Brutal police tactics lead to several injured at protests against nuclear waste landfill in Bure
Submitted by oscha on Aug 22 2017 12:06
On August 15th, several people protesting the project of nuclear waste landfill were seriously injured by police. Activists denounce a new level in police repression and detailed previous acts of violence.
Review: Soldiers of the night: the story of the French resistance by David Schoenbrun
Stuart Christie's review of David Schoenbrun's book on the French resistance during World War II.
Bure, France: march turns into riots at demonstration against nuclear waste landfill
Submitted by oscha on Aug 16 2017 15:15
In the French eastern region of Meuse, three hundreds to a thousand people rallied this Tuesday against a Cigeo -short name for nuclear waste landfill facilities. After the march was quickly stopped by authorities, demonstrators clashed with police in the nearby village of Saudron.
Bicycle couriers protest Deliveroo pay cut in France
Submitted by oscha on Aug 13 2017 08:47
On August 11th, around 50 delivery workers demonstrated at Republic square in Paris against Deliveroo’s planned rate decrease.
The French Miners Strike of 1948: Some Scraps of history
Submitted by Reddebrek on Aug 2 2017 11:41
What little information I've managed to dig up on what seems to have been an important struggle in post war France.
Too Young to Go to War but Old Enough to be Executed
A short account of Herbert Burden, a 17 year old boy executed by the British Army for desertion during the First World War. Burden was among 306 British and Commonwealth soldiers executed by the British Military for ‘cowardice and desertion’ during the First World War. The article originally appeared on the WordPress blog Running Past.
She stood on the barricades - Robyn Karina
Submitted by Councils and Co... on Jul 28 2017 19:18
A brief account of Elisabeth Dmitrieff, an eager revolutionary from Russia, and her journey in organising thousands of working class women during the Paris Commune of 1871 at only 20 years old.
The wonderful world of bossnapping
Submitted by Steven. on Jul 23 2017 17:22
A short introduction to and history of bossnapping - workers detaining their bosses in order to win demands - written by Evan Johnston.
Andre Prudhommeaux profile
Submitted by Steven. on Jul 10 2017 16:56
A short profile of French anarchist Andre Prudhommeaux, written by Charles Jacquier.
A survey of the French workers (1880) – La Revue Socialiste
The text of a questionnaire circulated among working class and trade union circles in France in 1880 by the editors of La Revue Socialiste, as part of an attempt to generate a statistical database to facilitate a detailed understanding the situation of the working class in France, and to promote much-needed reforms similar to those enacted in Great Britain with respect to reducing the length of the working day, regulating female and child labor, and implementing industrial safety and sanitation guidelines.
