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Criminal policing, systemic racism, anti-social policies: supporting a legitimate revolt

Christine Poupin, Olivier Besancenot, Pauline Salingue, Philippe Poutou — 2023-06-30T10:21:00Z

A text signed by NPA spokespersons Olivier Besancenot, Christine Poupin, Philippe Poutou and Pauline Salingue.

- IV581 - June 2023 / France, Anti-racism and Islamophobia

Gilets Jaunes: a popular movement of a new kind

Christine Poupin, Patrick Le Moal — 2019-02-17T14:58:11Z

The steamroller of the Macron “start-up” seemed to be advancing relentlessly. The Gilets Jaunes (“Yellow Vests”) movement has thrown his government into crisis, the popular anger has been such that it has been forced to draw back, at least symbolically. It is the first time since 2006, when the massive mobilisation of youth supported by several days of strike action called by the trade unions forced the withdrawal of the Contrat Première Embauche, that a French government has faced a crisis which it can only resolve by abandoning its project.

- IV529 - February 2019 / France

After six months of Macron

Christine Poupin — 2018-01-28T13:23:10Z

The electoral sequence of spring 2017 revealed and accelerated the crisis of the French political system. Nothing happened as expected. The election of Emmanuel Macron to the presidency of the Republic, followed by a the winning of a crushing majority of deputies from La République en Marche (LReM) to the National Assembly marked an unexpected transformation of the political landscape. The logic of alternation would have given the classic right, represented by Les Républicains (LR) an overwhelming victory against the Parti Socialiste (PS) which had for five years held power at all levels, the presidency of the Republic, a majority in the National Assembly and the Senate, in nearly all the regions and in most of the big cities and metropolitan areas. The PS was certainly swept away, but so were LR.

- IV516 - January 2018 / France

If not us then who?

Christine Poupin — 2015-12-10T16:30:40Z

The National Front is ahead of all other parties, with a total of more than 6 million votes nationally. Everything has been said - and rightly so - about the overwhelming responsibility of the Socialist Party in this catastrophe. Unquestionably its security and racist policy, going as far as proposing to withdraw [French] nationality, has banalized and legitimized the discourse of the far right, while its systematic destruction of political rights and social protection has succeeded in provoking despair among workers, unemployed, pernsioners and casualized workers, those who were called the "people of the left".

- IV491 - December 2015 / France

We oppose the French intervention

Christine Poupin, Olivier Besancenot, Philippe Poutou — 2013-01-23T11:38:33Z

Mr Hollande, at a press conference on January 15, 2013 you said “What are we going to do to the terrorists? Destroy them!” A shocking, violent and warlike statement which recalls the tone of Vladimir Putin. A statement which is also somewhat imprudent in its peremptory aspect. Because in a game verbal escalation events unleash a process whereby, alas, hostages are frequently added to hostages. The tragic taking of hostages at the gas site in Tigantourine, in Algeria, which sickens us all, has provided a dramatic illustration of this.

- IV456 - January 2013

A congress against the Troika

Christine Poupin — 2012-11-20T07:48:38Z

On November 10- 11, 2012, Portugal's Bloco de Esquerda (Left Bloc) held its 8th congress in the context of the preparation of demonstrations against Angela Merkel's visit to Lisbon on November 12 and the general strike of November 14.

- IV454 - November 2012 / Portugal, New parties of the left

Don't let Le Pen represent the opposition

Christine Poupin, François Sabado — 2012-05-11T10:57:32Z

Sarkozy has been beaten. This is an inspiring result and we rejoice. We should analyse the relationship of forces that it reflects and the situation that it opens.

- IV448 - May 2012 / France, Far Right