Beware the Olympic Flame’s Backfire!
July 29, 2024 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French With the opening ceremony, the organizers of the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games wanted us to live the dream of a mythical and inclusive France. They succeeded, much to the chagrin of all the fascists and bigots, by evoking the […]
The Olympics in Paris: Social Cleansing, Exploitation and Exploding Profits: The Other Side of the Olympic Medal
The Olympic Games are built on exploitation, so that a few can profit.
France: For Our Demands, We’ll All Have to Pitch in!
July 15, 2024 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French Since July 8 (election day), negotiations have been underway in all parties to put forward the name of a Prime Minister. In the New Popular Front (NFP), the various parties have still not managed to agree: the Socialist Olivier Faure […]
France: After Election Time, Let’s Bring on the Time for Social Struggle!
July 8, 2024 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French [Far-right leaders] Bardella, Le Pen and their ally Ciotti were unable to break out the champagne on Sunday evening, and all the better for it. Seeing the defeated faces of the Rassemblement National (RN – National Rally party) leaders on […]
France: Against the Extreme Right and Those Who Have Paved the Way for It
July 1, 2024 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French No solution will come from the ballot box: the future lies in our struggles! The first round of legislative elections brought the expected result, in fact prepared by [President] Macron’s decision to dissolve the Assembly for an express (special) election […]
France: Against the Poison of the Extreme Right, the Only Dam Will Be Our Struggle!
June 24, 2024 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French This coming Sunday, we are once again called to the polls. Let’s take advantage of this opportunity to make our voices heard and say what we think, by voting for workers like us, who know as we do that it […]
For a World without Borders and Exploitation, on June 9: Let’s Express the Urgency of Revolution!
May 27, 2024 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) in France, translated from French On May 23, France Télévision [national public TV group] inflicted on us a debate between the Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, and the head of the Rassemblement National [far-right National Rally party] slate, Jordan Bardella… as if the political alternative boiled […]
New Caledonia: Enough with Colonies! Solidarity with the Kanak People!
The Kanak people are protesting against French plans to allow settlers to vote in the colony of New Caledonia (Kanaky), which would disempower Kanaks, who are a minority in their own land.
Workers of All Countries: Palestine Solidarity!
May 13, 2024 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) in France, translated from French After destroying northern Gaza, the Israeli army is preparing to launch an offensive in the south, at Rafah, where Palestinians have taken refuge. At least 35,000 have died. Netanyahu’s far-right government continues 76 years of colonization and apartheid, with the […]
For a world without borders and bosses, urgent revolution!
May 6, 2024 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) in France, translated from French Occupations of university campuses have multiplied in recent weeks, in the United States and now in France, as at Sciences Po and many other universities, to denounce the ongoing massacre in Gaza. Everywhere, young people are pitching tents, occupying campuses […]
Against the Capitalism that Massacres in Gaza and Exploits in France: Take to the Streets on May Day… and Beyond!
April 29, 2024 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) in France, translated from French This week, working men and women will be marching to put forward their demands against capitalist exploitation and all that it engenders. It has to be said that, once again this year, capitalism is showing that it only brings disaster […]
1994: The Last genocide of the 20th Century
In 1994, the government of Rwanda, with the help of French imperialism, committed genocide against the Tutsi minority.
May Day: There Is Power in the Working Class
General Newsletter April 28, 2024 Download .pdf leaflet May Day: There Is Power in the Working Class In the 1880s, the United States was deeply unequal and divided. A few families owned the overwhelming bulk of U.S. wealth, and workers had to work up to 16 hours per day. Workers had no rights on the […]
In the Face of State Repression and Employer Violence, Let’s Stand Together!
The French government is criminalizing support for the Palestinian people, part of a larger repression of protests in general.
When the Government Declares War on the Unemployed
This is the April 1, 2024 editorial of the New Anti-capitalist Party (NPA) in France, translated from French. Under the pretext of a government deficit, following the growth of subsidies to employers and the swelling of the military budget, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has just declared war on the unemployed. On the program: reduction […]
A Revolution is Urgently Needed for a World without Bosses and Borders!
The French working class has nothing to gain from the electoral fight between the two major capitalist parties.
Solidarity with Farmers’ Anger: It’s Capitalism That’s Starving Us All!
