Echanges et Mouvement
Francophone network of council communist inspired militants.
Travailler pour la paie: les racines de la revolte - Martin Glaberman
Article in French by Martin Glaberman from Echanges et Mouvement.
TRAVAILLER POUR LA PAIE : LES RACINES DE LA REVOLTE
1. QU’EST-CE QUE LA CLASSE OUVRIERE ?
Nous donnons ci-après le premier chapitre de l'ouvrage de Martin Glaberman et de Seymour Faber, Working for Wages : The Roots of Insurgency*. Martin Glaberman est décédé récemment**.
1914-1946: Third Camp Internationalists in France during World War II
Echanges et Mouvement describe the activities of internationalist groups during World War II.
The following pages describe succinctly the activities of the "Third Camp" internationalist nuclei in France during World War II. We do not know of any comprehensive study of this subject.
Mutinies in the American army, 2004-2005 - Echanges #111
A brief discussion of incidences of dissatisfaction in the US Army during the Iraq War.
Mutinies, the word can seem excessive because Iraq is not (yet) Vietnam. However, a refusal to obey in the army, whatever the reason, is a mutiny and quite often such acts of insubordination have started with minor acts. Even isolated, such acts are indicative of "troop morale", an essential element for continuing war.
What remains of the anti-CPE movement? Echanges et Mouvement
A retrospective written by friends of Echanges et Mouvement. The text criticises the movement on a rather general level, e.g. of not being able to go beyond the boundaries of its student character and provides some overview of past student mobilisations in France.
A new kind of strike in France (Citroën etc.), 2005
Article about the 2005 strike at Citroen and other struggles and issues in the European car industry, and the political situation in France, including the left, the EU constitution, and a wildcat strike of rail workers.
1958-1998: Communism in France: Socialisme ou Barbarie, ICO and Echanges
Organisational notes on the French communist groups Socialisme ou Barbarie, ICO and Echanges et Mouvement, by Henri Simon in 1998.
Goodbye to the Unions! - A Controversy About Autonomous Class Struggle in Great Britiain
A debate between Dutch Council communist Cajo Brendel and NUM official Dave Douglass about the nature of trade unions.
CONTENTS
- Introduction (Henri Simon)
- Summary of the book "Autonomous Class Struggle in Great Britain" by Cajo Brendel (Cajo Brendel)
- Some thoughts as I read the pamphlet "Autonomous Class Struggle in Britain" (Dave Douglas)
- Answer to Dave Douglas (Cajo Brendel)
- Rise and Decline of the Shop Stewards Movements as a Mediating Force (Theo Sander)
The Jobless Movement in France
"HELL INSIDE, HELL OUTSIDE" - slogan of French demonstrators describing the relationship between work and unemployment.
It is difficult to explain the situation of an unemployed person in France to non-French people - the various benefits which could be paid, or not paid, to somebody having formerly been a "wage earner".
The New Movement
1. The struggle against capitalist domination, which, in its various modern forms occurs in every country in the world, exhibits new tendencies, which are in complete contrast with what occurred before the beginning of the 20th century.
Some Thoughts on Organisation - Henri Simon
Henri Simon discusses the relationship between permanent and more fluid forms of organisation.
