France

Britain denies visa to Cuban 5 hero

The British labor movement reacted swiftly when the government there denied an entry visa to Cuban 5 hero René González.…

March 15, 2014

French president visits Africa as U.N. proposes more troops

A proposal submitted to the 15-member U.N. Security Council on March 3 calls for the deployment of an additional 12,000…

March 5, 2014

What U.S. rulers owe Haiti

The United States supported repressive reactionaries in Haiti even before its independence in 1804. The first foreign aid granted by…

February 21, 2014

French workers stage 148 strikes

The largest and most militant of France’s five major trade union confederations, the CGT, filed 148 “strike notices” for actions…

February 17, 2014

Conflicts in Africa facilitate imperialist intervention

Fierce battles took place in early January in two states of oil-rich South Sudan — Unity and Jonglei states, not…

January 15, 2014

Workers’ struggle in Cambodia: the back story

When the police in Cambodia shot and killed four people Jan. 3 during a workers’ demonstration calling for higher wages…

January 11, 2014

Central African Republic marches demand French troops out

The French government has admitted that 1,600 of its troops are now deployed in the Central African Republic, a former…

January 2, 2014

Pentagon abets French incursion in Africa

After a Dec. 8 meeting between U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and French Defense Minister Yves Le Drian while…

December 12, 2013

Nigerian Labor Congress co-hosts solidarity conference with the Saharawi people

A long-delayed referendum on the independence of Saharawi from Morocco was the subject of the African Conference in Solidarity With…

November 10, 2013

Thieves fall out over NSA spying

President Dwight Eisenhower famously warned of the dangers of the military-industrial complex as he left office in 1961. Even this…

October 31, 2013