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L’Étincelle Editorials

The following are translations of editorials from the workplace newsletters of the organization L’Étincelle (The Spark), a Trotskyist group in France.

Articles

France: The True Face of Macron’s Republic

August 8, 2023

Hedi was beaten by Macron’s police, causing him to lose part of his skull. …

Articles

France: We Don’t Want their Social Order

July 12, 2023

July 10, 2023, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …

International

France: Exploitation, racism, police violence: the revolt is legitimate and necessary!

July 7, 2023

July 3, 2023 editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …

Articles

France: Attack in Annecy – Anti-immigrant Demagoguery as a Weapon of Mass Division

June 14, 2023

June 12, 2023 editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …

Articles

France: June 6 and Beyond: Our Anger Runs Deep and Isn’t About to Cool Off!

June 10, 2023

June 4, 2023 editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …

International

A World Sickened by the Violence of Society

June 2, 2023

May 30, 2023 editorial of the workplace wewsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …

Articles

France: We Stand With the Vertbaudet Workers!

June 2, 2023

May 22, 2023 editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA, …

Articles

France: Against the Extreme-Right, and For the Solidarity of Working People

May 22, 2023

May 15, 2023, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …

International

France: Macron in Trouble Plays the Race Card, and the Billy Club!

May 12, 2023

May 8, 2023 editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …

Articles

France: Macron’s Sound, Our Fury: The Pension Struggle Continues, and Will Continue!

April 27, 2023

April 24, 2023, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …

Articles

France: The More Macron Talks, The Less We Listen

April 20, 2023

April 18, 2023, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …

Articles

Determined Until the Withdrawal of the Pension Reform!

April 14, 2023

April 10, 2023 Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA. …

Articles

France: March 7, 8, 9 and as Long as it Takes: General Strike for Our Pensions!

March 2, 2023

February 27, 2023, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …

Articles

After One Year of War Who is Benefiting from Putin’s Crimes?

February 22, 2023

February 20, 2023, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …

Articles

France: Strike on Tues. 31: We Will Fight to the End!

February 3, 2023

January 29, 2023 editorial of the workplace newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …

Articles

France: After the January 19 Strike: We Will Persist to the End!

January 26, 2023

January 23, 2023 editorial of the workplace newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …

Articles

France: Force the Government and the Bosses to Back Off!

January 19, 2023

January 16, 2023 editorial of the workplace newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …

Articles

France: Force Prime Minister Borne, President Macron and the Bosses’ Organizations to Retreat!

January 14, 2023

January 10, 2023 editorial of the workplace newsletters of the Étincelle fraction of the New …

Articles

France, 2023: “Trust” Only the Struggles for Higher Wages and Against Pension Reform

January 6, 2023

January 2, 2023, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …

Articles

France: Pension Reform – Life ahead of us Spent…Working!

December 17, 2022

December 12, 2022, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA, …

Articles

French People and Immigrants (Documented or Undocumented) Make One Working Class

November 15, 2022

France allowed a ship full of refugees to dock, but the government still promotes anti-immigrant policies. …

International

War on Racism!

November 10, 2022

November 7, 2022, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …

International

Brazil: Did the Left’s Victory Avoid the Worst?

November 4, 2022

November 1, 2022, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …

International

France: Let’s Go on the Offensive!

October 28, 2022

October 24, 2022 Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA, …

International

Iran: The Women Lead a Social Revolt

October 14, 2022

October 10, 2022, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA, …

L'Étincelle Editorials

France: To Fight Inflation and Finance Pensions: Let’s Impose Wage Increases!

October 4, 2022

In France, fight for wage increases! …

International

French Editorial: Backing Its Women, Iran has Erupted!

September 28, 2022

September 26, 2022 editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA. …

International

France: When Prices Rise, Tempers Do Too…

September 22, 2022

September 19, 2022, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA. …

L'Étincelle Editorials

Facing soaring prices, Let’s Fight for Our Wages

September 18, 2022

In the face of rising prices, we need to fight for our wages. …

L'Étincelle Editorials

France: Against inflation: A Fight at Any Price!

September 12, 2022

The French government gave minor concessions to the working class in the hopes of preventing strikes by workers hurt by inflation, but it is nowhere near enough. …

International

Failure of the Constituent Assembly in Chile: some remarks the day after

September 8, 2022

The following article is translated from French from the website Convergences Revolutionnaires, organ of our …

International

France: Back to work: time to fight back

September 4, 2022

August 31, 2022, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA, …

Environment

Fires, Arsonists, and Us

August 26, 2022

August 16, 2022, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …

L'Étincelle Editorials

France: Beyond the Parliamentary Circus, A Need to Fight for Our Wages

August 2, 2022

As prices increase, President Macron has come out against a general salary increase, while the purchasing power bill isn’t nearly enough. …

Articles

France: This Summer, Let’s Be Hotter Than the Weather!

July 19, 2022

The Sri Lankan working class gives an example of what is possible elsewhere. …

International

French Perspective: In the U.S., Supreme Court Fundamentalists vs. Women’s Rights

June 30, 2022

June 27, 2022, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …

International

France: Let’s All Be Ungovernable!

June 25, 2022

June 20, 2022, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …

L'Étincelle Editorials

France: To Counter Macron, an Electoral Slap in the Face is not Enough!

