http://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2009/06/france-party-npa-european
It's worth checking out this piece by Andrew Hussey, long-time commentator on French politics, in the New Statesman. He examines the prospects for another 1968-style upheaval in France, plus there's a useful round-up of Europe's radical left ('Left of the Left'). Hussey writes: 'I have never seen anything quite like the anger that has been building up during demonstrations over the past few months against the government of Nicolas Sarkozy.'
I am especially struck by the level of generalisation politically, the indications that people are linking their own specific struggles with something bigger: "we are sick of having no control over our lives", "we are degaraded as citizens". For socialists it is also very significant that the NPA, the recently-launched anti-capitalist party, is gaining such high approval in the country, especially amongst the young. It offers hope of the organised Left channelling the widespread anger and linking various struggles.
It's worth checking out this piece by Andrew Hussey, long-time commentator on French politics, in the New Statesman. He examines the prospects for another 1968-style upheaval in France, plus there's a useful round-up of Europe's radical left ('Left of the Left'). Hussey writes: 'I have never seen anything quite like the anger that has been building up during demonstrations over the past few months against the government of Nicolas Sarkozy.'
I am especially struck by the level of generalisation politically, the indications that people are linking their own specific struggles with something bigger: "we are sick of having no control over our lives", "we are degaraded as citizens". For socialists it is also very significant that the NPA, the recently-launched anti-capitalist party, is gaining such high approval in the country, especially amongst the young. It offers hope of the organised Left channelling the widespread anger and linking various struggles.
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