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Tsipras cedes to the Troika's arrogance: Popular mobilization in Greece and Europe should block the diktats of Merkel and Hollande

Laurent Carasso — 2015-07-12T11:29:17Z

The conservative and social-democratic reactionary forces are celebrating. After the advisers of French president François Hollande â€” playing the soft cops â€” helped in writing it, Tsipras and the Greek government sent a draft agreement that more or less faithfully followed the terms of the one that was massively rejected last Sunday by the Greek population, notably the wage-earners and unemployed.

- IV486 - July 2015 / Greece

To continue the debate on broad parties

Laurent Carasso — 2013-06-10T12:05:47Z

This report was presented to the 2013 International Committee meeting of the Fourth International by Laurent Carasso for the Bureau to introduce a general discussion after the presentation and discussion of reports on the balance sheet of party-building experiences in Pakistan, the Spanish state and France. Contributions on these experiences and on the general discussion are published in our Debate section “Building new parties of the left”.

- IV461 - June 2013 / Fourth International, New parties of the left, IC 2013

Report on the international situation

Laurent Carasso — 2010-03-28T20:02:15Z

The report on the international situation was adopted by 96% of the delegates' votes, 2% abstaining et 2% not taking part in the vote.

- IV422 - March 2010 / Fourth International, Economy, 16th World Congress Resolutions - 2010

A Major Social and Political Crisis

Laurent Carasso — 2006-06-21T19:38:23Z

France has just experienced the third confrontation with the government in less than a year. The country had already seen political confrontation on a large scale with the mobilization against the adoption of the European Constitutional Treaty in the spring of 2005.

- IV379 - June 2006 / France

After the success of the Â« No from the left Â»

Laurent Carasso — 2005-07-10T00:00:00Z

The French referendum on the European constitution created a political shock in France and in Europe. A political shock because, in spite of the commitment of the biggest parties of Right and Left to the campaign for the “Yes”, the electoral disavowal was definitive.

- IV369 - July-August 2005 / France

A class struggle response

Laurent Carasso — 2003-09-19T00:00:00Z

The strike movement of May-June 2003 marks a significant stage in French social struggles. The Raffarin government, which came to power a year ago, set as its objective the realization of numerous neoliberal reforms, remodelling the role of the state and attacking the living conditions of wage earners.

- IV353 - September 2003 / France