School of Oriental and African Studies, Russell Square (Russell Square, Euston or Goodge Street Tube)
Hosted by London Workers' Liberty
In the last French presidential elections, a revolutionary socialist candidate, Olivier Besancenot, won over a million votes, 4.2%, including 10% among young people. Meanwhile the French revolutionary left is strong and growing, and French workers, young people and students have fought many battles against Sarkozy's right-wing government.
Now socialist activists are seeking to capitalise on this movement by creating a new united anti-capitalist party, the "NPA": a process rich in lessons for Britain's divided left.
Come and hear Catherine Ayme, an activist in the French socialist youth organisation Jeunesse Communiste Revolutionnaire talk about the NPA and what it means for class struggle in France and across Europe.
For the Facebook group for the event, see http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=46174220820&ref=mf
For more about France and the NPA see:
http://www.workersliberty.org/lcr-npa
http://www.workersliberty.org/world/international/europe/france