LCR Statement 5th May 2002

A huge popular mobilisation, in the streets and in the polling stations,
has blocked Le Pen at the level of the far right votes of the first round.
This is not a plebiscite for Chirac's anti-social, law and order policies.
Starting this evening we must preapre a massive mobilisation against the
proposals of the right and the bosses' organisation, the MEDEF.
We cannot rely for this on the forces of the "pluralist left" whose
governmental policies led us to this calamitous situation.
Only a radical left with a social action programme can offer a perspective
of social transformation in opposition to the plans of the right and making
a balance sheet of the 5 years of the "pluralist left" in government.
This is also the only alternative which could put a definitive stop to the
rise of the far right.
Candidates defending these positions will be standing everywhere during the
parliamentary elections in June;

Political Bureau LCR
5th May 2002 at 8 pm