Demonstration against the Labour Law: 130 arrests in Paris
April 5, 2016, 7:35| Update:April 5, 2016, 3:11 p.m.

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On Tuesday, Paris. Clashes erupted on the fringes of protests against labor law. AFP / KENZO TRIBOUILLARD


While the Affairs Social of the National Assembly began Tuesday consideration of amendments to the Labour Bill, youth organizations do not disarm .


According to the prefecture, between 3200 and 3400 demonstrators were registered in Paris during this new day for the withdrawal of the text. In Paris, the police charged at midday young hooded and armed with sticks, mixed with high school students protesting against labor law. Clashes erupted between protesters and CRS instead of the Nation just before the start of the procession. The police department announced the arrest of 130 people for "identity verification". On the Place de la Nation, a rallying point during the previous days of mobilization, hundreds of youths gathered in the late morning before begin to converge towards Bastille, the starting point of the demonstration of pupils and students under 13.30. the security forces used tear gas and charged several times to disperse groups of young people throwing stones, bottles glass and eggs, shouting "police everywhere, justice nowhere" and "everyone hates the police." On the way, traders hurriedly lowered their iron shutters. In previous mobilizations, the outbursts erupted. 2,000 passengers stranded at Rennes Over thirty high schools were blocked in France Tuesday, according to the count of the Ministry of Education, which warns that any material degradation within the institutions will be investigated. The rue de Grenelle has identified blockages in 34 facilities on the 2500 account that France, against 170 in the previous day of action on March 31. A very distant figure to that of the National Union schoolgirl (UNL) which lists 150, including forty in Paris. In a statement, the Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem "condemns these blockages that too often lead to unacceptable excesses", referring to an arson attack which destroyed the lobby of a hotel of Levallois-Perret (west of Paris). parades are planned across France. in Brittany, Rennes, demonstrators occupied the tracks, forcing the shutdown of trains. Several hundred protesters took on the tracks at a bridge located west of the station, pushed by a few dozen members of the security forces with a lot of tear gas. To ensure security, the SNCF has cut off power at 13:40, said Thierry Chaplais, in charge of media relations for SNCF Britain. Several trains are stranded at the dock and 2,000 passengers were stranded, according to France Bleu Armorique.

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Moreover, the movement "Night Stand", which has just passed its 5th night instead of the Republic in Paris bringing together hundreds of people, again outside on Tuesday evening. This mobilization, which denounces the bill but also the safe-all or poor housing, also takes in twenty other cities: Lille , Strasbourg , Rennes, Lyon , Grenoble , Bordeaux , Saint-Etienne , Avignon . .. last Thursday, mobilization (1.2 million according to the unions, 390,000 according to the authorities) showed that the protest against the El Khomri law did not weaken. Yet the government hopes shortness of youth engagement, especially as Area B ( Nantes , Rennes, Amiens , Lille, Strasbourg ...) is on vacation. He will receive their Wednesday organizations. Last week,

Manuel Valls assured that it was "ready to watch" certain claims of the UNEF. "We need people in the demonstrations tomorrow (Tuesday) and Saturday," commented William Martinet , president of the UNEF. He said it is "especially the number of young people who will be on the street this week that will move the lines."

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(As prickly as the French are about their language I'm surprised that they haven't banned GT.)

"police everywhere, justice nowhere"

As slogans go, not a bad one.

Protests in Paris
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In Paris, the Parisians are continuing mass protests against a new labor law which increases the length of the working day. At one time, it was a struggle for the valuation of the day was one of the main goals of the world communist movement that eventually forced the capitalists to make concessions. When the Soviet Union during the Cold War was destroyed, the need for these concessions gradually disappeared and now we see around the world is offensive to the rights of workers, so we see a collision around the same issues that troubled the working class of the XIX century.

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The demonstration for an 8-hour working day in France. 1893. Acceleration demonstration in Brussels. 1893rd year. The French caricature of 1904 about police brutality during the suppression of demonstrations of the workers and the suffragettes. Paris, 1907 th year. A rally for the rights of workers. Currently, the most actively buzit France, where the so-called "socialists" protaklivayut legislation repealing the 35-hour week and make it easier to fire workers and hiring. As a result, in the French capital began protests that escalated into riots and clashes with police. It is noteworthy that this is not at the "right" Sarkozy, while "left" Hollande. As has been said on this matter from the French "socialists" socialism in name only, in fact, this party is engaged in capital maintenance of disease in different pseudo demagoguery. Judging by the popularity ratings of the party in France, the price paid for it in the "socialists" soon followed, and the power switch to the right. In the meantime, Paris continues to buzz. Yesterday, more than 130 people were arrested in scuffles with the police. With the aggravation of the structural crisis of capitalism, the class struggle will obviously worsen as the desire to solve the problems of capitalism at the expense of workers will cause all the same reaction as that in the XIX and XX centuries.

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Yesterday, more than 130 people were arrested in scuffles with the police. With the aggravation of the structural crisis of capitalism, the class struggle will obviously worsen as the desire to solve the problems of capitalism at the expense of workers will cause all the same reaction as that in the XIX and XX centuries.

What will it take to convince the workers, everywhere, that there are no "kinds" of capitalism, just plain old capitalism? The bourgeoisie have very few "tricks" when it comes to managing the underclass: the carrot or the stick. There ain't any more carrots, so it's the other thing.

As Anax used to say: "Why would I work for you if you couldn't put me in jail?"

This is France !!!

