostensible purpose is to force withdrawal of a minor change in this French government's employment policy, but they have taken on a radically different significance."
Report from the National Student Co-ordination
A political, critical and subjective report by a Sorbonne delegate on the National Student Coordination held in Aix-en-Provence on 25-26 March 2006.
But where has the real movement gone?
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From the suburbs riots to the student movement - Henri Simon
An article by Henri Simon analysing the connection between the Banlieue riots of Autumn 2005 and the present movement against the CPE.
The article looks at the CNE/CPE within the context of international capital, and considers the potential for the movement to generalise beyond specific demands and sectors of society.
FROM THE SUBURBS RIOTS TO THE STUDENT MOVEMENT
Henri Simon
Preliminary remarks:
What the French press are saying about the protests
A review of the French press on the CPE prepared for libcom.org by our Marseille correspondent.
The Heavyweights weigh in.
Financial Times: French unrest affecting consumer confidence
The Financial Times is attributing the fall in French consumer sentiment on the protests raging over the government's proposed youth employment law.
Analysts are blaming the anti-CPE movement as INSEE, the national statistics bureau, reports that its gauge of consumer confidence fell from minus 24 in February to minus 26 in March...
