France

Socialisme ou Barbarie: A French Revolutionary Group, 1949-1965

An article about French libertarian socialist group Socialisme ou Barbarie - Socialism or Barbarism. SouB had a theoretical influence on the Situationist International and others of their time.

Debord with knofe

Debord, in the Resounding Cataract of Time - David Blanchard

A remembrance of the author's friendship with Guy Debord in the late 1950s and early 60s - with some…

Guy Debord obituary

An obituary of Guy Debord written immediately after his death in 1994. The article in Freedom newspaper was headlined "The author of Society of…

Sorbonne re-occupied on first day back

On Monday, students re-entered the Sorbonne for the first day since it was occupied in March against the now-repealed employment law the CPE.

French workers and students fight riot police outside the Sorbonne, 14 March 2006

Behind the blockades

Visiting workers and students in France immediately following the government's withdrawal of the deeply unpopular CPE employment law, Ed Goddard…

CPE replacement measures criticised - the protests must go on

French anarchists claim that CPE replacement measures merely "give tax breaks to employers but do…

Paris street, May 1968

Like 1968, but different... Similarities and contrasts with the anti-CPE struggle

Ed Goddard examines the recent movement in France against the CPE, compares it to the uprising in…

Liberto (on the right) with two friends in Toulouse, 1946.

Sarrau Royes, Liberto, 1920-2002

A short biography of Spanish anarchist, civil war fighter and Resistance guerrilla Liberto Sarrau Royes.

Portrait of Clara Thalmann from a photo taken in 1953.

Thalmann, Clara, 1910-1987

A biography of Swiss anarchist Clara Thalmann, who travelled to Spain to fight in the Durruti Column in the Civil War.

University strikes wind down

12 universities remain disturbed this afternoon (Friday), of which one is blocked (Toulouse II) and one is closed by the university on grounds of safety (Rennes II).

12 April: Unis split over strikes as CPE replacement passes through lower house

A quick round-up of news from Wednesday 12 April, including toll-free trains, sorting office blockade and the future of the university occupations.

Montpellier students to vote on further blockades

Updates from university occupations in Toulouse and Montpellier following the withdrawal of the CPE.