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In Paris, continuing mass protests and riots associated with the attempt of the French "socialists" (in which the name of one of socialism) to push the labor reform in France. Authorities are on the principle similar to the rebellious Parisians. As a result, Buz in the French capital has been going on for several weeks. Already wrote on this subject in early April http://colonelcassad.livejournal.com/269 0682.html , in the middle of the month the situation has not changed, except that Hollande's rating continues to fall, and Sarkozy and Le Pen are rubbing their hands watching as "socialists" with their own hands forge victory right at the next election. Riots occur not only in Paris, Nantes, police used tear gas against the protesters, performances took place in Grenoble, Montpellier and other cities of France.

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Riots in France
colonelcassad
22 May 16:21

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Strange video from Nantes. In the course of the ongoing protests, the crowd beat up a policeman who was why the one and tried to disperse the crowd baton.


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Dementia and courage.

PS. It is worth noting that not so long ago in Paris rally policemen dissatisfied with the fact that the authorities have already 2 months can not solve the problem of protests across the country, and to shovel this comes at a simple policeman.
Quote one of the participants of the Paris rally, police.

"Look, we We do extremely difficult. And in the last year and a half after the terrorist attacks in the January edition of "Charly Hebdo", after the November terrorist attacks police work beyond all norms and beyond measure. Violence and hatred against the police some people show for a long time, but the last few days was too much. Police tired of being in the role of those responsible for all the problems and to serve for that reason the whipping boys. I work in the riot police - CRS - for twenty years, but I had never seen such violence against the police.
We are doing important work for the country, we do it with respect for the citizens. And we were punished for violations - for our discipline IGPN watching very closely - the General Inspectorate of the National Police.

There are human rights activists. And the guilty policemen punished. We do our work with dignity. " The rally was accompanied by police officers in the same fight with the protesters against the tyranny of the police. So far, both the authorities and the protesters go on the principle that determines the continuation of protests and riots. As a matter of fact there is no dialogue, the degree of violence has increased significantly in recent months. Police beat protesters against labor reform, protesters luptsuyut police. A clear exit for the socialists here not visible. Trying to push the reform through the knee will be accompanied by further unrest and outbreaks of violence. The following picture in the last week. Protests and unrest continued in other cities. Ukrainian motifs. In Lorient and all were makeshift barricades.

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Heard about this on NPR? Thought not.

French government uses force in refinery strike

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May 24 (PL) The French government today used force to evict about 200 demonstrators opposed to a work plan that were in one of several refineries on strike in the country. ( PLRadio )

The police intervened in a refinery and a fuel tank in the village of Fos-sur-Mer (southeast), which were blocked by militants of the General Confederation of Labour (CGT), the main French union.

Officers arrived at 04:00 local time, and used a water cannon and tear gas to militants from said Olivier Mateu, the CGT. Meanwhile, demonstrators threw many objects. The operation ended with several people injured and four arrested protesters. The strikes in six of the eight French refineries, blockages in fuel tanks for days to demand the withdrawal from the labor government project, together with purchases caution motorists, they sold the fuel at 20 percent of the 12,000 gas stations in the country, according to information disclosed. Some departments limited the amount of fuel that can load each vehicle. supporters of the withdrawal plan, promised to tighten further its movement this week to give the executive branch. An eighth national day of strikes and demonstrations is scheduled on May 26 and is expected interprofessional strike with a national demonstration in Paris on June 14. On Wednesday and Thursday, railway CGT they are called to stop working again. The Confederation also called an indefinite strike in the state's metropolitan transport Paris RATP from 2 June. A total of seven unions Gauls decided to organize a vote in companies, administrations and research centers, to be held in the coming weeks in parallel to the parliamentary debate of the text. the aim is to continue with the workers and youth discussions on the project, obtain the removal thereof in order to win new rights to enable the development of stable and quality employment, stressed. for more than two months, different actions occur in the country rejecting an initiative that generates a majority discontent among citizens considering that benefits entrepreneurs and prejudice the rights of workers. lam / MFB

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Gauls?

Gauls?

Shit, even the Google translator is gettin' spooky. Roman Empire much?

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Security forces clash with demonstrators during a protest called by seven labour unions and students against the labour and employment law reform on May 26, 2016 in Bordeaux, southwest FranceParis Trade Union Protests Turn Violent (VIDEO) © AFP 2016/ GEORGES GOBET

16:12 26.05.2016(updated 17:51 26.05.2016)

France's trade unions took to the streets of Paris once again to voice their opposition to French labor reform. The protest turned violent as police clashed with mask-wearing young demonstrators.

Oil refineries and nuclear power plants have shut down due to mass strikes, staged by the trade unions. Planes and trains have also ground to a halt.


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Fresh protests is helding in Paris in the latest bout of social unrest that started three months ago and has frequently turned violent.

The draft law on labor reform has been widely criticized in France as it would make it easier for companies to lay off staff and cut payment for overtime work. Labor union rallies intensified after the government resorted to pushing through with the reform bypassing a parliamentary vote earlier this month.

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Shit, even the Google translator is gettin' spooky. Roman Empire much?

Even Google is infested with the 'ruling ideas'. As are the cops, who by their attire are clearly at war with the working class. These French cops go the extra mile with their lobster tail sallets and articulated shoulder armor.

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Senātus Populusque Rōmānus Some bullshit acts never get old.

France's trade unions took to the streets of Paris once again to voice their opposition to French labor reform. The protest turned violent as police clashed with mask-wearing young demonstrators.

That hand-lettered sign held up in front of the cops says (to the best of my rusty abilities): "I see that the police follow the orders of capitalists. We will smother you!"

