Working class people are angry – and rightly so – against Fillon, Macron, Le Pen, etc who are ready do give even more billions to the bosses. To create jobs, they say. But politicians have used this argument for almost 35 years; presidents and ministers, left and...
Philippe Poutou is a worker at Ford near Bordeaux. His program is first and foremost a collection of emergency measures for the working class. It is urgent to stop the job hemorrhage. So layoffs must be banned, immediately. It is also urgent to increase everyone’s...
That’s what they want to believe! Every time Philippe Poutou talks about his program, on TV or radio, there is always a journalist to reply: “but isn’t it utopian?” Are the emergency measures for the working class really utopian? Is it utopian to ban layoffs and job...
Philippe Poutou is running for president. He is a worker at Ford Blanquefort, near Bordeaux, and goes through the campaign at the same time as he fights with his coworkers to save the 1,000 jobs in their plant. First and foremost in his programme to defend the...
In the last few episodes of the Fillon saga, the conservative candidate acted as the victim of a heartless justice system, harassing him for petty reasons (only a few hundred thousand euros). This is perhaps a stretch from someone who proposes to reduce the age of...