NOTE: Farmers across Europe have this week protested against their unbearable economic conditions, from France where the biggest protests have seen farmers use their tractors to block roads around Paris, to Germany, Italy, Spain, Greece, Poland, and Romania. Here is the January 29, 2024 editorial of the New Anti-capitalist Party (NPA) in France, translated from […]
France: Opposition to Racist Immigration Law
In France, numerous protests are taking place against the racist Darmanin law. Darmanin is the French Minister of the Interior. This new immigration law was passed on December 19 with the support of right and far-right politicians. The law extends the time before people are eligible to receive social benefits, like housing assistance and family allowances. […]
Against All Racism, Against All Divisions, the Unity of the Working Class
As the French government condemns protesters against the war in Gaza as “anti-Semites”, it is working with right-wing anti-Semites to pass a xenophobic immigration bill.
The Israeli State, Armed Wing of the Imperialist Powers against the People
November 13, 2023 editorial of the New Anti-capitalist Party (NPA) in France, translated from French Unable to continue banning demonstrations in support of the Palestinian people, (French President) Macron attempted a counter-fire by having his underlings launch a call to demonstrate “against anti-Semitism.” For days, all the media relayed the call. As did almost all […]
In Gaza, it is humanity that is being murdered!
As Israel continues its bombardment of the Palestinians in Gaza, the French government has banned Palestine-solidarity protests – but that will not stop demonstrations.
France: Enough Inflation! We Must Impose a General Wage Increase
October 2, 2023 editorial of the New Anti-capitalist Party (NPA) in France. Translated from French. The (French) government’s draft budget is being debated in Parliament this week. It provides for the end of energy shields (policies to protect consumers against energy price increases). Have prices fallen? No, they haven’t. Prices for basic necessities are rising […]
France: Oppose “Social Dialogue” and Racist Provocations: Back to the Streets!
September 4, 2023 editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA). Translated from French. Profits are at record levels, the crisis is worsening, inflation is squeezing our budgets and wages are falling. The social climate is tense. Macron is doing his utmost to prevent demonstrations and strikes from […]
France: Inflation, Employer Violence, Back to School… To Learn to Fight Back
August 23, 2023, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA), Translated from French “My advice to consumers? Visit the stores, exercise your critical faculties”. This is the advice given to families by Michel-Édouard Leclerc, head of the Leclerc supermarket chain. When it comes to saving money, the […]
France: The True Face of Macron’s Republic
Hedi was beaten by Macron’s police, causing him to lose part of his skull.
In Macron’s World, even Vacations Suck!
July 24, 2023, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle Fraction of the New Anti-capitalist Party (NPA) in France; Translated from French This summer, the number of people who have decided not to go on vacation is approaching 40% – a very sad record indeed. France may still be one of the world’s most […]
France: As the old Revolutionary Song Says, “Hang the Aristocrats from on High!”
As France celebrates Bastille Day, there is reason to revolt: the rich are still getting richer at the expense of everyone else!
France: We Don’t Want their Social Order
July 10, 2023, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New Anticapitalist Party, Translated from French Their Police Who Kill and Maim… All the politicians, from the RN (far-right party) to the SP (center-left Socialist Party) and FCP (French Communist Party), via the LR (liberal-conservative party) and the majority are closing […]
France: Attack in Annecy – Anti-immigrant Demagoguery as a Weapon of Mass Division
June 12, 2023 editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New Anticapitalist Party, translated from French. Politicians, from the Macronists (supporters of President Macron), to the Zemmourists (supporters of far-right politician Éric Zemmour), to Les Républicains (LR: liberal conservative party) and the National Rally (RN: far right party), haven’t hesitated to […]
France: We Stand With the Vertbaudet Workers!
May 22, 2023 editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA, translated from French. Last Tuesday, May 16, the police intervened to break up a picket line of workers at the warehouse of a children’s clothing company, Vertbaudet, in Marquette-les-Lille (northern French town). One worker was rushed to a hospital with […]
France: Against the Extreme-Right, and For the Solidarity of Working People
May 15, 2023, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA), Translated from French After months of extreme right-wing demonstrations in the city of Saint-Brévin-Les-Pins, from the National Rally (RN) Party to neo-fascist groups and Éric Zemmour’s far-right party, the Mayor of the town had no choice but […]
France: Macron in Trouble Plays the Race Card, and the Billy Club!
May 8, 2023 editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA), translated from French. The government is still trying to end the fight against the pension reform… It can even thank the trade union leaders, who agreed to meet with Macron on May 17, and who set the […]
France: Huge Turn Out Again on May 1st: We Won’t Give Up the Fight!
