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GUEST: Susan George, Board Chair of the Transnational Institute, and Vice President of ATTAC, France, author of many books, including “Another World Is Possible If…”

French Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy has backed a new immigration bill that would attract only skilled workers while keeping less skilled ones out of France. The bill has sparked protests from immigrant communities who call it racist. In the aftermath of the massive protests that rocked France earlier this year over a government employment contract, Sarkozy is poised to run for the Presidential election next year. Meanwhile, activists are engaged in an internal discussion over how they should respond electorally after their stunningly successful protests that repealed the employment contract. I had the chance to speak with Susan George, a well known activist and scholar in France. She is the Board Chair of the Transnational Institute, and Vice President of ATTAC, France, and author of many books, including “Another World Is Possible If…”

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