en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL - Fascism kills. Together, fight it! National demonstration on 23 June in Paris (fr)

On 5 June, the right-wing militants killed Clement Meric, student union and anti-fascist 
activist. This outrageous murder us and revolt he enrolled in after numerous assaults in 
recent months by far-right groups. The situation calls for strong action, to put a halt to 
the spread of these ideas and practices foul. ---- Respecting their differences, the 
undersigned organizations call to unite to pay tribute to Clement and to eliminate the 
fascist hatred. ---- Comforted by parties who take the words and practices of the extreme 
right, fascist groups resurface. The latest actions against marriage for everyone was an 
opportunity for them to be placed on the front of the stage. We denounce the 
trivialization of FN and its xenophobic and racist ideas.

The exclusion, rejection of the other, the border closure, the scapegoating, the 
denunciation of immigration as responsible for all the evils are attitudes which, history 
shows, lead to worse. The state maintains a poisonous atmosphere by organizing mass 
expulsions involved in the stigmatization of immigrant-es and Roma. Instead, it is 
necessary to act decisively against the fascist commandos.

Odious and unacceptable in itself, the murder of Clement beyond the individual drama. 
Attacks against lesbians, bi-es, gay and transgender people, against the immigrant-off 
persons from es of immigration, Muslim-es, anti-Semitic acts of violence against 
antifascist activists and progressive organizations , have multiplied throughout France
and across Europe. Lies, hatred, violence, death is what brings the far right, at all 
times and in all places.

This is not a moral issue; fascism feeds fears about the future: 5 million unemployed, 8 
million people living below the poverty line, 3.5 million are ill-housed, increase of 
insecurity, poor working conditions, layoffs, plant closures ... With the explosion of 
inequality and austerity policies, it is necessary to rebuild the collective hope for a
more just society. The question of the distribution of wealth we produce is fundamental. 
The far right is the opposite of these values.

Use the death of Clement would be despicable. On the other hand, is to honor his memory
than to say publicly and all his labor and anti-fascist commitments and pursue many more 
Artists and determined-es its struggles for freedom and another company.

Unity against fascism and the extreme right! Demonstration in Paris, Sunday, June 23 at
3:00 p.m.
Events will also be organized together in other cities. Our organizations will meet again 
after the event: to eradicate the fascist threat requires work in the length and 
organization of local groups. Our organizations are different, but they have one thing in 
common: the rejection of intolerance, nationalism, hatred and exclusion, the opposite of 
what the far right wants to impose!

Fascism and the far right are not political movements with which it is made or dialogue. 
Their system is based on physical violence, hatred, enslavement of peoples.

First signatories (June 13): AC, Act Up Paris, Action antifascist Paris Suburb, 
Libertarian Alternative, APEIS, ATTAC France, CADAC CEDETIM / IPAM Educ'action Versailles 
CGT, CGT Educ'action Cr?teil CNDF, CNT! Collective Antifascist Paris Suburb, Collective
CIVG Tenon CONEX (National Coalition against the far right), Collective Saint Denis 
against the FN and the extreme right, Conf?d?ration Paysanne, Convergence and Alternative, 
DAL, DIDF, EELV, FA, FASE FASTI, Anarchist Federation, LDIF, FSU, Copernicus Foundation, 
Anti-Capitalist Left, Left Unit, GISTI, Black Thursday, Justice and Freedom, The Call and 
the deck, The Horde, LMDE, The Alternative, Lesbian and Gay Pride Lyon, The debunkers, 
World March of Women, European Marches against unemployment, MRAP, Memorial 98 MJCF, MNCP, 
M'PEP, NPA, PCF, OFC, PG, Paris Pink Block, Ras l'Front Marne-la-Vall?e, the Ras 'Front
38, Republic and Socialism, Network for a future without fascism, SGEN-CFDT Academy of 
Versailles, SLU (Saving university) SNESUP-FSU, Student Solidarity-Es, SOS Racisme, out of 
colonialism, Lawyers' Union France, the Union of Magistrates, UNEF, Trade Union 
Solidarity, UNSP, VISA (Vigilance and union initiatives antifascists) ...