If that is right, this could be turning into something very interesting.

That hand-lettered sign held up in front of the cops says (to the best of my rusty abilities): "I see that the police follow the orders of capitalists. We will smother you!"

If that is right, this could be turning into something very interesting.


police clashed with mask-wearing young demonstrators.

Just saw some footage, (which I was unable to copy) of the cops charging the people enmasse, shields up and gladius(oops I mean baton) swinging, wading into the Baguadae.
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Persist protests in France against labor reform
The CGT urged the Government to reconsider take reverse the labor reform and protect workers of capitalist interests.
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Published May 26, 2016 (6 hours 10 minutes ago)

reinforcing a strike for June 14 with a national demonstration in Paris, the French capital is expected.


The General Confederation of Labour (CGT), France's main union, called for a new national day of mobilization for Thursday in rejection of the labor reform imposed by the head of state, Francois Hollande, the eighth since March. The day, which joined the student movement, start at the Place de la Bastille and culminates in the Place de la Republique in Paris.

Days ago the leader of the CGT, Philippe Martinez, urged "a generalization of the strike." The opponents of labor reform in France multiply their actions on Thursday to continue to reject the law because they believe that the bill is harmful to the rights of workers. The demonstrations continue for the next 24 hours.

Moreover, they made a call to strike for Thursday at 19 nuclear power plants, which are now operating only finds a 30 percent floor and the other 50 percent. In a nation where nuclear power provides 75 percent of electricity is expected to strike workers suemen electricity.

>> They increased protests in France: electricity sector joins

Intersectoral also have called strikes, including in air traffic control, which will force airlines to cut 15 percent of its flight schedules in the Paris Orly airport. Railways and docks also joined the strike.

The CGT argues that the government will not listen to the unions, that all they ask is that you think again, reversing the labor reform is take and protect workers of capitalist interests, all under an atmosphere of great repression police. Therefore, the union decided to implement strikes and picketing the main sources operating in the country such as nuclear plants and public transport.

In the port area of ​​Brest, on the bridges of Normandy Tancarville over the river Seine in its desembocadora, near the port of Le Havre (northwest), at the airport of Nantes (west) in the peripheral Toulouse (south ), on the railway line between Paris and Brest or the A63 motorway between Bordeaux and Bayonne (southwest) is present citizenship in support of the CGT and rejection of the labor reform.

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The opponents of labor reform in France multiply their actions on Thursday.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, meanwhile said that "the CGT does not dictate the law in this country" and dismissed the "withdrawal" of the bill. In return, the Executive urges the CGT that the example of unions have sat down to negotiate with the government of François Hollande on labor reform aimed at boosting continue.

But as details Telesur correspondent in Europe, Sergio Rodrigo, such unions are only a minority and 70 percent of the population urges the Executive to listen to the CGT. However, the government's position has been to demonize the social struggle of the main union of France and accusing him of being responsible for the outbreaks of violence that have occurred in recent days in various parts of the European nation.

Although in recent days the unions and social and student movements seem to gain more muscle in the fight against the French labor reform, the Nuit Debout movement continues to manifest itself with the same force, but this time not only in the Republic Square in Paris, but also in another cities.

>> Convened new actions against labor reform in France

What measures raises labor reform in France?

1- 35 hours suppression de facto limit of 35 weekly working hours and layoffs for economic reasons.

2- Layoffs : they may be for economic reasons as orders decline, deterioration of turnover, technological change or reorganization.

3- Compensation : reducing compensation to dismiss workers with more than 20 years old and the elimination of sick days death of a close one (parents, children and partner), among others.

4- Overtime: Payment is possible under the salary agreement if the company and union committee accept. They may be agreed wage decreases. Minority unions convened referenda in companies with majority agreements.

In context
During organized protests, citizens have been violently repressed by police.
Dozens of demonstrations have taken place in the past two months to reject the bill.
Since the beginning of the movement, a thousand 400 people have been arrested and more than 800 are in custody

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Last night on NBC News, the anchor had a short segment on "What government is making it illegal to receive emails on weekends?" It was a tease for the next segment, after commercials - all smiles and 'wouldn't that be great' kind of thing. When he came back on he answered the question: "France is making it illegal for employers to email employees on weekends! Man, that would be nice, eh?"

Oh god's balls! Not one mention throughout the entire program about the massive demonstrations and strikes and police/worker combat going on in France (and now other parts of Europe)! Instead of talking about how labor and government are coming to blows in France over forcibly imposed austerity, NBC decides to talk about how great the French government is treating its workers.

My wife will no longer listen to me, so I had to fume and sputter to an empty room...

Last night on NBC News, the anchor had a short segment on "What government is making it illegal to receive emails on weekends?" It was a tease for the next segment, after commercials - all smiles and 'wouldn't that be great' kind of thing. When he came back on he answered the question: "France is making it illegal for employers to email employees on weekends! Man, that would be nice, eh?"

Oh god's balls! Not one mention throughout the entire program about the massive demonstrations and strikes and police/worker combat going on in France (and now other parts of Europe)! Instead of talking about how labor and government are coming to blows in France over forcibly imposed austerity, NBC decides to talk about how great the French government is treating its workers.

My wife will no longer listen to me, so I had to fume and sputter to an empty room...

Heard it briefly mentioned today, but couched in the old'terrible inconveniences for the public' meme.

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Me: "HRC is a bloody handed war criminal and world class grifter."

Her: "It's time for a woman."

