https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-left-of-work-against-left-of-benefits-Goodbye-Croizat https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-left-of-work-against-left-of-benefits-Goodbye-Croizat 2022-10-02T07:56:00Z text/html en Jean-Claude Laumonier France Public services <p>‘It is not social rights that produce mistrust and hostility among employees, it is on the contrary the fact that these rights are not for everyone and are increasingly restricted, giving the feeling that aid is “for others and never for me”.'</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV573-October-2022-" rel="directory">IV573 - October 2022</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-France-+" rel="tag">France</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Public-services-+" rel="tag">Public services </a> https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-pact-of-responsibility-from-austerity-to-the-liquidation-of-the-Social https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-pact-of-responsibility-from-austerity-to-the-liquidation-of-the-Social 2014-10-25T07:35:42Z text/html en Jean-Claude Laumonier France Economy <p>On December 31, 2013, in his New Year greetings, French Socialist president Francois Hollande proposed: “a pact of responsibility to businesses. It is based on a simple principle: reduced labour costs, fewer constraints on their activities and, in return, more hiring and more social dialogue." This was a direct response to the demands made by the MEDEF, the main French employers' organization, and its president Pierre Gattaz.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV477-October-2014-" rel="directory">IV477 - October 2014</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-France-+" rel="tag">France</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Economy-+" rel="tag">Economy</a> https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-counter-reform-of-social-security-and-hospitals-in-France-and-our-proposals https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-counter-reform-of-social-security-and-hospitals-in-France-and-our-proposals 2011-07-04T12:51:16Z text/html en Jean-Claude Laumonier France Public services <p>This article is based on one of the reports at the European healthworkers conference, held in the International Institute for Research and Education in May 2011. The report and closing statement have also been published in International Viewpoint.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV438-July-2011-" rel="directory">IV438 - July 2011</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-France-+" rel="tag">France</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Public-services-+" rel="tag">Public services </a>