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Witness the determined struggle at Grandpuits, where the CGT-Refinery workers were "requisitioned," which they pointed was a tactic used by French fascists like Petain and beat in court. When the prefect came back with the same "requisition" order, they stayed on their picket line, reinforced the barricades of burning tires and said they would go back to court on Monday. When the riot cops pushed them, they pushed back. When I've seen Charles Foulard, the leader of CGT-Refinery at Grandpuits, on tv talking to his members, I notice that he calls them "mes camarades," which might be TV5's way of saying he is in the CPF. Which, by the way, issued a rather passionate call to continue the struggle even after the pension reform passes. The trade union leadership might be inclined to surrender but their base appears to want to fight on -- and students/youth feel that they are not only expressing solidarity, they are fighting for their own chance for a job. /greg dunkel ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
