The document discusses the political situation in France after elections that brought François Hollande to power. It summarizes that Hollande's government has pursued similar economic, social, and environmental policies to previous administrations, disappointing those who voted for change. Subsequent elections showed further weakening of Hollande's support. Mobilization of unions and social sectors has increased against liberal reforms, but faces challenges from withdrawal and a "liberal consensus." The document calls for building convergence between movements to open new perspectives through struggle.
The document discusses the political situation in France after elections that brought François Hollande to power. It summarizes that Hollande's government has pursued similar economic, social, and environmental policies to previous administrations, disappointing those who voted for change. Subsequent elections showed further weakening of Hollande's support. Mobilization of unions and social sectors has increased against liberal reforms, but faces challenges from withdrawal and a "liberal consensus." The document calls for building convergence between movements to open new perspectives through struggle.
The document discusses the political situation in France after elections that brought François Hollande to power. It summarizes that Hollande's government has pursued similar economic, social, and environmental policies to previous administrations, disappointing those who voted for change. Subsequent elections showed further weakening of Hollande's support. Mobilization of unions and social sectors has increased against liberal reforms, but faces challenges from withdrawal and a "liberal consensus." The document calls for building convergence between movements to open new perspectives through struggle.
ecome ,orse% bhose xho voted $or the le$t to get rid o$ Sarkozy e5pected progressive changes. )nstead, they are nox su$$ering $rom the e$$ects o$ the governmentAs economic, social and ecological policies xhich are hardly di$$erent $rom those o$ the past. Ahe results o" the municipal and 0uropean elections have chan$ed the political "ield% 9ominating Manuel alls as !rime Minister a$ter having received a massive disapproval o$ voters, &ollande has sent a clear message( he xill not change his position. &e is determined to pursue and implement, by all means possible, the policy o$ the pro employers o$$er that he has committed. bhe hope o$ those xho voted $or %ran#ois &ollande in May ./0. and the e5pectations $rom the government o$ le$t didn+t coincide. bhe evolution o$ this political situation xill cause multiple e$$ects in $uture. bhe $irst symptoms developed both by the return o$ collective mobilizations o$ social sectors against liberal re$orms and the xeakening o$ the parliamentary ma6ority. yhile the rest o$ society is e5periencing the e$$ects o$ capitalist crisis, the employers and $inancial markets are pursuing their o$$ensive to obtain more sackings and $exer public services. Ahe (onservative and "ar-ri$ht parties have dropped their inhiitions% A$ter campaigning against equal marriage they are nox, in an attempt to de$lect popular anger, mobilising against ta5ation, charges on employers and laxs protecting xorkers, alxays looking $or scapegoats among the Asocial scroungersA and the $oreigners. 8acist language is becoming more common, as 8oma people are stigmatised and colonial images o$ black people and Arabs 7 xhether they are government ministers ^as in the case o$ 6ustice minister 2hristiane baubira_ or ordinary citizens 7 are no longer taboo. !roductivist lobbies continue to get their xay, as the government treats environmental policies as the least o$ its priorities, pursues e5pensive and socially unnecessary pro6ects such as the 9otre73ame7des7 -andes airport and re$uses to commit itsel$ to abandoning dependence on carbon7 based $uels and nuclear poxer. 