WE WILL WIN myth that the co-existence.
revolutions such as the Chinese couldn't avoid the problems indicated by Trotsky in The Revolution The year 1968 shattered many illusions, It ended the United States imperialists were all-powerful. It destroyed the idea that the road forward was through the blind alleys of peaceful It re-affirmed the growing crisis of Stalinist rule in Eastern Europe. It showed that even popular social Betrayed. And most importantly it shattered ruling class complacency in the West. The French working workers even complimented us on the CRS thugs review one barricade, quality of the barricades!), hut they did not sec us as the political alternative They did not believe that we could form an alternative government.
They were, of course. important to understand this fact: what DEBILI 14.83 overthrow of the Filth Republic That could have been the starting point for ant assault on the bastions of French capital.
When the later question was posed, the French workerstumed towards their traditional organisations, especially the PCF. Ondiscovering that the latter was not going to take struggle ans further, they did not prolong the strike Or'course, to the blind worshippers of spouraneity. spondalo Erical Leninisa pears this explanation scream We plead guilly. More io the POINE, explanation and nothing coberent emerges. We do not regard the Red Brigades or a pastoral existence as a satisfactory alternative What is important is not to accept the traditional commentare ore bourecnis journalists. 1968 was not a flash in the For us 1968 still exiscs. All the conditions which created 1968 have multiplied, It was the beginning.
The struggle today & more comples mare varied, but its goals remain the same. A large bulk of the far lett imagined that alter 1968 reformism wa: linished, bat this is clearis not the case The illusione in bourgeois democracy are very strong. and this is handly sarprising. understand the objective hasi fer these them, and appear ierelevant.
the rebirth of revolutionary ideas, but this rebirth was made possible because there existed hose who fought for them throu ifficuli moments. The JCR of 19: curviveL becauseil was atachod to th Fourth International Ten years ago we had 700 members Tenere Fredch sta branied members sympathisers. The latter are organiser in Red Mole factory groups Chu working class implantation (in manua and white collar workers) has increaser In the occupied Boulogne-Billancour phenomenally. Only 13 per cont of tbe organisation are students Itis a picasant icony that almost ten years to the day later we have felt the nood to launch i youth organisation, again called the JCR History pere pealle. Tentears called agents provocateurs in the service of the bourgenisie. Today they are prepared to discuss wich us. The CP-dominated union federation, the CGT, has ever called on the Government to lift the ban on Daniel Cohn-Bendir!
The last ten years base changed man! things. The growing split in the PCT is af the utmost significance. The alternative poles of Elleinstein and Alihusser are not the result of petty-bourgeois discussion clubs. They reflect the growing politieni unease felr by the working closs base of the Naturally we are extremely interested in che evolution of such a debate. More to the point, we think YURIVE AL important role to play in clarifyin many of the issues which are at stake May 1968 was a gigantie dress-rehear sal. The final act is still beine preparec Paris, May 1978 In Place San