Rouen who was an organiser in the recent recently gone on strike demanding the payjournalist from Mexico.
Ramon Rodriguez Pulido representing Sosa-Krahl also spoke on the women's movernent The audience at the event came from across Western Europe—particulary Germany, Spain and France-and a few from the Bast the event were anarchists and independent movementist groups of various kinds— communes, ecology groups and anti-racist initiatives. Fourth Internationalisis trom a number of countries also bancioated.
The weakened sparse attendance of the organised workers movement-trade unions and left parties. The French strikers were an exception. Accounts of the strike were the subiect of workshop discussions on self organisation throughout the weekend. participation in all aspects of the event— despite the problems of multiple venues across a big city. young- seventy to eighty per cent-and a eat a were women. of the forums and in the final plenary well over 100 leshian women mounted the nlatform to cheer, clap and sing as the reporter from the lesbian working group gave the report, which included a call for a European women's conference.
There were workshops on a range of issues grouped around the following themes: neo-liberalism in all its aspects; the new and old world orders; the mass strikes in rrance; tor anoiner burope; internationalism; women and feminism; women. violence and liberation: Fastern Europe; the consequences or neo-liberalism in Eastern Europe: socialism, has it discussion long into the night around the Despite this diversity of discussion the malism ane neo- ineransm. anents internawas a bad biguity over the state toluca powerm ane sense one overtinot state power.
This ambiguitv over the state was that neo-liberalism can be confronted counts tor merr ennusiasm or the prolect tistas are not Marxists and there was little ety. themes of justice and liberty and the strugit wole be an inemadona network oi working class in revolutionary change at contacon n ment in Mexico. that the movement in support of the ZapaStalinism and the struggle in Mexico is an tion which is present in the European left at ine presentime amoron ine oracucal It will not, however, be the last such The proposal should be welcomed and closely to the workers movement and its Six days against the neo-liberal nightmare AFTER three years of war and six months a state is not Nato s goal in the region; its The motivation is not to ensure justice the economy. Europe, which can be described as 'peace president Slobodan Milosevic.
The event recognised of the role of the working class in revolutionary change with a wary attitude to their traditional organisations and forms of organisation