5 dan$erous political con"usion is developin$% bhe government is seen as illegitimate on the le$t, and a ma6or political crisis could break out. A huge gul$ separates popular aspirations $or change $rom the operation o$ the present political system. bo prevent right7xing and $ar7right parties $rom entering the breach and spreading their reactionary ideas xe must $ind a xay to galvanise the xorking7class movement and the general population. Ahe aspirations to a more e#uitale, more e$alitarian, more eco and more democratic societP are still a poxer$ul driving $orce $or numerous resistance movements amongst xorkers and young people and must be alloxed to develop $reely i$ xe xant to gain the upper hand. Ahe next ,eeQs a"ter the 0uropean elections ,ere marQed P t,o social con"licts that have massively occupied the current events( the $ight o$ the railxay xorkers o$ S92% against the re$orm that strengthens its $ragmentation into several entities and the mobilization o$ casual xorkers against the approval o$ an agreement xhich questioned their social rights. )n spite o$ the signi$icant di$$iculties, these txo con$licts marked the return to collective mobilization as a means to de$end themselves against the social degradation. Somehox, the struggle o$ midxives, started in wanuary7%ebruary ./0;, indicated the change in social climate. bhe groxing e5citement in universities is another clue o$ this. Ahis is not indicative o" a Rresur$ence o" stru$$lesR or not, but these movements contribute to changing social and political situation. bhe groxing agitations in universities are another clue . bhis is not indicative o$ a zraise o$ the strugglesz or not, but these movements bring about changes in social and political situations. bhe isolation o$ the railxay control shoxs the di$$iculties o$ the current conditions o$ mobilization. aut the unpopularity o$ the strike o$ the S92% agents did not rely on an approval $rom the bottom o$ the re$orm xhose stakes xere underpaid on a large scale, but revealed internalization o$ de$eats, a doubt in the use$ulness o$ mobilization, xhich is primarily perceived as a znuisance.z boday the struggling sectors $ace a double challenge( at the same time they con$ront the zliberal consensusz and , a xithdraxal, a passivity in xhich the reactionary $orces rely to carry out the violent anti trade union campaigns. Faced ,ith a $overnment ,hich is still acceleratin$ its lieral courses a$ter the de$eat o$ the recent electoral sequence, social mobilizations and environmentalists, the struggles o$ everyone, xill break the grip and xill open the perspectives. A domain in xhich the -e$t %ront must attest its value, is its utility o$ mobilization( to help xithout substituting, to converge these struggles, and also, as it is the task o$ a political movement , to carry the contradiction to the le$t $or draxing the path o$ another policy. bhis is xhy the process o$ sustainable convergence o$ the associations, trade unions, political organizations, initiated by the signi$icant mani$estation on April 0. against austerity, is so important. bhe xorkshop o$ wune .0, began xorking at the prospects $or the autumn around the battle against the austerity budget. Surely , this xill be one o$ the keys o$ the upcoming season. ye have to provide a political perspective xhich starts $rom, and empoxers, the radical demands o$ these movements and unleashes a $orce $or emancipation, xith the aim o$ xinning a ma6ority $or our ideas xithin society. bhis is xhat guides us in our commitment xith others to the %ront de Bauche ^-e$t %ront_. {ur ambition 7 xhich is more vital than ever be$ore is to encourage, in harmony xith the social movements, the -e$t %rontAs potential $or groxth and development. 2ulletin des 'eunes d30nsemle! 4ouvement pour une 5lternative de 1auche, 6colo$iste et /olidaire 7 /80(95L :9; 7 5o<t =>?@ - France 2ulletin des 'eunes d30nsemle! 4ouvement pour une 5lternative de 1auche, 6colo$iste et /olidaire 7 /80(95L :9; 7 5o<t =>?@ - France C : 1 5 B 9/ 0 A C 2 ! 9L D C : 1 5 B 9/ 0 A C 2 ! 9L D 5 L 0 F A 5 L A 0 : B 5 A 9D 0 B C S ! 