Paris

The Chinese anarchist movement

GenerationTerrorist — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:02:52 +0000

R. Scalapino and G.T. Yu.

Berkeley: Center for Chinese Studies, 1961

Contents
Editor's Note
Preface
The Origins of Chinese Anarchism
Anarchism and the Nationalist Revolution
The Work-Study Movement
The Anarchist Conflict With Marxism
Editor's Footnote[i]

Editor’s Note

Wildcat strike at Paris Opera

Ed — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:24:09 +0000

Hundreds of ballet dancers, actors and stage hands are adding an artistic flourish to France's grim autumn of industrial strife, by bringing theatrical productions to a halt in protest at the government's attempts to reduce their retirement packages.

France: Strikers paralyse Paris region

jef costello — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:31:37 +0000

The one-day strike was originally called by the main rail unions in protest at the end of 'special regimes' for pensions.

France: Migrant workers' occupation wins

Steven. — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:28:43 +0000

The one-month occupation of the restaurant and parking lot of the Buffalo Grill in Viry-Chatillon outside Paris has resulted in an important victory for 20 undocumented migrant workers fired at the fast food chain.

Paris: Migrant workers occupy Buffalo Grill

catch — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:46:47 +0000

The migrants, mostly of African origin, many with years of employment at the chain, face expulsion from the France of Nicolas Sarkozy to their country of origin.

Fred Vermorel in Paris, May 1968

Ret Marut — Fri, 25 May 2007 14:16:31 +0000

The text is an excerpt from 'Fashion and Perversity - A Life of Vivienne Westwood And the Sixties Laid Bare', Bloomsbury, 1996.

France: Victory for KFC workers

jef costello — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:42:25 +0000

The strikers obtained:
- The replacement of faulty machinery
- More and longer breaks
- Strike pay for all three days

The strike was accompanied by protests outside the branch. Employees from Pizza Hut (part of the same group) were present at the demonstrations.

KFC workers in New Zealand had previously won other gains by striking (see picture, above).

Clashes between striking firefighters and Paris police

jef costello — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:40:59 +0000

Fifteen members of the police force, seven riot-police and eight CRS, were injured and a police vehicle was burnt during clashes with the demonstrators. According to police reports there were thirty-five arrests.

School occupations and attacks on student demonstration in Paris, 2005

Steven. — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:55:32 +0000

Article on the nationwide movement of school students and teachers against education reform, and on the attacks on student demomstrations which occured by youth from the banlieus.

Strike at McDonalds, Paris, August 2004

Steven. — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:25:16 +0000

A brief account and information about a CGT union strike at the McDonald’s Place d’Italie branch in Paris in 2004.

About the Frog Pubs strike, 2003

Steven. — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:04:17 +0000

Detailed article about the struggle of Sri Lankan Tamil migrant workers in Paris against British pub chain Frog.

Documents on cleaners' strikes in Paris and Milan, 2002

Steven. — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:46:51 +0000

Leaflets and information on strikes of cleaning workers in Paris and Milan.

Signac, Paul, 1863-1935

Steven. — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:27:46 +0000

Paul Signac
Born 11 November 1863 - Paris, France, died 15 August 1935 - Paris, France

2003: Frog pubs strike

Steven. — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:38:30 +0000

There are several Frog Pubs in Paris, English style beer pubs, whose menus and ‘sport events on big screens’ are aimed at a young and solvent clientele. Expenses are reduced by all means necessary: the kitchen staff work in tiny kitchens (e.g. 12 square metre kitchen for 450 square metres pub area). The wages vary between the minimum wage and 1,200 euros for the chef.

1871: The Paris Commune

Ed — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 08:18:54 +0000

The Paris Commune is often said to be the first example of working people taking power. For this reason it is a highly significant event, even though it is ignored in the French history curriculum.

Debord, in the Resounding Cataract of Time - David Blanchard

libcom — Fri, 12 May 2006 21:47:08 +0000

Written in English by David Blanchard, 1995. First published in Drunken Boat. Also published in Revolutionary Romanticism; edited by Max Blechman, City Lights Books, San Francisco, 1999.

Sorbonne re-occupied on first day back

libcom — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 05:39:26 +0000

Several hundred students from various French universities had voted to re-occupy it, and around 200 students occupied a conference room, but were escorted out by riot police later that day.

Deputies examine CPE replacement text as smaller demos continue

alibi — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:50:58 +0000

Meanwhile, having obtained the withdrawal of the CPE, university and high-school students demonstrated calling for the abolition of the rest of the 'law of equal opportunities' which the CPE was a part of, and of the CNE contract which was introduced last September.

The anti-CPE struggle continues in France

jef costello — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:55:54 +0000

The "loi sur l'egalite des chances" of which the CPE was only a part, remains.

The alliance of unions that opposed the CPE has called for a continuation of the struggle as have many of the protesting groups. The CPE was the straw that broke the camel's back, but the reaction may well see all similar legislation withdrawn.

France: 'La Lutte' continues?

alibi — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:44:15 +0000

Many are calling for the abolition of the CNE contract as well, and others are holding out wary of promises made. Of 62 universities which are not on holiday, 25 were disturbed according to the ministry for the Education, including five completely blocked.

More demonstrations have also been occuring across the country:

Paris