Friday March 24: Summary of events A round-up of today's main events, including unions meeting with Villepin, university occupations, rioting and mugging of demonstrators.
Class war in the Middle East Capitalism and Islam are twin parasites in the ‘Arab states’ – but workers are fighting back hard reports John Shute
Naima Bouteldja: Expect More Confrontations An abridged version of this article was published in The Guardian newspaper this week, however Naima Bouteldja sent the full version to libcom.org.
Assembly Line - B. Traven This is an early Traven story, taken, in an uncredited translation, (probably by Traven himself - I have Anglicised the spelling) from The Night…
In the Freest State in the World - Ret Marut (B. Traven) A satirical text about German democracy and the Munich Soviet Republic of 1919, in which Ret Marut …
DUck and cover - the continuing dangers of Depleted Uranium Our exposure to Depleted Uranium is posing a danger that is being wilfully downplayed and ignored. John Couzin investigates
The changing face of the anti-CPE movement The CPE France blog takes a look back at the past fortnight and traces the changing face of the anti-CPE protests.
UK: Health and Safety Executive cosy with bosses 'shock' A report brought out by the Hazards campaign has shown that the government’s Health and Safety Executive have been deliberately not prosecuting offending companies and culling records of offenders from its website.
Interview with an eye-witness on the nature of anti-CPE movement An interview with an eye-witness on the nature of the demonstrations against the CPE in France.
Anti-CPE Movement: Angers train station blockade, 23rd March 2006 Train station blockade in Angers on March 23rd 2006 by anti-CPE protesters. Photos taken from http:/…
Anti-CPE Movement: Paris anti-CPE riot, 23rd March 2006 Demonstration and riot of anti-CPE protesters in Paris on March 23rd 2006.
Anti-CPE Movement: Nantes, 23rd March 2006 Photos of the March 23rd 2006 demonstration against the CPE in Nantes.