France 2006 | Video Conference, Solidarity Initiative, Film Screening, Action Re

. video conference with French protesters
. reports from the streets and strike
. local solidarity initiative
. film ' Confrontation, Paris, 1968 '

M a r c h . 2 0 0 6 >

In response to a new government labor contract (CPE) which erases job security for all workers under the age of 26, French students and workers erupt in a nationwide revolt. More than 75% of French universities are occupied by striking students, along with a comparable number of highschools.

Anti-CPE rioting and clashes with police spread across the country, and 69% of the population continues to support the demonstrations. On Saturday, March 18, 1.5 million students, workers, and youth march, threatening to escalate further action.

On Monday, a national strike is called for March 28. Polls reveal that some 71% of French now believe that in the anti-CPE unrest exists “a major social crisis which can become extensive during weeks which come”.

V i d e o . C o n f e r e n c e . and . S o l i d a r i t y . I n i t i a t i v e >

7 pm . Tuesday . March 28
Station 40 | 3030b 16th St at Mission

7 pm | ' Confrontation, Paris, 1968 '
. 41 minute film on May 1968 Paris uprising

8 pm | Reports from the streets and strike
. updates from libcom.org/blog

Bay Area solidarity initiative
. forum on local solidarity manifestations

9 pm | Video conference with French protesters

bay area anarchist council | baac [at] riseup.net