5 L 0 F A 5 L A 0 : B 5 A 9D 0 B C S ! ,,,%ensemle-"d$%or$ - 'eunes.ensemle-"d$%or$ - /ecteur 'eune 0nsemle-FD1 0B/042L0! 0B/042L0! 4ouvement pour une 5lternative de 1auche, 4ouvement pour une 5lternative de 1auche, colo$iste et sociale% colo$iste et sociale% A$ter several months o$ preliminary discussions on a A$ter several months o$ preliminary discussions on a possible merger, the nex movement $inally took concrete possible merger, the nex movement $inally took concrete shape at a national con$erence held on .[7.; 9ovember shape at a national con$erence held on .[7.; 9ovember ./0[. %our o$ the nine parties making up the %ront de ./0[. %our o$ the nine parties making up the %ront de Bauche ]-e$t %ront` 7 the %dration pour une alternative Bauche ]-e$t %ront` 7 the %dration pour une alternative sociale et cologiquei, les Alternati$sii, 2onvergences et sociale et cologiquei, les Alternati$sii, 2onvergences et Alternative iii, Bauche Anticapitaliste ivas xell as members Alternative iii, Bauche Anticapitaliste ivas xell as members o$ Bauche :nitairev 7, together xith activists $rom the trade o$ Bauche :nitairev 7, together xith activists $rom the trade union, anti7globalisation and -Bab) movements and $rom union, anti7globalisation and -Bab) movements and $rom independent local groups, came together to set up a nex, independent local groups, came together to set up a nex, united movement xithin the -e$t %ront, xhich aims to help united movement xithin the -e$t %ront, xhich aims to help build a political alternative to capitalism and to create a $orce build a political alternative to capitalism and to create a $orce at the service o$ all the struggles $or emancipation, ecologist, at the service o$ all the struggles $or emancipation, ecologist, $eminist and anti7globalisation. bhe con$erence approved a $eminist and anti7globalisation. bhe con$erence approved a proposal to call the organisation = Ensemble D Mouvement proposal to call the organisation = Ensemble D Mouvement pour une alternative gauche, cologiste et solidaire >. pour une alternative gauche, cologiste et solidaire >. As a preliminary, xork had been carried out on a number o$ As a preliminary, xork had been carried out on a number o$ basic documents xhich set out the general ideas inspiring basic documents xhich set out the general ideas inspiring the actions and positions o$ the movement. bhe con$erence the actions and positions o$ the movement. bhe con$erence also discussed a document stating the movementAs position also discussed a document stating the movementAs position on the present political con6uncture, a policy statement on on the present political con6uncture, a policy statement on the coming European elections and another xhich lays doxn the coming European elections and another xhich lays doxn the xay the movement xill operate, xith a budget, a single the xay the movement xill operate, xith a budget, a single leadership body, merged local branches and a common leadership body, merged local branches and a common representation xithin the -e$t %ront. representation xithin the -e$t %ront. A $urther con$erence xill be held at the end o$ ./0; to A $urther con$erence xill be held at the end o$ ./0; to $inalise the merger, resulting in a nex political entity. $inalise the merger, resulting in a nex political entity. i bhe %dration pour une alternative sociale et cologique ]%ASE` xas i bhe %dration pour une alternative sociale et cologique ]%ASE` xas $ounded in 3ecember .//c. )ts aim is the regroupment o$ di$$erent $ounded in 3ecember .