On May 1, French workers continued their fight against Macron’s pension reform.
55 Years Ago: May ‘68 Rebellion in France — From Student Protests to General Strike
Part of this article is extracted from the pamphlet, “1968 – Be Realistic, Demand the Impossible” published by Speak Out Now. Fifty-five years ago, an explosive social movement burst on the scene in May of 1968 in France. This was a mobilization that was both intimately linked to and fed by a world-wide movement. In […]
France: Macron’s Sound, Our Fury: The Pension Struggle Continues, and Will Continue!
April 24, 2023, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA), Translated from French Wherever Macron goes, an angry chorus of clanging pots and pans follows him to protest his pension reform. While he claims loudly that it’s over and done with, that we need to turn the […]
Determined Until the Withdrawal of the Pension Reform!
April 10, 2023 Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA. Translated from French. The demonstrations of April 6 were once again numerous – young people, workers, pensioners gathered in the streets of large and small cities. This is enough to make the government tremble, a government that will use any […]
France: Now and Forever – Let’s Fight Until Total Withdrawal of the Reform!
In France, fight until the pension reform is withdrawn!
France: What Perspectives can Revolutionaries Advance in the Movement?
The following is a translation of a perspective written by the Etincelle tendency of the New Anticapitalist Party for discussion with comrades in France organized around Philippe Poutou and Olivier Besancenot. Since its beginnings in January, the movement against the pension reform has had a political character that goes far beyond the postponement of the […]
International Solidarity
March 30, 2023, from the Étincelle fraction of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) in France. Translated from French. The banner in the photo reads: “The strike continues from France to Italy… Strike!” In several countries: Greece, Germany, Italy… rallies have been organized in front of French embassies and consulates to support the struggle of French […]
Francia: la clase obrera puede decidir su futuro
Durante meses, desde mediados de enero, ha habido huelgas y movilizaciones continuas en Francia. Ha habido múltiples jornadas de huelga y manifestaciones, convocadas por los sindicatos tanto en el sector público como en el privado. Millones de personas en toda Francia, en grandes ciudades, pequeños pueblos y aldeas, han participado en estas acciones. Los trabajadores […]
The Struggle in France: March 28 and Beyond: Let’s Stay in the Streets and Build the Strikes, and Let’s Win!
French workers are showing their strength by striking against the pension reform.
France: The Working Class Can Decide Its Future
For months, starting in mid-January, there have been ongoing strikes and mobilizations in France. There have been multiple strike days and demonstrations, called by the unions in both the public and private sectors. Millions of people, across France — in big cities, small towns and villages — have participated in these actions. Workers have blocked […]
France: Our Motion for Censure is the General Strike!
After President Macron tried to force through pension reform, the French are striking against it.
French Workers Continue the Fight Against Raising the Retirement Age
Many thousands of workers and students have taken to the streets of France once again in response to the government’s announcement on March 16 that it is raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne have done this without a vote of the National Assembly. Macron’s government […]
France: March 7 and Beyond: A General Strike to Paralyze Everything
In France, strike against the proposed pension reform!
France: March 7, 8, 9 and as Long as it Takes: General Strike for Our Pensions!
February 27, 2023, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA), Translated from French Pension reform is coming to the Senate this Tuesday, February 28. And this is the Senate that for the last few years has made a habit out of voting in favor of rolling back the […]
French Workers Fight Pension Reform: Is a General Strike Next?
The fight against the pension reform in France that began in January is still raging. Last Saturday, February 11, French working people and students filled the streets again, in a massive protest against the government’s plan for pension reform. The government wants to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 and the population says, […]
France: We Will Fight to the End!
French people participated in huge demonstrations against pension reform.
France on January 31: Another Day of Struggle Against Pension Reform!
On Tuesday, Jan. 31 huge crowds took to the streets in the biggest nation-wide protest since 1995. This is the second day of mobilization to oppose President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to slash pensions by raising the minimum retirement age to 64 and increasing the pay-in period to 43 years. As of January 19, trains ground […]
France: Strike on Tues. 31: We Will Fight to the End!
January 29, 2023 editorial of the workplace newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA). Translated from French. The January 19 strike was a success: the trade unions counted more than two million demonstrators, and even the police acknowledged that more than one million people marched. This is more than the strike […]