We shall continue to pursue • our action of solidarity with the political, trade-union, associational, and feminist democratic oppositions that are resisting the reactionary powers. • our action of solidarity with the expelled populations, in defense of France Far left "affir
According to the LCR weekly newspaper Rouge, "despite massive abstention by working people, this score confirms the growing support for the far left since 1995. The media are mostly talking about the high score for the far right and the greens. But it is also clear that the far left has affirmed itself as a significant, stable political force."
According to Rouge, those who voted for the LO-LCR list voted against the bosses, the right and the far right, and punished the left coalition government for its policies." Socialist Party Prime Minister
Leonel Jospin and his Communist and Green partners received "a clear warning. People will no longer tolerate the policies of a government which is privatising, questioning retirement pension rights, encourages the explosion of part- time work and job insecurity, and their right to asylum and their right of return and self-determination. Germany: Joachim Bishoff, Franzisca Brautner, Richard Detj, Wolfgang Gehrcke, Frigga Haug, Wolgang Fritz Haug, Alex Neumann, Jakob Schaffer, Dr. Peter Strutynski, Frieder Otto Wolf Austria: Wielfried Graf Belgium: Mateo Alaluf, Francois Vercammen Denmark: Soren Sondergaard Spain: Francisco Fernandez Buey, Jaime Pastor, Carlos Taibo, Manuel Vazquez Montalban, Asceu Uriarte United Kingdom: Sebastian Bogden, Daniel Singer Italy: Salvatore Cannavo, Giuseppe Chiarante, Rossana Rossanda Sweden: Anders Fogelstrom USA: James Cohen France: Nils Andersson, Olivier Azam, Nicholas Bell, Daniel Bensaid, Martine Billard, Alexandre Bilous, Pierre Bourdieu, Philippe Boursier, Suzanne de Brunhoff, Philippe Chailan, Jean-Christophe Chaumeron, Patrice Cohen-Seat, Marianne Debouzy, Francoise Dielhmann, Zorka Domic, Bernard Doray, Yves Durrieu, Danielle Espagnola, Concepcion de la Garza, Elisabeth Gauthier, Serge Guichard, Michel Husson, Isabelle Kalinowski, ms itself" do nothing about unemployment."
The time has come to chose "between adapting to the capitalist logic of Maastricht Europe, or real left policies. Like an emergency plan to combat unemployment and misery. To break with the logic of profit, and satisfy people's social needs"
The new LO-LCR deputies will try to unite the left-including those who voted for the governing parties-around demands for an immediate change in government policies. "Outlaw redundancy measures and "downsizing" in companies like Elf and Alsthom which are making huge profits, while cutting jobs. Impose a reduction of the working week, in a way that creates new jobs, without worsening working conditions. Defend the retirement pension against government attacks. Give papers to all the
Pierre Lantz, Frederic Lebaron, Francette Lazar, Catherine Levy, Isabelle Lorand, Henri Maler, Roger Martelli, Anne Mazauric, Jean-Paul Monferran, Aline Pailler, Claude F. Poliak, Jean Sagne, Catherine Samary, Anick Sicart, Jeanne Singer, Marie-Noelle Thibaut, Rolande Trempe, Catherine Tricot, Patrick Vassalo, Raphel Weil, Francis Wurtz. * The meeting received messages of support from: Joachim Bishopp and Richard Detje (Germany), Arthur Mitzman, Marcel van der Linden and Michael Kratetke (Netherlands), Tony Benn and Ken Loach (Britain), Ignacio Ramonet (France), Noam Chomsky and Edward Said (USA).
Press contact: 33.1.48.91.99.81 Email: <[email protected]> or <[email protected]> Fax: 33.1.42.78.83.56 undocumented immigrants."
"We continue our struggle for another Europe. A Europe which is above all for the workers and the peoples, not for the multinationals and the banks. This continent has the resources to overcome the current crisis. We should harmonise the social gains, like the minimum wage, at the highest level that exists inside Europe. We should enforce a coordinated reduction of the working week to 35 and then to 30 hours per week. We should eat into the profits of the capitalists, and tax speculative capital. We should reduce the total control which the employers and the multinationals have over the economy.
"Other left parties have a radical discourse at election time, and quite another discourse once they are elected. Not us. Our two parties, and our five deputies in the European parliament, will remain faithful to the interests of those who gave us their confidence". * For more information (in French only) see www.lcrrouge.org/index.html
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