//c. )ts aim is the regroupment o$ di$$erent $orces xorking $or social trans$ormation, xhile respecting the diversity o$ $orces xorking $or social trans$ormation, xhile respecting the diversity o$ political cultures and e5periences, and the overcoming o$ the division political cultures and e5periences, and the overcoming o$ the division betxeen political and social movements. )t has a mi5ed structure betxeen political and social movements. )t has a mi5ed structure combining individual members and e5isting political components such combining individual members and e5isting political components such as the 2oordination nationale des collecti$s unitaires pour une as the 2oordination nationale des collecti$s unitaires pour une alternative au libralisme ]292:d the Association des communistes alternative au libralisme ]292:d the Association des communistes unitaires ]A2:`, AlterEkolo, Ecologie Solidaire, Alternative, 3mocratie, unitaires ]A2:`, AlterEkolo, Ecologie Solidaire, Alternative, 3mocratie, Socialisme ]A3S`, Mai, :topia as xell as local groupings. bhe %ASE Socialisme ]A3S`, Mai, :topia as xell as local groupings. bhe %ASE decided to 6oin the -e$t %ront in wune ./00. decided to 6oin the -e$t %ront in wune ./00. ii -es Alternati$s are a political $ormation born in 0eec out o$ the merger ii -es Alternati$s are a political $ormation born in 0eec out o$ the merger o$ Alternative 8ouge et erte ]A8E` and a minority o$ the 2onvention o$ Alternative 8ouge et erte ]A8E` and a minority o$ the 2onvention pour une alternative progressiste ]2A!` inspired by the anti7 pour une alternative progressiste ]2A!` inspired by the anti7 globalisation movement. bhey de$end the idea o$ a party7movement and globalisation movement. bhey de$end the idea o$ a party7movement and their ; main planks are Solidarity, Ecologie, yorkersA 2ontrol and their ; main planks are Solidarity, Ecologie, yorkersA 2ontrol and %eminism. bhey 6oined the -e$t %ront in 9ovember ./0.. %eminism. bhey 6oined the -e$t %ront in 9ovember ./0.. iii 2onvergences et Alternative ]2etA` xas $ounded in May .//e as a iii 2onvergences et Alternative ]2etA` xas $ounded in May .//e as a tendency xithin the 9!A a$ter part o$ the :nir tendency decided to leave tendency xithin the 9!A a$ter part o$ the :nir tendency decided to leave in order to 6oin the -e$t %ront ]as Bauche :nitaire`. yithin the 9!A, it in order to 6oin the -e$t %ront ]as Bauche :nitaire`. yithin the 9!A, it contniued to argue $or a broad social and political ]electoral` $ront until contniued to argue $or a broad social and political ]electoral` $ront until March ./00, and in turn 6oined the -e$t %ront in wune o$ that year. March ./00, and in turn 6oined the -e$t %ront in wune o$ that year. iv Bauche Anticapitaliste ]BA`, courant unitaire pour l+cosocialisme, iv Bauche Anticapitaliste ]BA`, courant unitaire pour l+cosocialisme, xas set up in the 9!A in 9ovember ./00 in order to oppose the xas set up in the 9!A in 9ovember ./00 in order to oppose the isolationist line o$ the party and argue $or 6oining the -e$t %ront. &aving isolationist line o$ the party and argue $or 6oining the -e$t %ront. &aving $ailed to convince the ma6ority at a party con$erence, BA decided to 6oin $ailed to convince the ma6ority at a party con$erence, BA decided to 6oin the -e$t %ront in wuly ./0.. the -e$t %ront in wuly ./0.. v Bauche :nitaire ]B:` xas set up by a group o$ militants in the xake v Bauche :nitaire ]B:` xas set up by a group o$ militants in the xake o$ the $ounding con$erence o$ the 9!A, a$ter unsuccess$ully arguing $or o$ the $ounding con$erence o$ the 9!A, a$ter unsuccess$ully arguing $or an electoral $ront xith the 2ommunist !arty and the -e$t !arty $or the an electoral $ront xith the 2ommunist !arty and the -e$t !arty $or the European elections o$ .//e in the $ramexork o$ the -e$t %ront. European elections o$ .//e in the $ramexork o$ the -e$t %ront. 2ulletin des 'eunes d30nsemle! 4ouvement pour une 5lternative de 1auche, 0colo$iste et /olidaire 7 /80(95L :9; 7 5o<t =>?@ - France 2ulletin des 'eunes d30nsemle! 4ouvement pour une 5lternative de 1auche, 0colo$iste et /olidaire 7 /80(95L :9; 7 5o<t =>?@ - France 0B/042L0! 4ouvement pour une 5lternative de 1auche, colo$iste et sociale% (CBA5(A !/ Durin$ the camp and a"ter%%% Bicolas H >I>J==?K@L 4arie H >IML@MIKNL 5lexis H >IKKINKIML 'eunes.ensemle-"d$%or$ AC10AH0:, 5(A S9AH AH0 L0FA F:CBA "or an alternative to the ?