FRANCE: 1.5 million people demonstrate - riots - unions: GENERAL STRIKE !

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Sunday March 19, 2006 18:15

by nelly

- france: people demonstrated in 170 cities and towns -

All over France 1.5 million people demonstrated on saturday against the french government and its job market "deregulation" plans CPE. Many of the demonstartions ended in massive clashes with the police.
About 70 of the 84 french universities are on strike and /or occupied by students. Also scholls are occupied by teachers and pupils.
The unions said if the government won´t take back CPE till tomorrow they will call for a GENERAL STRIKE in France.

Paris is burning again

380'000 people in Paris, 130'000 in Marseille, 45'000 in Lille, 45'000 in Nantes, 30'000 in Rennes, 25'000 in Lyon. And so on...

riots daily all over France... pupils attacked police stations in Marseille, in Toulouse states´buildings were occupied last week... thousands of pupils blocked 25 trains in a station...and so on....

More information e.g. on: http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/03/335653.shtml

Retrait, Retrait, Retrait du CPE!
Villepin, t'es foutu, la jeunesse est dans la rue!

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Comments (7 of 7)

sharon

by pat c

Tue Mar 28, 2006 19:29

"Frogs legs on their tongues , perhaps ."

yeah it had me hopping mad as well.

three cheers for the french though. they have shown that the concept of solidarity is still alive. i havent been on a french demo for 20 years. time to renew the experience methinks.

" Under cover " or "part off" ?

by Sharon - Individual

Tue Mar 28, 2006 19:25

I have just heard RTE 'Six One' television news describe those that broke-in to shops during todays protests in France as " doing so under cover of the protest march... " .

When the same thing happened here (on February 25 last) RTE described those that did so as " those taking part in the protest... " .

Frogs legs on their tongues , perhaps ....

Sharon .

Millions take to the streets

by Tom Joad

Tue Mar 28, 2006 18:32

Tuesday March 28’s “day of action” saw new mass protests and strikes throughout France against the government.

Robert Bechert, cwi
At this time (Early afternoon Tuesday 28th March) it is clear that these protests have been much bigger than the 1.5 million who demonstrated throughout France on Saturday March 18, a largely non-working day.
In Marseilles alone it is reported that between 200,000 and 250,000 were on the streets compared with 130,000 on March 18. Thibault, secretary of the CGT trade union, said that 3 million were marching in demonstrations. Protests that Le Pen, the leader of the extreme right National Front, denounced as “totally illegal”. The right wing paper, Le Figaro, said that the national mobilisation left prime minister Villepin “isolated”.

Story continued here www.socialistworld.net

An Óige ar an sráid!

by Duine

Mon Mar 20, 2006 14:56

Is íoróineach go deo an óige ag agóid in aghaidh malairt crutha an tsaoil . Poist choimeádacha atá uathu. Cad d'imigh ar óige na Fraince?

police

by s

Mon Mar 20, 2006 14:08