The Socialist Party Communist Party (PCF) leader Cieorges Marchais of having done the right favour"; the PC underlines the 'overwhelming responsibility of the Socialists: and bourgeois Left Radicals are on the verge of a split.
All they seem agreed on, in TALES THE ACCO TO MATCAR talks with President Giscard d'Estaing. This is a scandalous betrayal of the millions of WELLS SACE T Giscard's policies only days once more reduced to the role. От сосо простота 00 sidelines.
DISARRAY At stake in all goings-on but mentioned - is the kind of response which the workers' movement makes not-so-new government of the right. For the clection result was not a crushing defeat for the working class, although it has produced considerable demoralisation and disarray.
There is still a willingness to take action government's mcasures. But it has to be organised - and on a united basis.
Workers' unity, however. the last consideration which has the actions of TCIOREISTRAEUES in recent months, To go back a little, why did the split berween the parties of the Union of the Left take place last September? The proved possible there was one week of patched-up harmony. Now the parties of the Union of the Left in France have fallen out once more in the wake of their second round defeat in the elections. MARTIN METEYARD reports from (PS) agremem on врилиль signed in 1972.
There were differences betweenthe Communist Party and its partners. A particular bone of contention was the number the of concerns to be nationalisod, and the fate of subsidiaries.
However, these still remained within a common framework of gradual reforms involving no direct challenge to capitalism itself. And even had they been of a broader nature, that would justified what was to follow.
the ne principle alice revolu tionary Marxiss fight for s this: the fullest discussion of programmatic differences must these Nether the P5 not the POr look this into account in their the The PS simply refused to have auv ouble decission with the PCF about propramme because difficult to pursue a classmutual withdrawals in tavcr the after first depended on debasing The PCF. for its part, made slich withdrawals after the first round — in other words, unitys the against the candidates of the Tight dependent programmatic agreement. it aid tais tor punch sectatian maintain COTTONI POSION working class against both growing influence of the demagogy against the PS's "shift to the right.
Most importantly, throughout the colema. both the PS and the PCF spat in the face of the first strengthen their alliances with DISSOCI STIONS bourgcoisic represented in the Progressive condemnation or this hanky panky with forces which have their no brennised links with movement has differences ready neen corne out with lic decision of a section of the Left Radicals to pull out of the Union of the Left and cuddle President d'Estaing. have FIRST ROUND Once the first round was over the parties of the Union of the was necessary if only to protect their parliamentary But this rapid turnabout could only induce cynicism among tens of thousands of militants deceived by the termis of the previous polemic.
Furthermore, there was no central meeting in Paris, co-ordinated the different union federations, for and the response at a local leve was patchy. some signs of hope for thus future. prog For instance, week wenso agocal mocung in Paris called to support two (one Communist, one Socialist) IT TEOUS CONSERICHCES Held gymnassum it had not been ver well publicised — yet over 500 people packed in.
And the speakers were nol simply the local PS and PCF plus the Left Radical and Progressive Gaullists, Our the Giscard mobilisation by Still there were their position the during that members tionary CIELLEL small school TaD the CGT spoke produced -predictable NI ETUDIANTS