June 14, 2022

It is not enough for the left to oppose Macron through electoral politics alone. …

International

Emmanuel Macron re-elected in France: Update and Background

June 9, 2022

This “New Popular Ecological and Social Union” (NUPES) in the National Assembly cannot change the …

International

Legislative Elections: Let’s See Labor’s Fightback!

June 9, 2022

This is the June 6, 2022 Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of L’étincelle, fraction of …

International

Soaring Prices, Exploding profits: Our Anger Knows No Bounds

May 27, 2022

May 23, 2022, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA, …

Articles

France: Co-housing with Friends of Macron?

May 9, 2022

The time of election promises hasn’t quite ended. The election of Macron as French president is reinforcing this democracy of the rich, made up of inequality, violence, and abstention. …

Articles

Macron’s Electoral Result May Leave Him Disillusioned!

May 2, 2022

Macron was re-elected despite his unpopularity, because Le Pen was even worse. …

International

Our future will not depend on their ballot box!

April 22, 2022

April 18, 2022, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA, …

International

Neither one Nor the Other, nor Their System at All!

April 14, 2022

April 11, 2022 Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …

International

At the Ballot Box, A Vote for Philippe Poutou Matters

April 3, 2022

March 28, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New Anticapitalist Party …

International

Solidarity with the Ukrainian People and the Hypocrisy of our Rulers

March 16, 2022

March 14 Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New Anticapitalist …

Articles

Iran: Teachers’ Anger Yields a Powerful Movement

February 23, 2022

This article is translated from an article posted Feb. 17 on convergencesrevolutionnaires.org, the website of …

International

France: Let Them Hear Our Anger!

January 23, 2022

On January 13, teachers in the National Education system went on strike en masse. Even the leading parents’ federation had called for children not to go to school. …

Articles

Chile: Extreme-Right Defeated, But the Fight Must Continue

January 4, 2022

In the recent election in Chile, Gabriel Boric has defeated the right-wing candidate, but does not represent the working class. …

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Editorials

We Must Stand Up Against Their Blatant Attacks on our Lives

September 20, 2026

It couldn’t be any clearer that this is a society openly run in the interests …

Editorials

Their Democracy: Buy or Block Our Votes

September 13, 2026

In the first-ever Republican Midterm Convention on September 9 (which cost Dallas taxpayers nearly $2 …

Articles

September 11, 2001: When the Terror Inflicted Around the World Came Home

September 9, 2026

President George W. Bush in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks at the World Trade Center. …

Editorials

9/11: 25 Years of Terror Waged by the U.S. on the World

September 7, 2026

This week marks 25 years since the 9/11 attacks, which tragically killed many innocent civilians …

Editorials

Access to Food is a Basic Human Right!

August 31, 2026

For increasing numbers of people, every trip to the grocery store has become traumatic. Food …

Editorials

Their “Record Economy” is Working for the Billionaires, Not Us

August 24, 2026

Trump often likes to talk about how he is overseeing the greatest economy the U.S. …

Editorials

AI in the Capitalists’ Hands Threatens Us All

August 16, 2026

Thousands of people around the country, in small towns and cities alike, have packed town …

Editorials

Their System Pours More Gas on a World on Fire

August 9, 2026

Our world is burning, and those who rule this society are doing nothing but pouring …

Editorials

The Enormous Costs of the US War on Iran Continue to Grow

July 26, 2026

The U.S. claims their unjustified war of destruction on Iran is pausing in order to …

Editorials

ICE Out of Everywhere – Abolish ICE!

July 19, 2026

The recent murder of two men at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) …

Editorials

We Can’t Accept Their System of War and Destruction

July 12, 2026

The U.S. military has reignited its totally unnecessary, brutal war on Iran. In just the …

Articles

Trump Moves to End South Africa HIV/AIDS Program

June 28, 2026

Trump is ending PEPFAR in South Africa, which will likely result in 500,000 AIDS-related deaths. …

Articles

Red Alert for Our Working and Living Conditions: It’s Time to Take Matters into Our Own Hands!

June 23, 2026

June 22, 2026 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. …

Articles

Pride: Nobody’s Free Until Everybody’s Free

June 22, 2026

June is Pride Month, when the LGBTQ+ community celebrates its enduring resilience in the face …

Articles

France: 2027 Presidential Election: Selma Labib, a working-class and revolutionary candidate, supported by Gaël Quirante

June 21, 2026

The National Political Committee of the NPA-Revolutionaries, which met on June 6 and 7, decided …

Articles

The World Cup Reflects the Common Struggles of Workers Everywhere

June 14, 2026

The 2026 World Cup finally kicked off across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. It is …

Articles

The World is Not Welcome in This World Cup

June 14, 2026

The 2026 FIFA World Cup, an event that should unite the world, instead appears to be defined by exclusion. …

Articles

Bolivia: Paz Enacts State of Emergency and Intensifies Repression

June 13, 2026

In the face of any attempt to impose an authoritarian solution to the Bolivian crisis, …

Articles

Northern Ireland: Racist Protests and Riots Following a Stabbing

June 12, 2026

Published on June 11, 2026 by the New Anticapitalist Party—Revolutionaries in France (translated from the …

Articles

Paris Internationalist Meetings — On the Eve of Imminent Upheavals: Discussions on the Path Forward for Revolutionaries

June 12, 2026

Published on May 29, 2026 by the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from …

Articles

Protecting Children: This Is Not the Government’s Priority

June 11, 2026

June 8, 2026 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French …

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