A-Infos (en) France, Union Communiste Libertaire UCL AL #312 - Anti-fascism, Aggression: In Lyon the fafs strike again (ca, de, it, fr, pt)[machine translation]

Two associative volunteers were attacked on December 12 when they closed the 
associative and libertarian bookstore and library La Plume Noire. This umpteenth 
episode of violence on the part of the far right reminds us that they are rife as 
soon as we let our guard down. ---- Saturday, December 12 in the evening, two 
volunteers from the PESE association (For social equality and ecology) closed the 
curtain of the libertarian bookstore and library La Plume Noire after a day of 
solidarity collection of clothes and toys when they were approached, taken to 
task and then beaten by a dozen far-right thugs. ---- The modus operandi 
indicates that the operation has been prepared and that the volunteers have 
fallen into a real trap. The Union Syndicale Solidaires (whose two volunteers 
were also activists) as well as the UCL which self-manages the bookstore 
immediately called for a popular rally on the following Sunday, December 20 on 
the Esplanade de la Croix-Rousse.

Our comrades were ambushed on December 12 at La Plume Noire, in Lyon.
Although not claimed, this cowardly aggression bears the signature of the far 
right. Very active in the city of Lyon for ten years, it has multiplied acts of 
violence since this summer: fire in mosques, ransacking of the restaurant "Le 
Tonton Burger", threat against PCF premises, etc.

This new aggression is also revealing of the impunity in which the radical right 
activists act in the city of Gones: the Traboule and the Agogé, the room and the 
boxing hall of Generation Identity are used, in the sight of all and all, from 
place of organization to a movement which tries to impose by violence and terror 
against minorities and the social movement its political project.

A renewal of unitary work is needed
On December 18 in Chalon-sur-Saône, on the sidelines of Act IV of undocumented 
migrants, four PCF and Cimade activists were also attacked by young fascists. It 
is time that we everywhere reaffirm our absolute rejection of extreme right-wing 
violence.

This is not exercised blindly, it targets minorities, voluntary associations of 
the social movement who work for a better world without discrimination, far from 
their vision of the world made of violence towards "others". Faced with these 
aggressions it is more urgent than ever, in Lyon and everywhere else, that the 
libertarian, anti-fascist, anti-capitalist organizations and the unions of 
struggle join forces to block the poison of the extreme right.

The field work of the anti-fascist groups, of VISA (Vigilance and anti-fascist 
initiatives) at the trade union level, of the Horde at the level of monitoring 
and information, and many others, is more necessary than ever and even essential, 
but this is still insufficient.

Today, locally and nationally, we need to relearn how to work together. UCL will 
support and invest in all unitary initiatives aimed at combating the extreme 
right in the political, trade union and social fields.

UCL Antifascist Commission

https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Agression-A-Lyon-les-fafs-frappent-encore
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