A-Infos (en) France, OCL CA #342 - Editorial - Will the old world remain stuck at the polls? (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

Now it's certain! The macronie is a sinking ship and it takes with it 
the little veneer of liberal democracy that still remains in the Fifth 
Republic. To try to save her, a supporter of the Francisque and a "New 
Popular Front" (NFP) bend over to her bedside. We are therefore asked to 
choose between "socialism or barbarism". Let's make no mistake! What is 
playing out is not a tragedy of which history has the secret, but rather 
a bad farce whose consequences must not be neglected.
The main culprits: Macron and his little soldiers who perpetuate "free 
and undistorted competition" (deterioration of public services, reform 
of unemployment insurance) while legitimizing themes dear to the far 
right (immigration asylum law) . It is they who, through their words, 
their reforms and their actions, make life unbearable for the working 
classes and continue to open the door to power to the far right. Door 
wide open by the Socialist Party (moreover, Macron and part of his 
clique were frolicking there). It is this caviar left, of the Hollande 
type, which in an absurd logic, has never ceased to bring up the extreme 
right to keep power. What can we expect from an electoral NFP supported 
by elephants from the past like Strauss-Kahn (specialist in gender 
equality)?

Whatever the verdict at the polls, we already know the loser, it's the 
pro! Indeed, the Fifth Republic is a political regime of an arrogant 
French bourgeoisie, full of profits which refuses to share anything. The 
popular classes called to a "republican front" and not an 
"anti-capitalist front", have little influence and are rarely welcome in 
the leadership of parties or intermediary bodies.

Concerning the extreme right, this is not the result of a moral 
bankruptcy of the "masses" who would be won over by fascism, but the 
translation of a stiffening of a part of the wealthy who are waging a 
war of merciless class. The Macronist bloc is crumbling. Never mind! For 
the dominant classes and the employers, the RN will do the job, it will 
be a good guarantor of the forced march of "capitalist planning", of 
social destruction and the elimination of the weakest to generate more 
profit. And obviously order! All this while relying on their eternal 
reactionary fundamentals targeting the racialized, the precarious, 
women, sexual minorities, the disabled, difference...
Moreover, it is not only the bourgeoisie that has become radicalized, 
but also the media discourse: this propaganda which demonizes the 
protest left and trivializes the far right.

In this nauseating context, there is a strong incentive to vote. 
Everyone, from the RN to the NFP, plays with our fear, so that we vote 
with our emotions and not our convictions.
Certainly the victory of the NFP would bring a welcome lull, concerning 
economic and systemic oppressions: sexism, racism, homophobia, 
Islamophobia... But, the NFP will garner votes above all to block and 
not by adherence to its reformist program. A large part of them are 
capitalists and for social peace. 1 year ago, after the death of Nahel, 
outside LFI, they all dissociated themselves from the rioters and now 
they are calling on them to vote for them?! The strikes, the great 
social advances... we will see that later. The calls for calm began on 
the evening of June 30! To the point that we ask ourselves the 
unpleasant question: is the NFP more afraid of the RN or of the anger of 
the masses? There is a terrible gap between the social expectations of 
the population (GJ, working-class neighborhoods, etc.) and the left-wing 
program presented as extreme even though it is not breaking with 
neoliberalism and is inventing itself a connection with the "Popular 
Front", an alliance of two workers' parties.

To the great dismay of anti-fascists, it is impossible to lose the RN 
without offering an alternative of solidarity and perspectives to the 
working classes on a daily basis. This is the pitfall of anti-fascism 
which has mainly positioned itself on a moral level, which has too often 
refused to play politics, offering nothing other than the path to the 
polls or being left behind. of social democracy... and whose remaining 
small groups risk being dissolved as soon as Bardella arrives.

For us, the solution is not in the ballot box, whether we vote or not, 
it will not change the minds of those who speculate on people's lives. 
In this climate of political tension, we are presented with the 
electoral illusion as the only perspective. So yes, between the 
bourgeoisie who would put up with it, the media propaganda, the politics 
of social destruction and the deafness of the left, yes, the RN is now 
corrupting all social classes. With a very concrete result on the 
evening of June 30, around 34% of the votes for the RN.

Only our struggles will be able to impose a form of "civil war" (to use 
Macron's term) on the bourgeoisie and the bosses. Let us transform this 
fear, which is instilled in us on a daily basis, into rage, into a 
policy of emancipation.
Faced with the bias of the mainstream media to only present far-right 
speeches, we can decide the debates we wish to have, whether in the 
street, in the workplace, in our newspapers, in order to spread a word 
which corresponds to what we experience on the one hand and dream on the 
other. Let us make their speeches inaudible on all subjects that concern 
us. On nuclear power, while in the evening of the Europeans Macron 
announced 8 new reactors "with budgetary seriousness"?! Against the 
class violence intrinsic to capitalist society as by denouncing France 
Travail. Against racist violence by supporting, for example, the 
Belleville minors who are about to be deported. Against colonial 
violence all over the world and also perpetrated by France (as in Kanaky 
or Mayotte). Against patriarchal violence, drawing inspiration from 
international feminist struggles.

All forms of alienation and widespread exploitation in society resonate 
within us, a feeling of anger, a desire to take back what has been 
stolen from us (whether for the kanak, his land, his culture and his 
identity or for the prole the product of his labor). Whether it starts 
with riots, union strikes or wildcat strikes, let us be creative 
anti-capitalist forces capable of organizing solidarity. This is why we 
call for participation in all rallies in front of prisons to demand the 
release of Kanak separatists deported to mainland France.

After the temporary depression, we must have confidence in the 
imagination of the masses to collectively create responses to economic 
and racist alienation: our capacity to react has not been destroyed. And 
in this sense, it is not utopian to think that the social movement could 
find ways to go beyond the parties and union bureaucracies, allowing us 
to free ourselves from domination and avoid the advent of "fascism".

OCL-Strasbourg, 06/30/23

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