Heard it briefly mentioned today, but couched in the old'terrible inconveniences for the public' meme.

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Me: "HRC is a bloody handed war criminal and world class grifter."

Her: "It's time for a woman."

You know, with the way most Americans view their politics, it is a woman's turn to be president. Next will be a Latino, then maybe a Latina, next a Jew, then Jewess, maybe a Native American woman, then a NA guy, bottom of the list will be a Muslim woman (devout Muslims wouldn't like it if a woman went first). Atheists and commies? Not even on the list...

You know, with the way most Americans view their politics, it is a woman's turn to be president. Next will be a Latino, then maybe a Latina, next a Jew, then Jewess, maybe a Native American woman, then a NA guy, bottom of the list will be a Muslim woman (devout Muslims wouldn't like it if a woman went first). Atheists and commies? Not even on the list...

And each and every one a booj tool.

FRANCE: 15 WEEKS RADICALIZATION

June 2, 2016

The French did not just teach Europe and throughout the world and classes organized by radical political struggle. 1789, 1830, 1848, 1871, to some degree, 1968. And it seems they are doing it again! 15 weeks of the Fifth Republic is shaken by protests, the cause of which was the reform of the Labour Code. We continue to monitor these developments through our friend from Paris and protesters Dominique Ferré. How is the movement and what are its prospects - read the new article.

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Now comes the 15th week of mobilization of workers and youth in France against the "reform" of the Labour Code (the so-called Law of El Homri, by the Minister of Labour last name) .

Frankly, we have never seen such a class movement. Each week the government so-called "Socialist" party looking for new maneuvers against us. Each week, the corrupt union leaders are hoping that we will be satisfied. But every week all the new layers of workers and young people pouring into the fight. For all the bourgeois media recognize that these four months of protests provoked a political crisis that has spread to the entire state apparatus - up to its top - the Elysee Palace, where there is the head of the Fifth Republic, Mr. Hollande.

POPULATION - ON THE SIDE OF THE STRIKERS

New polls published in the mass media, show that the majority of the population are on the side of the strikers. Thus, 80% of French people support the main demand of the workers: the immediate repeal of the bill "reforming" (destruction) of the Labour Code. And 64% think that the government is unacceptable to use the most anti-democratic articles of the Constitution of the Fifth Republic (which was born at the time of the coup by General de Gaulle in 1958). Through this article (49-3), the prime minister has the opportunity to make any law without any discussions and readings in the Parliament. And Prime Minister has used such a measure - in the first place, because the government has lost support in parliament of the Socialist Party faction.

WE HAVE NOT SEEN SUCH A CLASS HATRED BY THE GOVERNMENT

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Not only the people radicalized in the fight against the government, but the government radicalized itself against the working class. As I wrote in March there was a series of provocations and police repression against the youth and students. 15 weeks later, several hundred high school pupils and students have been arrested and injured. Moreover, some seriously injured. For example, in the city of Rennes, in Brittany, a student lost an eye , and in Paris, the young unemployed person is in a coma. Policemen in civil and trade union badges are included in the column on demonstrations and arrest people - yes, such cases are common in these days!

During the repression the government through the media leads a campaign of hate against workers, young people and trade unions (in the first place, the CGT trade union).

"The CGT would not " dictate laws " France", said the prime minister. For his part, head of the employers' association MEDEF, Gattaz compared CGT activists with terrorists. The so-called "opposition" (right-wing party Marine Le Pen and Sarkozy) criticized the government for what it is " not adequately fighting against the working class " . Some representative of the party of Le Pen has recently said that it is necessary to prohibit the General Confederation of Labour (the largest trade union organization in the country with 700,000 members).

"NO AMENDMENTS, NO NEGOTIATIONS. IMMEDIATELY REVOKE THE BILL! "

Each provocation Valls and Hollande workers and youth radicalized more and more. At the demonstrations on May 26 in union columns were heard not only the slogans of the beginning of March ( "No amendments, no negotiations. Immediately revoke the bill!" ), But also a new slogan of "indefinite strike ".

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But until now, the leaders of the country's largest trade union associations not only called for an indefinite strike, but also showed that they are ready to forget the main demand of the strikers: "No amendments, no negotiations. Immediately revoke the bill! " .

A month ago, the leaders of the trade union centers, together with the leadership of the Communist Party declared that it was time to "fight in the framework of the Parliament" and that the mobilization center moved from the streets and businesses in the arena of Parliament. That was, of course, pure deceit.

In the absence of a clear statement to the trade union tops indefinite strike new sectors of the working class came out to fight. This dockers and refinery workers (20% of gas stations lack fuel). To protest actions joined by workers of all French nuclear power plants. May 31 at 8 pm began an indefinite strike of railway workers, and on June 2 - the staff of the Paris Metro. The pilots of Air France also decided to go on strike. In each sector, the workers added to claims against the bill E Homri own industry specific requirements. Railroad - point in the protection of their collective agreement (under the threat of the consequences of the European "liberalization" of the railway), the pilots - a statement against the salary reduction plan, in the subway for the increase of salaries, etc.

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Less than 10 days, begins in France European Championship Football . And in a country without trains, with a deficit of gasoline Hollande and Valls can very quickly lose control of the situation ...

The government is in danger, and it knows that salvation is only in the agreement with the tops of the trade union centers. And 30 May the workers heard from the representatives of their new music. Despite the fact that from the very beginning of the movement of the masses demand was very clear, CGT Secretary General said that it would be possible to stop all strikes and protests if the government is ready to cancel ... only the second article of the bill. A few days ago, the Socialist Party deputies and ministers sang the same verse ... But the mandate of the working class, the mandate of the hundreds of thousands of activists is clear: cancel the entire bill.

