CE PARIS:
Since May "68, French schools have heen essentially, of bourgrois values.
We run Ds therette Introduced nicasures intended to end this situation by Increasing selection, reducing expenditure, and ro-establishing order.
One of these measures-the "Rover' Ins; named after its sponsor-was passed in November, and is a good example of how it is intended to reduce expenditure. Under this law, the 100,000 plus students in the CFT (technical colleges) will have to undergo long periods of low paid prac tical training in industry, thus providing the capitalist class with a new, cheaper and more disciplined workforce.
Another measure-the "Fontanet" Lawis currently under discussion. This is a model of tougher selection: (i) it steers children arbitrally from the age of 13 towarde professional life; (ii) it selects children at the age of 15 according to Cieir ability in Maths; (ill) the Baccalaureat ukam will no longer give automatic entry to the unaversity at 18 each univ (v) a new second year exam at untersity Bas been introduced at the same time that the postponement of military servie has been abolished-this nicans diat students will have to do their military service after this second year, and ogly those of hour. peois lamiles are Wkels to be able to afford the time to take up their stodies main.
Every where in France the school students are now in struggle agnat diese Laus The vast majority of the schools and closed, and some have beet occupied.
The rational school collective, which consists of delegates from the various strike committees which have been elected by acbool assemblies, has so far called roo Franch tocca couge Rudons--now laws propose to turn them into chawo workforce for canitalist alas densonstrations in Paris. The first, on 7 March, brought together 30,000 students; the second. on 14 Manch, attracted 60,000, who went on to take part in a mobilisation by the striking bank warkers.
The school students have drawn certain Jesions from their mobilisation last yearnotably, that they can on the might of the bourgrois State alone. Hence they have alse boed active this year in supporting workers' struggles ut the Saviem and Rateau factories, for instance, as will as in the bank workers strike.
And despite the slanderous attacks of the Goremment our youth are buing manipulated by professional agitaton, declared prime minister Mesmer-despite attacks by fascist bands, and despite largescale expulsions, Jetters to parents, and even legal action against students who have socapied school promises, the movement is rapidly taking bold in every corner of France, The State authorities cannot now hope that the cnning holidays will mark its end-at best they will only provide a temporary breathing space.
• BRUSSELS:
In January 1973, 175,000 schoel students of both sexes smashed an attempt by the Minaster of Delence, Van Den Bowmas, to suppress the right to postpone military Some da po was those excupy Tons tr Not being one to give up easily, he has ANTEEUTE TOO SEAL CHE LEAST The ouncel point in this plan is the establislument of a professional any: combat units, voluntarily signing up For periods of up to eleven years, and Living well away trom the pulle: lin banacks in Germany). This uwans chat recruitimany Joining up simply te escape the effects of unemployment - will become totally dependent on the anny.
NATION for the bourgeoisie to one made up of people who are only away from civilian life for a fow months Because of it Isolation, it can bo more easily and and can safely be trained in using equipment in anti-gucrilla exercises, obo.
A scond provision involves the Integration of the police force and public YOUVILE BIHSUILUMICE BAEEHHECSAALL command for the defence of the country!. The palice force -in collaboration willi thi army - will be rosponsible for the military aspect of the defence Thirdly, "VDB proposes to create defence units composed of militiamen living in barracks in Belgium. With a wide pose will be to guide the operations of the protesnonal shiy and to creste malary nocici in cach area in case of a workers' uprising In exchange for all this, the Minister в кно со д co oer to codaco Ine period of military service from a year to Since last Septomber, many leftist organisations-including the Coreunist Party and our comrades of the Revolution iy Workers League-have produced cbousands of leaflets opposing the proposals.
Логина отм Such an army is chriously preferable the family unit. regularly indoctrinated by the bourgoisie, Since January, wock has gone abead to Four demonstrations bave already taken, tycocon in Pakistan, Rafique Saigol. Hungarian Government to the law on abortion mean that it will now be illegal except in certain limited cases. NevertheJese, this move has been highly praised in the British Communist Parly daily, the The motivation for these changes, according to the Hungarian Party daily Neputabaisa, lies in the stagnation of the birth rabe at 1.45. And so, along with the tighter restrictions on abortion. come a certain mumber of 'incentives: women will be 'able to stay at some roe the first three years after they have had a child, and monthly allowances for such women will be substantially raised.
But why is it that Hungarian women thus have to he tored to have childien they do not want? The main reasue is simply that for very many womon the arrival of a child means a considerable case because oursery facilities in Hungary bave out been sufficiently developed lo aBow child rearing to become the respon sibility of the community rather than of STRENGTHENS FAMILY Sa these new bureaticratic measures far from advancing the liberation of women and the social equality of the sexes-have the olloct of forcing women back into the home, forcing them hack to the bunden of henring and beinging up children They thus contribute to the strengchening of the Camily as a p.46) declared aim of all the nogicies of Indeed, the Nepseabad ag article even goes on to explain how from now on people will not be allowed to get married without a been through a course in pro-muptial A march through London on Saturday 30 March has heen organised by the Pakistan Progressive Movement to demand the release of one of the leaders of the opposition to President Bhutto.
Such aims would appear to contrast sharply with the positions leki by the Britch Communist Party. Thee hum been expressod, for instance, in the and Socialism, by Rosemary Small, should become the responsibility of society, and that women should have Tree contraception and abortion under the NHS, in order to ensure the right will become mothers.
Yet as soon as the changes in the Hungarian law were announeed, the Morving Star carried an article by Ursula Molcan (on 16 January) extolling tbe comprehensive approach which Hungary's socialist authorities try to adopt when dealing with social problems. Is this because somehow the question is completely different there, so that pulice regulation of abortion in a woekers state has a revolitionary charac ber, while in Beltain a cobilisation sumans such regulations is ocatral to the strugale DE SOMeO!
Hardly. After all, Lenin was very clear on this point: "Unleas women are brought to take un independent part not only in palitical life generally, but also in daily and aniversal public servive, it is no use talking about fall and stable democracy, let alone socialism.' (On the Emancipation of Homen, Progress Publiaters, Moscow No these legal changes have a very specific purpose-to help maintain the male of the burcaucratic caste in Hungary This depends above all on the concinged fragmentation of the proletariat, which is achieved not only by open repression, but also through measures which strengiben the family unit and split the working class along sex lines ARO TO TACT CARE THe BEST COULE ust Puty chuoses to ignore Lenin's teachings in its glorificatien of the Hungarian regime, is simply another Indication Lat this party has long abandoned ibe struggle For the world socalist revolution in Cavaur at shallow apologeties for chose regimes it termis socialist".
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