LCR on Second Round Presidential Elections

[Thomas Seay]

I erroneoulsy stated this morning that the LCR had
called on french voters to support Chirac in second
round.  As it turns out, not true.   Here's an excerpt
from the statement by presidential candidate Olivier
Besancenot.  French orginal at 
http://www.lcr-rouge.org    
-Thomas
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At the present time, the first demonstrations of the
youth express the resistance of society towards the
rise of the right.

The first thing to do now is to have a massive
demonstration against Le Pen and the politics of the
bosses on Mayday in all the cities of the country.
We must block Le Pen, the worst enemy of the workers,
in the streets as in the elections. LCR is mobilizing
itself so that Le Pen will receive as few votes as
possible.

We understand the voters who will vote for Chirac in
order to oppose Le Pen, but we dont think that he is
the proper shield against this recent upsurge of the
extreme Right.  To the contrary, he is one of those
responsible for it and upon election will most
certainly take measures against wage-earners, the
youth and immigrants.

It is time for a mobilization against the extreme
right
and employers, a united mobilization of all workers
and youth, united around social demands to end
unemployment and inequality, a mobilization in defense
of undocumented workers.

          Le 22 Avril 2002

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"The tradition of all the dead generations

 weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living"

-Karl Marx

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