Protests and occupations against the right wing government’s CPE labour law swept France’s universities last week. Danièle Obono, a student at the Sorbonne university in Paris and member of the anti-CPE mobilising committee, writes in a personal capacity about the revolt
Over half of the 82 universities in France are taking part in strike action against the Tory government’s plans. Twenty five universities are in occupation.
The anti-CPE movement at the Sorbonne started a week ago - we (...)
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French students in new rebellion
14 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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France : students clash with riot police
14 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentStudents clash with riot police protesting first job contract
Dominique de Villepin showed no signs of bending to student and opposition demands that he abandon a hotly contested measure to combat youth unemployment.
Hundreds of students clashed with riot police near the Sorbonne University in Paris on Tuesday. The student protests were presenting French President Jacques Chirac’s supposed preferred successor with one of his sternest tests yet in his nine-month tenure as prime (...) -
Riots in France - against the government’s youth jobs plan
14 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
Students invade Paris school
Scores of angry students and other demonstrators invaded one of Paris’ most elite schools on Monday and clashed with police in a new escalation of protests against the government’s youth jobs plan.
About 200 high school and university students swarmed into the College de France to press their demand that Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin withdraw a plan that they fear will hurt job security.
The protests came a day after Villepin, hoping to defuse the (...) -
Bush Just Has To Face It: He Is Wrong And Chirac Is Right
4 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
:// Bush Just Has To Face It: He Is Wrong And Chirac Is Right The Crises Over Hamas And Iran Underline The Collapse Of The Neocon Mission And The End Of A One-Superpower World Jonathan Steele, The Guardian Friday February 3, 2006 George Bush’s presidency still has three years to run, but this week’s state of the union address had an unmistakably ebb-tide air. Its tone - "chastened, deferential, modest" in the words of the Los Angeles Times - suggested that the president felt the waves (...)
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Preparing the World For Another 9/11
3 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
10 commentsSigns of the Times Joe Quinn 03/02/2006
What are we to make of the "furore" surrounding the publishing of anti-Islam cartoons by Dutch and French daily papers? The intent seems clear enough - to portray Islam, and therefore all Muslims as fanatic terrorists, and to provoke Muslim groups to confirm for the world that this portrayal is accurate - which is exactly what has happened. Flag and effigy burning has ensued in Pakistan, Indonesia, and the Palestine territories. In Iran, hundreds (...) -
International Call against EPR
3 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsInternational Call to NGOs, groups, personalities, trade unions, political parties.
No to nuclear reactor EPR , Yes to energy alternatives Demonstration in Cherbourg in april 15th and 16th, 2006
Despite a huge nuclear overcapacity and even though it is becoming urgent to develop a new energy consumption management and invest in renewable energy, the French Government has asked EDF to build a new nuclear reactor, EPR (European Pressurized Reactor), in Flamanville (Manche/ Normandy). The (...) -
Nuclear Proliferation: A Gathering Storm
3 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsBy Conn Hallinan
’Each of the Parties to the Treaty undertakes to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and a Treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control.’ Article VI, Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1968
’The United States will not use nuclear weapons against any non-nuclear weapon party state to the Non- (...) -
DALLAS A HORRIBLE WORLD
31 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
4 commentsDALLAS A HORRIBLE WORLD!
Culture of the fear, denouncement, organization of petition against pay during their stop disease, installation of the talks of return after a stop disease, here the daily newspaper of certain American companies which are windy to apply a modern management... Now discover the back of the decoration... Saturday January 14, 2006 21:02 Statute: "Confidential Company information", here the title of the memo that the employees of the group office Depot France (...) -
Discrimination against mobile dwellers in France
18 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
Taxation without recognition?
Although not recognised officially as housing, caravans will now be paying council tax.
The 2006 finance law introduces council tax for people living in mobile, land-based dwellings, mainly caravans and camping-cars. This aggravates existing discrimination and contradicts recent presidential and government statements.
The situation is pure dynamite. Will this blow it up?
All depends on what will happen during the next few months.
In fact, the law (...) -
10.000.000
26 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
5 commentsSaturday November 26th, at LE SOLEIL, 136 Bd de Ménilmontant 75020 Paris.
The Bellaciao collective of Paris is inviting you to celebrate the ten millionth visitor of Bellaciao site, at 9 pm.
It will be an opportunity to meet.
The Bellaciao collective