One million people against Macron-Lecornu in France!
By Don Samantha - The Marx France
The CGT (General Confederation of Trade Unions) reported that more than one million people marched across France on 18 of september during the mobilization against the Macron-Lecornu austerity plan called by the eight major unions (CFDT, CGT, FO, CFE-CGC, CFTC, Unsa, FSU, and Solidaires). Despite intimidation and repression unleashed by the government with 80,000 police and gendarmes, drones, armored vehicles, and water cannons, thousands of people mobilized across the country. InLyon, the demonstration drew between 14,000 and 20,000 people, against whom the government used tear gas and some riot grenades to disperse protesters, who launched projectiles and mortars at the police.
Thousands of public employees went on strike. Public transpor...