>> GLe"t ! Enough is enough D )t is time to change direction and build a genuine le$t alternative. ye xant to build a movement uniting all those le$t7xing and AgreenA $orces, including ordinary voters, militants and elected representatives, xho share these demands. ye must xork toxards a nex ma6ority block capable o$ imposing authentic le$t7xing policies and $or another government 7 one xhich is prepared to take on the markets and the ME3E% ^the %rench employersA $ederation_ and break xith the policies o$ scapegoating. ye must unite a xide range o$ $orces around our goals o$ social and ecological trans$ormation and equal rights, and against the narrative xhich claims that there is no alternative to paying the debt and submitting to the e$$ects o$ the crisis, and that xe must put up xith in6ustice and inequality, as xell as a model o$ development xhich is leading to disaster. Ahe QeP to the situation lies in the hands o" ordinarP people% 8ulic discussion, xith the aim o$ creating a real popular dynamic, must $irst o$ all be organised xith the ma6ority o$ citizens, xith activists in the social movements xho are looking $or a political xay $orxard corresponding to their daily militant activity, xith the -e$t %ront, xith those in the Socialist !arty and Europe Ecologie7-es erts ]the ecologistes` ^i.e. the current governing parties_ xho can no longer support this governmentAs policies, as xell as xith those groups on the radical le$t xho share our aims. Ao achieve these $oals, ,e need a Le"t Front ,hich is united, open and democratic and alloxs $or the involvement o$ ordinary citizens. )t must live up to its ambition o$ contributing to building a vast movement o$ the ma6ority, solidly rooted on the le$t. )t must take up the challenge o$ encouraging debate and action to build a peopleAs counter7o$$ensive, not $eeding competition betxeen its component $orces. )t must contribute to unity and cooperation xith other political and social $orces, and become a vector $or an alternative to the policies o$ the government. 9n autumn the Le"t Front ,ill or$aniTe an important meetin$ to discuss the political and social situation. bhis meeting, xe hope, xill drax the -e$t %ront out o$ the crisis that has paralyzed it $or a long time. Social and political situations highlight the necessity o$ the -e$t %ront o$$ensive, able to involve in social struggles as xell as in debates on the le$t. )t is up to us to build the -e$t %ront as a true political movement independent o$ the Socialist !arty, xith plural base committees that everyone could 6oin xithout necessarily adhering to one o$ the constitutive as it is done noxadays. AC10AH0: AC 85U25(V AC 05(H 5AA5(V! bogether to resist the racist o$$ensive xith antiracist groups and unions on 9ovember [/thd on 3ecember uth around the Appeal $or Equal 8ights on the anniversary o$ the historic March o$ 0ec[. ye must also also oppose the policies o$ ^Socialist )nterior Minister_ Manuel alls, and in particular those concerning 8oma migrants, undocumented immigrants and the deportation o$ $oreign schoolchildren ^i.e. children xhose parents are in breach o$ immigration lax_. bogether, xorking xith environmental activists, xe must $orce the authorities in %rance and in Europe to take the measures required to make the Aenergy transitionA xith all its industrial consequences, in the light o$ the latest B)E2 xorld climate xarning. bogether to $ight the culpable complicity o$ the government against the murderous actions o$ the criminal state o$ )srael and to support !alestine and the !alestinians in their struggle $or the li$ting o$ the blockade and the dismantling o$ the colonies and the xall o$ apartheid. bogether to $ight against the enslavement o$ the people o$ $inancial markets by leading a 6oined $ight against bA%bA. 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The Global Economic Crisis Has Shattered Two Articles of Faith in Standard Economic Theory That Human Beings Usually Make Rational Decisions and That the Markets Invisible Hand Serves as a Trustworthy Corrective to Imbalance.