France

French lessons – What we can learn from the 1988 hospital workers’ strike coordinations in France

Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on Apr 4 2021 09:10

We translated the following two texts from 1988, because we think that there are still things we can learn from the strike movement back then. Today in the UK we are confronting similar questions: how can we organise the struggle for higher wages in the NHS and defeat the insulting 1% pay offer? How can we overcome divisions into different unions and professional groups and regions (e.g. with the government in Scotland offering a still puny 4% increase)

1871-2021: Vive la Commune!

Submitted by Internationalis... on Mar 20 2021 13:41

Today, we keep alive the lessons of 1871 and 1917.

The Tours Congress and the Birth of the French Communist Party

Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 23 2021 13:40

It is now 100 years since the Tours Congress of 25 to 31 December 1920, when the majority of delegates of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) voted to join the Third International.

Bordiga and the Fate of the Species

Jacque Camatte's 2020 preface to The Economic and Social Structure of Russia Today by Amadeo Bordiga

The Algerian Insurrection

Quevedo said of the Spaniards: "they haven't been able to be historians but they deserved to be". This is still true of the 1936 Spanish Revolution: others have written the history. It's too early to write the history of the insurrection that started in Algeria during spring 2001, but it's not too late to defend it; and to fight the deep indifference as we see it in France.

From Black Flag #222 (2002).

Vive l'anarchie: An interview with French Anarchists

The Presidential elections in France caused a bit of a stir. With the fascist candidate getting into the second round, the media and politicians in Britain went into a flurry. The French took to the streets, with anarchists taking the lead. Black Flag decided to find out more about the election, the protests and French Anarchism.

Article from Black Flag #222 (2002).