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way the movement attacks, action than ever. Giscard. The election campaign in •CP France in 1978 ended with the break-up of the Union Left', the joint platform of the Communist Party and the Socialist base This was because the CP feared that its grip on the key sectors of the industrial class was being and threatened by the growth of In the most cynical possible the CP simply exploded the 'Union of the Left' when it was within sight of winning the 'he resut has been the creation of profound divisions French workers' between the and the Socialist Party, and between the various union federations - at a time when the workers facing unprecedented and when unity in against the Giscard government is needed more Now campaigns have been launched both for unity in off action and to demand that the leaders of the CP and SP break with the policy of disunity and initiate a campaign to get rid of fierce One campaign, launched by and and supported by the Ligue Communiste Revolutionnaire, French section Fourth puts stress on unity in action at the and has collected more than 60,000 signatures worker militants in support of its aims.
Hundreds of local meetings press conferences have been held to publicise the campaign.
Another campaign, which aimed are stressed st aimed at and leaders, has been launched by the Organisation Communiste Internationaliste, a Trotskyist organisation outside the Fourth More than 70,000 signatures have been collected for this campaign Nearly 140,000 workers in favour of unity in the fight against unemployment, inflation, and the government itself, as well as for the reformist leaders to assume their responsibilities to finish the reactionary important breakthrough respresents an important for French Trotskyism.
Both campaigns have met opposition • reformist leaders.
April 1986