Strike and protests against Macron's employment law
Submitted by jef costello on Sep 12 2017 23:01
Four unions called a general strike for today against French President Macron’s new employment law, this is often referred to as Macron 2 or Macron XXL, because he was behind the last revision referred to as the ‘Loi El-Khomri’ and this new law is even worse.
1969-70: Crystal City Chicano Students Strike
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jan 25 2017 19:09
In 1969 Mexican American students at Cristal City high school were subject to systematic discrimination by the school board. In response the students protested and staged a mass walkout with the support of other Mexican American groups.
May 1968 in Senegal
Submitted by vicent on Jan 16 2016 04:33
This is the last part of our series of five articles on the class struggle in French West Africa, centred in particular on Senegal. The series covers the period from the end of the 18th century up to 1968 and began publication in International Review n°145.
Timeline of UK schoolchildren's strikes
Submitted by Steven. on Oct 20 2015 10:02
A chronology of school pupil walkouts which I have been able to discover in the UK from the 19th century to today.
The UK school students' strike, 1985 - Steven Johns
Submitted by Steven. on Oct 19 2015 15:17
A short history of a successful national walkout of up to a quarter of a million school students against the Conservative government's workfare Youth Training Scheme.
The Stepney schoolchildren's strike, 1971
Submitted by Steven. on Oct 19 2015 09:49
A short account of a strike of 800 pupils in Stepney, east London on May 27, 1971, which successfully won reinstatement of a teacher who was sacked for publishing a book of pupils' poetry.
The Burston Strike School, 1914-1939
Submitted by Steven. on Oct 19 2015 09:31
A short history of the longest schoolchildren's strike in UK history, when nearly all pupils at Burston school in Norfolk, England walked out in support of two unfairly sacked teachers who then started their own school with funds from the workers' movement.
The schoolchildren's strikes, 1889 - Steven Johns
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 14 2015 11:04
A brief history of walkouts of schoolchildren across the UK in October 1889 against corporal punishment and excessive workloads.
Massive protests in France over deportation of Kosovar schoolgirl
Submitted by working class s... on Oct 18 2013 22:02
Last week Leonarda Dibrani, a 15 year old school girl, was dragged off a bus during a school trip and deported back to Kosovo by French authorities. The incident has brought fresh attention on the issue of immigration in France and has led around 12,000 students on to the streets to protest in support of Leonarda Dibrani, disrupting or closing over 170 schools across Paris, Marseille, Angers, and Grenoble. Many scuffles have broken out with the police as they have tried to dismantle makeshift barricades.
A class struggle perspective on the gun control debate
Submitted by Phil on Dec 15 2012 17:18
Yesterday's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conneticut once again re-ignited the gun control debate. For US liberals, stricter gun regulations are the key to preventing future tragedies. For conservatives, responsible gun ownership and armed citizenry is the best defence. But neither position really gets to the roots of the issue.
