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Paris calls? Rome answers!

Eliana Como — 2026-10-18T12:13:09Z

Paris calls? Rome answers! This was the announcement made by Maurizio Landini, General Secretary of the CGIL, from the podium in Piazza del Popolo at the end of a major national march. It will be a day of natural solidarity with the students, just as is currently happening in France.

- IVP621 - October 2026 / Italy, France, Youth and student movements

Workers' internationalism in action

Paul Martial — 2026-10-15T10:48:09Z

The struggle for the rights of Kenyan workers at the French multinational digital services company is being organised from Nairobi to Paris.

- IVP621 - October 2026 / France, Trade unions/workplace organizing, Kenya

The start of an unprecedented movement in France

Antoine Larrache, Elsa Collonges — 2026-10-10T07:34:29Z

The day of action on 6 October was exceptional. With over 90 per cent of universities blockaded, according to the Union étudiante, and 1,800 secondary schools blockaded, according to the Union syndicale lycéenne, the movement is, from the outset, stronger than the 2006 movement against the CPE – the last major, successful youth movement. The future of this movement is perhaps even more significant.

- IVP621 - October 2026 / France, Youth and student movements

Nuñez, Geffray, resign! They are the ones wreaking havoc.

NPA-l'Anticapitaliste (NPA-A) — 2026-10-01T14:14:44Z

Secondary school pupils are taking action; the government is cracking down. The situation in the national education system has been deteriorating for years. Successive governments and various ministers, led by Blanquer [Minister of Education 2017-2022], have accelerated the destruction. The lack of resources is becoming increasingly unbearable.

- IVP621 - October 2026 / France, Youth and student movements

“Fighting sexist and sexual violence means guaranteeing the place of women in the CGT”

Fanny Gallot, Raphaëlle Manière — 2026-09-11T19:34:44Z

Raphaëlle Manière is a railway worker in the Jura, where she works in the sales sector. She has a part-time trade union job. Since 2016, she has been in charge of the monitoring unit against sexist and sexual violence of the French trade union confederation, the Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT) . Former general secretary of the CGT Jura departmental union from 2010 to 2017, she also sat on the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE) between 2015 and 2021, where she was (…)

- Feminism / France, Women, Trade unions/workplace organizing, Features

60,000 in Geneva against the G7, imperialism and fascism

Juan Tortosa — 2026-07-15T20:35:20Z

“Despite the repression, we are very satisfied with the massive size, conviviality, diversity and radicalism of the demonstration. This feeling of victory is an excellent springboard for the mobilizations and challenges that await us.”

- IVP618 - July 2026 / France, Switzerland

The G7: the imperialist order under Trump's leadership

William Donaura — 2026-07-09T09:11:54Z

Held in the shadow of Donald Trump, the G7 summit served above all to confirm the alignment of Western powers with US strategic and energy interests. Behind the declarations of principle, this summit points to strengthened imperialist cooperation, still built on the backs of the people.

- IVP618 - July 2026 / United States (USA), France, Imperialism

An anti-fascist front, for the victory of the radical left – united and revolutionary!

NPA-l'Anticapitaliste (NPA-A) — 2026-06-29T20:59:08Z

In order to detrermine its position for the 2027 presidential elections, the NPA-l'Anticapitaliste held a national conference on 27 and 28 June 2026. This conference brought together delegates representing the activists of the NPA-l'Anticapitaliste, who had debated and voted in the general assemblies held throughout June.

- News from around the world / France

Macron's G-Zero

Jean Batou — 2026-06-10T11:23:48Z

The G7 summit will be held in Évian from June 15 to 17. The heads of government and central banks from North America, the major European powers, and Japan will meet there to try to resolve their differences and consider common responses to the problems they face. South Korea has been invited, as well as India, Brazil, and Kenya.

- IVP617 - June 2026 / France

France arms the war in Sudan

Paul Martial — 2026-05-31T12:09:05Z

A sophisticated French weapons system is being used in the conflict in Sudan, exposing the French government's violations of arms sales conventions.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / France, Sudan