The bill - this is 54 articles that pretend to completely destroy the results of more than a century of working conquests. Go maneuvers on all sides. But for 15 weeks, the mobilization continues. What is more: the government pressure on the trade union apparatus or pressure of the working class in its class organization?

FIGHT ACROSS EUROPE

At the rally of the "Big Seven" in Japan on behalf of Hollande campaigned against the imperialist threat "Breksita" (exit the UK from the EU, which will be decided by referendum 23 June). Why? Because Hollande government is today - one of the weakest imperialist governments. The President feels it and buck.

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under pressure from the French government itself - and not just under the national. French capitalists need this law - in full and without amendment. On it also presses and the European Union. Since the law of destruction of the Labour Code - a translation in the national legislation reform programs by the European Commission. President of the totalitarian authorities said last week that the French government bill - "at least, who should take the French government to reform the labor market."

The movement against this state of affairs goes on all over Europe. Against the same policy Belgium 80,000 workers took to the streets of Brussels on 24 May. They also have a bill that restores the working week to 50 hours. It carries an extremely right-wing government. In Greece - on the contrary, the government of the so-called "Left Radical Party" (Syriza), but all the same policy. And the German government "grand coalition" (Union of Right and Social Democrats) holds the same anti-labor "reforms".

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Against this policy of the EU, as well as in support of the British trade unions, which will soon be organized to vote for the country's exit from the European Union, and in support of the class struggle in France, Greece, Belgium, 28 May (ie after 145 years after the destruction of the heroic Paris Commune) in Paris, gathered an international meeting in 1200 migrant internationalists. Statements were made ​​by activists from France, Germany, Italy, Greece and the UK. The report, in French and in English will be published very soon.

Meanwhile, our struggle continues.

http://vestnikburi.com/frantsiya-15-nedel-radikalizatsii/

Google Translator

French capitalists need this law - in full and without amendment. On it also presses and the European Union. Since the law of destruction of the Labour Code - a translation in the national legislation reform programs by the European Commission. President of the totalitarian authorities said last week that the French government bill - "at least, who should take the French government to reform the labor market."

Those "French capitalists" must sorely envy the US capitalists with their docile, bowed-backed proletariat. The only upsurge out of the US prols is via racial issues. Those are legitimate, but they point up the divisions in the US proletariat that must be eliminated. I hope the French set the world afire.

Media Blackout As France Witnesses Biggest Revolution In 200 Years
Posted on June 2, 2016 by Sean Adl-Tabatabai in News, World // 8 Comments
France undergoes biggest revolution in 200 years

As France prepare to host millions of visitors at the Euro 2016 Football Championships, a state of emergency has been extended in the country as it faces its largest protests in recent history.



Hundreds of thousands of citizens have taken to the streets in France, amounting to what some are calling the new French Revolution amid a total media blackout in Western news outlets.

Anonhq.com reports:

The first collaborative protest against the Socialist government since Hollande came to power in 2012, kicked off on 9 March. On March 31, nearly 400,000 people took to the streets, disagreeing with the sweeping changes to labor laws; though organizers put the number at 1.2 million.

On April 9, about 120,000 people marched in Paris and across France for a sixth time, protesting against contested labor reforms. Organizers called for yet another strike on April 28, and a massive protest on May 1, Labor Day. Reports of police officers clashing with protesters, deploying tear gas in several French cities, and protesters burning vehicles, smashing windows flooded the Internet.

Media Blackout As France Witnesses Biggest Revolution In 200 Years
Posted on June 2, 2016 by Sean Adl-Tabatabai in News, World // 8 Comments
France undergoes biggest revolution in 200 years

As France prepare to host millions of visitors at the Euro 2016 Football Championships, a state of emergency has been extended in the country as it faces its largest protests in recent history.



Hundreds of thousands of citizens have taken to the streets in France, amounting to what some are calling the new French Revolution amid a total media blackout in Western news outlets.

Anonhq.com reports:

The first collaborative protest against the Socialist government since Hollande came to power in 2012, kicked off on 9 March. On March 31, nearly 400,000 people took to the streets, disagreeing with the sweeping changes to labor laws; though organizers put the number at 1.2 million.

On April 9, about 120,000 people marched in Paris and across France for a sixth time, protesting against contested labor reforms. Organizers called for yet another strike on April 28, and a massive protest on May 1, Labor Day. Reports of police officers clashing with protesters, deploying tear gas in several French cities, and protesters burning vehicles, smashing windows flooded the Internet.

In his response, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in the city of Lyon:

“I call on the organizers of these demonstrations to condemn with the same firmness that I do the unrest caused by these handful of thugs.”

Demanding a complete withdrawal of the draft reform bill, French workers stepped up protests, rallies and blockades in the third week of May. As per the latest updates, one in three gas stations across the country run dry, causing long queues at normally well-stocked stations. There are blockades at 5 of France’s 8 oil refineries. Nearly 1/5th of nuclear power output is cut by striking staff. Since the nation’s electricity supply has dropped, the government is forced to dig into its emergency reserves.

On May 26, more than 150,000 marched against the government’s plans to make it easier for firms to hire and fire. Reuters reports:

In the southwestern city of Bordeaux, about 100 people targeted a police station, throwing objects and damaging a police car. In Paris and in the western city of Nantes, bank windows were broken and protesters clashed with police. The next big day of protests is planned on June 14 [when French senators begin discussing the reform package], four days after the Euro 2016 soccer tournament opens in France. The CGT warned it could be disrupted if the government refuses to withdraw the draft reform bill.

