Henri Simon

Henri Simon looks behind the pension reform demonstrations and sees discontent with politics and politicians, and with the capitalist system itself.

Henri Simon's account and analysis of the strikes at the Cellatex and Moulinex factories.

Henri Simon's account of the successful strike wave which swept Poland in the summer of 1980 when the government raised the price of meat.

Influential in its day and expressing the optimism of its times, this text describes the characteristics of the New Movement of class struggle of the 1960s and 70s and its relationship to the Old Movement...

An article by Henri Simon analysing the connection between the Banlieue riots of Autumn 2005 and the…

Organisational notes on the French communist groups Socialisme ou Barbarie, ICO and Echanges et…

This pamphlet is about unions and the working class seen in historical perspective. Readers should therefore not expect another theoretical discussion on such eternal and nonsensical quesitons dividing the 'revoluitonary mileau' as: Are unions relevant to the modern capitalist world? Is it advisable to be a union member? Should we support or promote 'alternative unions'?

Article from 1998.

Article from 1974.

Henri Simon discusses the relationship between permanent and more fluid forms of organisation.

Article about the movement towards the refusal of work in the 1970s.

Some Thoughts about On-Going Discussions in Ultra-Left Milieus - Henri Simon