May 1968 – French Workers and Students Make History!

May 1968 – French Workers and Students Make History!

In March of 1968, the French student movement started in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris, at a brand new university campus. The campus had been built four years earlier on a sort of “no-man’s land,” next to an Algerian workers’ shantytown. Some of these students were...
Chad: French Africa Loses a Friend

Chad: French Africa Loses a Friend

April 26, 2021, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA, Translated from French Macron announced the death of Marshal Idriss Déby and lamented the loss for France of “a courageous friend.” Marshal Idriss Déby was...
Two-tiered Lock Downs

Two-tiered Lock Downs

April 12, 2021, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA, Translated from French Hundreds of euros worth of meals, cooked by star chefs in private apartments, repurposed as clandestine restaurants. This is how the upper crust of the...
Time off, Telecommuting, Part-Time work: We Foot the Bill Again?

Time off, Telecommuting, Part-Time work: We Foot the Bill Again?

April 5, 2021, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA, Translated from French President Macron announced our third lockdown last week. All child care facilities and schools will close, and the school calendar will change, with...