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L'humanite Demands "open the Books!"

The Week Vol. 8, No. 7, c. 16 August 1967 · p. 7 of the scan · 196 words

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from our Paris correspondent As an answer to President de Gaulle's new offensive for "participation" by French workers in the designs of neo-capitalist management, the French Communist Party has quite properly denounced the resignation of trade union powers, and raised the call, "Open the Books!" Commenting on this, the well-known left wing journalist, llichel Bosquet, writes in Nouvelle Observateur that it is interesting to see the call of the advanced sector of English trade unionism being taken up by L'Humanite. For rather @ long time now this position has been advocated as a counter to the reactionary incomes policy of the Wilson Administration, precisely by The Week, Union Voice, the New Left and its allies. So far, we have not received the support, which could, on this issue, be powerful, of the Morning Star. May it now be hoped that the good example of the French party on this matter will be quickly followed on the other side of the Channel? Such a move by the comrades of the British Communist Party would be a big step forward to left unity on the basis of an aggressive socialist strategy, which would be welcomed by the unions,

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