Although, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is willing to modify some of the proposals, workers’ unions are unwilling to back down. Particularly angry that the government is enacting a constitutional power to bypass parliament to pass the bill, several unions led by one of the country’s largest unions, the General Confederation of Labor (or the CGT),declared in an open letter:

“This week, the actions, the strikes and the blockades by workers from a number of industries to demand the retraction of this labor bill and to obtain new rights show that our determination remains intact.”

The Controversial Labor Reform:

1. Makes it easier for companies to lay off staff and cut costs in difficult economic times.

2. Allows companies to opt out of national labor protection rules if they reach in-house deals on pay and conditions with the consent of a majority of their staff – and not the trade unions.

3. Allows employers to extend the legal work week from current 35 hours to 48 hours – up to 60 hours with an ‘exceptional authorization’, and reduce overtime from current 25% to not less than 10%.

4. Proposes surtax on short-term contracts aimed at getting employers to hire more people on permanent contracts

5. Introduces a cap – 15 months of pay – on compensation in cases of unfair dismissal.

Plagued by dismal popularity ratings and high unemployment, President Hollande, who staked his whole term in office on improving life for the country’s struggling youth, says the labor reform is vital to tackle joblessness. Labor Minister Myrian El Khomri, too, defends the new labor law dubbed “the bosses law” by its opponents.

“This law corresponds to the situation in our country. We have an unemployment rate of over 10% the same as it was 20 years ago. It has improved over the last month, however that is not satisfactory. Our country created fewer jobs than other European countries [Between 2013 and 2015, 57,000 jobs were created in France, 482,000 in Germany, 651,000 in Spain and 288,000 in Italy.] So for me the text and the goal of this reform is to be able to just improve access to employment.”

However, opponents of the labor reform say it will threaten cherished rights and deepen job insecurity for young people by helping companies fire staff arbitrarily. Henry Samuel and Raziye Akkoc of The Telegraph observed:

The government believes it will create thousands of jobs but the IMF, and the French opposition say the reform doesn’t go nearly far enough to significantly reverse record unemployment, now at 10%, and soaring public debt, due to reach 98% of GDP next year.

What Lies Ahead

This is the first time a Socialist French government has faced a nationwide trade union rebellion in more than 30 years. The left’s opposition to the reforms has been vast, threatening to tear apart Hollande’s own support base.

The Independent Writes:

The proposed reform has compounded the fury of many within the Socialist Party and the further left at what they see as the treacherous, rightward course of the Hollande-Valls government. The protests have been led by the former Socialist leader, and “mother” of the 35-hour week, Martine Aubry, who has resigned from all her official positions within the party. Aubry complains that the rewriting of French employment law in line with “liberal” pro-market dogma is a betrayal of the French “social contract.”

An online petition against the proposed changes has gathered over 1 million signatures, a record in France. According to a recent Le Parisien poll, a majority of French people favor labor reforms, but 70% oppose the government’s way of going about it.

It will be a political suicide for Hollande if he rolls back the labor reform – he has promised he will not run for re-election next year unless he manages to stem the rise in unemployment. But as The Guardian rightly notes, it is not just Hollande’s political survival at stake, though, but the image of France itself.
http://yournewswire.com/media-blackout-as-france-witnesses-biggest-revolution-in-200-years/

Police clash with anti-labor law protesters in Paris
Tue Jun 14, 2016 12:42PM

French police use teargas against anti-labor law protesters in the French capital as union workers go on strike over government labor reforms.

Tens of thousands of protesters from all over France flocked to Paris, as the city's iconic Eiffel Tower was closed due to workers' strike, for the massive anti-labor law demonstration on Tuesday.

The company operating the Eiffel Tower said in a statement that the monument was closed Tuesday “due to the national strike."

Seven unions and student organizations called for demonstrations against the proposed labor law, which is being debated in the Senate.

Union workers, rail workers and taxi drivers are also on strike.

The CGT labor union said the Paris march would be the biggest show of strength for three months.

About 700 buses were ferrying protesters to the capital for an afternoon march through the city center, CGT leader Philippe Martinez said.

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Philippe Martinez (C), the secretary general of the French union confederation Confederation generale du travail (CGT), taking part in a demonstration against proposed labor reforms in Paris on June 14, 2016. (AFP Photo)
Paris police chief, Michel Cadot, said he expected "maybe more than 50,000 demonstrators" to participate in the protest rally in the capital.

Several previous protests had also descended into clashes between police and demonstrators.

President Francois Hollande's Socialist government has refused to withdraw the reform plan, which it forced through the lower house of parliament by decree, and was being debated in the Senate on Tuesday. The government is adamant that the new labor law will benefit the country’s economy and curb the high unemployment rate. The new law is expected to become official by July.

Workers believe the government's labor reforms will not benefit them in any way and make it easier and cheaper for owners of businesses to fire workers.

Tuesday's march comes at a time when police are struggling to ensure security during the month-long Euro 2016 soccer tournament with France still on maximum terror alert after the deadly terrorist attacks that killed 130 people in November.

http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/06/14/470417/EU-France-demonstration-rally-police-teargas

Video at link

It is reported that some union officials have the numbers around 1M. Too bad a handful of 'Russian' football hooligans have sucked up the news cycle.

