(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL #227 - At Contre Courant: For social emancipation! (fr)

Each month, the monthly libertarian Alternative reproduces the editorial of the Alsatian 
journal In Counter Current , which in turn reproduces the editorial AL. To contact these 
comrades: ACC, BP 2123, 68060 Mulhouse Cedex. ---- The wind storms from the south ---- It 
gusty swirling, amazing friends of Ben Ali and Mubarak who believed another "ride the 
tiger" by claiming that the Tunisian and Egyptian peoples were now ripe for Western 
democracy. Then they made a wry face when the Muslim Brotherhood were carried at the head 
of the country. Next, by accommodating, they believed that these neoliberal new kind would 
also be complacent against them as their stooges Qatar and Saudi Arabia. They also took 
the opportunity to intervene militarily in Libya, thus insured business would resume as 
before.

Blinded by their own arrogance, they could not discern that this devastating sirocco was 
its strength in the social disruption they themselves had raised unemployment, poverty and 
daily humiliations. Social despair turned into burst of dignity, in indignation and 
protests in revolt against the negligence of the Islamist leaders. Against the barbarism 
of the Syrian regime have become insurgents. This whole area is an area of ??storms that 
try to contain the dominant castes and their Western allies, Russia and Iran.

The turmoil in successive storms, then crossed the more easily the Mediterranean as 
worshipers liquidity to the markets believe power, blows social regression, deleverage 
states. Taking advantage of the crisis, "they insist these cannibals" to accelerate their 
deleterious remedies: first in Greece and then in all European countries. Cracking, cracks 
in the state apparatus, experts called in, such as Mario Draghi and Monti bankers, social 
liberals succeed in the liberal right and vice versa. Nothing works. Squalls seep through 
the cracks. In Greece, the rejection of politicians has given rise SYRIZA and fire against 
the nazis of Golden Dawn. In Spain, fractures d?glinguent regional federalism. Portugal 
1.5 million demonstrators and protesters evoking the Carnation Revolution booed Merkel and 
the Troika. Italy is even more ungovernable. The United Kingdom under the rule of Cameron 
emerges from Europe flickering. Merkel dominatrix remains adamant. Holland, cushy austere 
apply to keep a calm facade.

The south wind causes chaos for hours. " The old man did not want to die and just nine 
unborn . " The bowels of the peoples not yet emerging political radical social 
transformation. Headwinds causing a daunting turmoil in Syria or elsewhere a zephyr more 
or less soothing to the popular classes are resigned, Byzantine quarrels are against 
productive time is active solidarity.