A-Infos (en) France, UCL press release: Against the fascist peril, let's reinvent hope (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

The anti-fascist electoral surge deprived the far right of a majority. 
It's a start for a reprieve. Popular mobilization to block in extremis 
must continue in the long term to rebuild the political, union and 
associative tools for the emancipation of our social class, that of 
workers. We will only push back the far right by rebuilding a desirable 
political project of equality and justice.
Under the sponsorship of conservative Catholic billionaire Vincent 
Bolloré and his media empire (Canal+, Cnews, Journal du Dimanche, 
Paris-Match, Europe 1, etc.), the union of the RN with Les Républicains 
de Ciotti was achieved. Alliance which allows the fascists to double 
their voters and dangerously increase the number of their deputies. 
Added to this is the fact that Bardella took over the leadership of 
far-right MPs favorable to Putin in the European Parliament.

The dynamics of the RN unleash racist, homophobic, transphobic physical 
and verbal attacks on the streets and in businesses... Third political 
force in the Assembly but leading political party, the RN will be able 
to strengthen its discourse between now and the 2027 presidential 
election. anti-system", the "only party we haven't tried yet". The 
danger remains.

A Parliament without a majority
The parliamentary kitchen is in turmoil. Bourgeois democracy where 
elected officials are out of control is broken. Whatever menu is served 
to us, it will not satisfy urgent social, economic, ecological and 
anti-racist demands. And it will no longer meet the aspirations for 
equality and justice of women, working-class neighborhoods and LGBTI 
minorities. At best we can hope that the inevitable compromises between 
the three blocs slow down the attacks on the camps of young people and 
workers.

Rediscover the taste for political combat
The "people of the left" have suffered so many disappointments, from 
Stalinism to social-liberalism, that they have gradually but massively 
withdrawn into themselves, abandoning the field to a macronism "at the 
same time" of left and right, and allowing the darkest reactionary ideas 
to flourish.

Faced with the Bolloré media and galvanized far-right activists, he woke 
up, a little in panic. This awakening must be the starting point of a 
reconquest and a reconstruction. Ideological reconquest against the 
economic fatalism that ultraliberal capitalism imposes on us, 
reconstruction of the tools of our resistance.

Place de la République in Paris, on the evening of July 6, spontaneous 
anti-fascist rally.
Moral panics about the danger to "French identity"
If voting for the extreme right can be explained in part by the crisis 
of capitalism and neoliberal policies implemented for decades, we must 
face the ever-increasing adherence of our social camp to racist ideas 
and moral panics about the danger to the "French identity" which would 
be threatened by French people of foreign origin or binationals, or even 
migrants seen as "enemies from within". The far right uses it as its 
fuel, but we must weigh the responsibility of the State and decades of 
racist and colonial policies, stigmatization and discrimination on the 
right and the left, in the name of so-called "republican values". 
Fighting the extreme right means cutting it off where it takes root.

Faced with the fascist peril and a capitalist class that is never 
satisfied, we must rebuild our unions and our capacity to carry out 
serious strikes. Rebuild or expand our neighborhood committees, 
feminist, anti-racist and environmentalist associations on combative 
bases that can organize actions that are both radical and massive.

Making Communism Desirable Again
The New Popular Front, if it persists, will not be the tool of renewal. 
Social democracy will not follow through on its promises and will not be 
able to meet the challenge. We must move from anti-capitalism too often 
reduced to vague slogans to a strong defense of communism as the only 
credible alternative to capitalist globalization and the wars between 
major imperialist powers which threaten us - as in Ukraine - and keep 
people in misery. and under domination - as in Mayotte, Kanaky or Palestine.

Faithful to their traditions, anchored in popular organizations and in 
struggles, libertarian communists must more than ever carry their social 
project high: socialization of the means of production and 
self-management of society with the tools of direct democracy.

Libertarian Communist Union, July 8, 2024

https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Contre-le-peril-fasciste-reinventons-l-espoir
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