It is reported that some union officials have the numbers around 1M. Too bad a handful of 'Russian' football hooligans have sucked up the news cycle.

Or were all but invented to 'suck up the news cycle'. The pulseless bastards of the journo-world would not have reported this massive event any way. I was talking to a young guy who is "on line" all the time about the Paris demos and he was clueless. He swore he would go at once and "check it out". Haven't talk to him since...

'Exhausted' French police plead with unions to postpone fresh protests so they can recover

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Henry Samuel, paris
21 JUNE 2016 • 6:37PM

France's main police union on Tuesday pleaded with workers to put off a national day of demonstrations on Thursday against a controversial labour law saying they are too "exhausted" to cope with protests on top of dealing with the Euro and terror threats.

The plea came as workers unions opposed to the labour law categorically rejected government demands that any demonstration on Thursday in Paris must be "static" after previous marches through the French capital ended in violent standoffs with police and vandalism.

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Stuck in the middle of the standoff between the government and the hardline CGT union and its allies, France's main police union Alliance said officers were in desperate need of respite.

"We're asking for this demonstration to be postponed, along with any other static protests as our colleagues are on all fronts and are exhausted, worn out, and tired," said Frédéric Lagache, Alliance deputy secretary general.

"They find these demonstrations all the harder to bear as they are repetitive and very violent," he said. According to several police unions, some 200 officers were injured in demonstrations on June 14. Police chiefs put the number at 28.

Mr Lagache proposed that Thursday's demonstration be put off until "security forces are not on all fronts fighting terrorism and policing the Euro 2016 football tournament".

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To limit the chances of a demonstration descending into running battles and violence, the government and police chiefs asked for unions to accept demonstrating in one police and not marching from one square to another, such as from Bastille to Nation.

But the CGT and six other unions said they "categorically reject" the request and would march as normal.

"To demonstrate is a constitutional right and it's up to the state to take care of security at demonstrations on the public causeway," they wrote, adding that a stationary protest was "more dangerous" than a march.

"I'm not sure that a union 'fan zone' in the Place de la Nation will be more secure than a (normal) demonstration," said Jean-Claude Mailly, head of the Force Ouvrière union.

Last week, president Francois Hollande threatened to ban all union demonstrations after vandals broke away from one and smashed the windows of a children's hospital, shocking young patients awaiting surgery.

"At a time when France is hosting the Euro (football tournament), when it is faced with terrorism, demonstrations can no longer be authorised if property and people and public property cannot be safeguarded," Mr Hollande's spokesman Stéphane Le Foll told a cabinet meeting.

The marches are against the so-called El Khomri labour reform, named after the labour minister, which would make it easier to hire and fire employees and allow workers to negotiate locally with businesses rather than unions reaching sector-wide deals.

The bill will be put to a vote in the Senate on June 29 before a final vote in the National Assembly on July 5.

As well as Thursday's planned demonstration, another is due to be staged on June 23.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/21/exhausted-french-police-plead-with-unions-to-postpone--fresh-pro/

Well cry me a river... Which side are you on, boys?

France's main police union on Tuesday pleaded with workers to put off a national day of demonstrations on Thursday against a controversial labour law saying they are too "exhausted" to cope with protests on top of dealing with the Euro and terror threats.


Well cry me a river... Which side are you on, boys?

No shit. These "demonstrations" are for you, too, coppers. You should drop the bosses and join your brothers and sisters on the line. I bet you'd lose that "exhaustion" pretty damned quick.

France: State appoints record 2,500 police officers to oversee new rally against labour reform

Demonstrators have been asked to attend the rally without backpacks after rallies turned violent
IBTimes Staff Reporter By Staff Reporter
June 28, 2016 12:47 BST

The number of police officers hired to oversee a demonstration in the French capital, Paris, has reached new record levels. On the eleventh non-consecutive day of protest against a controversial labour reform on Tuesday 28 June, the state announced 2,500 police officers would be dispatched to secure the rally.

The powerful CGT union is protesting new labour laws, dubbed the Loi El-Khomri after the labour minister, Myriam El-Khomri. The French Senate is expected to vote on President François Hollande's planned labour bill – which has ended the 35-hour working week – on Tuesday. If put in place, new labour law would make it easier for employers in France to hire and fire their staff.

The increased security comes after hundreds of protesters were arrested in previous weeks after several demonstrations turned violent.

Last month, police fired tear-gas at around 100 people at a protest on the outskirts of Paris. In Bordeaux, 100 people targeted a police station, throwing rocks and damaging a police car. In the western city of Nantes, bank windows were broken and protesters fought with police, who then fired tear gas at the crowd. On 14 June, a dozen protesters and around 30 police officers were injured.

A record 2,500 officers to secure the rally

On Tuesday, the agreed route will take the rally led by France's union workers from Place de la Bastille towards Place d'Italie, where it will end, according to organisers.

More than 2 500 police officers – a record, will be mobilised to secure the 2.8km course, which will also be protected by imposing policing gates several meters high. Demonstrators have also been asked to attend the rally without backpacks and have been warned that any objects that could be used as a projectile would be seized.

This new demonstrations comes just a week after a police statement banning a demonstration was reversed in extremis and the rally organised under stringent conditions on 22 June.

While police insisted any rally would have to be stationary, the French union obtained the right to demonstrate on a route proposed by the Interior Ministry.

In response to mounting pressure, last month French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said there could be possible changes in a labour bill, adding the government will not abandon its plans. The CGT union has rejected the statements, saying the bill must be scrapped, not amended.

The French capital will host UEFA Euro 2016 Quarter-finals on Sunday 3 July when France will play Iceland at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis. The final will be held in Paris on 10 July.

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A message reading 'Valls = shame' – in reference to French Prime Minister Manuel Valls – during a Parisien demonstrationJacky Naegelen/Reuters
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/france-state-appoints-record-2500-police-officers-oversee-new-rally-against-labour-reform-1567823

Slide show at link.

Who harms labor reform in France?

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student organizations and unions take to the streets for the sixth time in a month. | Photo: EFE
Published July 21, 2016 (1 hour 53 minutes ago)

The reform has led to the rejection of many active citizens, for the third consecutive month take to the streets to demonstrate.
Since March 9, the French have taken to the streets to protest against labor reform promoted by the Executive to "tackle the unemployment crisis" currently in the country, whose unemployment rate stands at 10 percent .

Hundreds of thousands of people to the streets of Paris, the capital, and another 200 cities to denounce the reform supported by the Government.

Protesters considered the reform as a liberal measure that harms the working class. In several cities, the marches ended in clashes between protesters and security forces, who resorted to tear gas. It is the third day of protests against the reform in a month.

>> Minute by Minute: Repression in France by the labor reform

What is the labor reform?

The labor reform aims to make "adjustments" to the politics workday 35 hours per week introduced in the country in 2000 by the Socialists and became a flagship strategy for leftist movement, in order to reduce the 10 percent unemployment.

The proposal to transform the Labour Act, inter alia, states that the 35 working hours a week stay, but that companies organize alternative calendars in high season, to extend shifts to 48 hours per week and 12 hours a day, without overtime pay, but more hours of rest they granted to the worker.

>> Protests Continue in the Plaza de la Republique in Paris

The main concession the government, after seeing the high rejection of the project was to renounce set a ceiling for compensation for unfair dismissal, replaced by "an indicative scale" that serve as a reference for judges of the social.

70 percent French opposed the controversial project, while 65 percent want the plan to be modified in depth.
The general view among analysts, unions and citizens is that this project will lead to more insecurity for workers.

>> Day protests in France against labor reform bill

On 12, 17, 24 and 31 March citizens from all parts of France, especially trade unions and student movements, organized to demonstrate against a reform that has even generated division between the French left.

After he effected some changes to the original bill, on March 24 labor reform to the Council of Ministers was presented, and then, on March 31 this law was debated in Parliament.

Despite the changes that the Government of François Hollande applied to the bill to avoid the full rejection of the Cabinet and Parliament, the mass mobilization in several cities in France have not ceased, citizens claim that is discarded completely draft.

>> Gala police represses demonstration against labor reform

On March 31, the date on which the bill would be given to Parliament, demonstrations throughout France gathered 1.2 million people, according to the report by unions and student associations conveners.

However, this deadline was not the end of the demonstrations and protests. That same March 31 convened for the first time by social networks a peaceful vigil in the Plaza of the Republic, under the label on Twitter #NuitDebout (night stand).

>> Protests in all France against labor reform

Since that night, hundreds of young people settled in the emblematic square and organized "sit-ins" between intellectuals, artists and ordinary citizens to discuss the situation.

These manifestations takes elements of inspiration from the "outraged" Spanish who organized the movement of 15-M in Madrid.

Despite the passive-aggressive eviction by police officers of the square, protesters returned to gather the next day to continue the journey.

The protests have not been paralyzed since. From the first of April every day and every night all French citizens, led by student movements and unions take to the streets.

>> French filled the Place de la Republique in Paris against labor reform

In context

These protests caused by the reform that the Government seeks to promote come at a time when Hollande's popularity is at its lowest point and a year of presidential elections.

With the realization of people's congresses, concerts and intense exchanges, Night movement afoot extends to other cities in France and Nantes (west), Rennes (west), Lyon (east) and Toulouse (south), where people gather in public squares.

The initiative expands its claims, since Protestants believe that the issue of labor plan is only "a branch of a tree to be cut".

http://www.telesurtv.net/telesuragenda/A-quien-perjudica-la-reforma-laboral-en-Francia-20160409-0030.html

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CLASHES IN PARIS AS 'ONE MILLION MARCH' AGAINST LABOUR REFORMS

last updated:
14/06/2016
It is being hailed as the biggest show of strength yet against long-contested labour reforms in France.

A million protesters took to the streets of Paris on Tuesday according to trade unions – many thousands more nationwide – to say ‘no’ to planned changes that would make hiring and firing easier.

Refuse collectors and taxi drivers were among those taking strike action – not to mention the train drivers – and there was an unpleasant surprise for would-be visitors to the Eiffel Tower which was closed for the day as staff stopped work to join the protest.

That was a particularly bitter pill to swallow for those who had travelled from afar.

One German visitor said: “We are here, amongst other things, to watch the football. We also want to visit all the Paris sights. But unfortunately we just found out that there is a strike here and also in other places in Paris. That’s a shame for tourists.”

The chaos of strikes was matched by turmoil on the streets as clashes broke out on the sidelines of the Paris march. Riot police fired tear gas and used water cannon as items were thrown at them and windows smashed, with a number of arrests made and injuries on both sides.

This is not the way the host country of Euro 2016 wanted to be seen.

http://www.euronews.com/2016/06/14/clashes-in-paris-as-one-million-march-against-labour-reforms

Video at link.

When ya gotta go hunting a story this big then we are dealing with conscious censorship.

Fuck the goddamn tourists, ya want some action, get in the street.