(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL #230 - 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. ---- Between bluster and fear ---- Brussels 
has demanded, Holland runs small steps. Moreau made the report of "neutral" conclusions. 
The fourth-against pension reform after those Balladur Raffarin, Fillon is on the table. 
From 37.5 years to 41 in 2012, it would take 43 or 44 now hope for a full pension. This 
is the price of seven billion to find. ---- To achieve this, socialos have trumpeted the 
legal age of retirement remains unchanged and if the extension of working hours is not 
enough, the decline in pension indexation by complement.

As for the increase of the CSG, the end of tax breaks for parents with three or more 
children, they will have to find other arguments and expertise politician to forget that 
they were against the previous "reforms" and forget their capitulation to the MEDEF 
refusing any increase in employer contributions.

They will also bathe us with their "courage" manager to restrict the duration of 
unemployment benefits too long to taste the ceiling too high, to introduce its degression 
hoping that the number of unemployed from falling into the category of social minima and 
disappear unemployment statistics.

Holland assured his ministers: " A social movement scale is preventable . " Look at the 
agreement of the ins?curisation employment is validated without much tub! His method: 
depoliticize the debate by expert interposed stand a good manager and cleared the social 
and political field. Reassure first: " No decision has been made ??"and in good Pontius 
Pilate, rely on social conference, the benevolence of collaborators who have already 
cracked. These petty politicians calculations bad beatings summer suffice? Not sure! 
That's why Holland to avoid mobilization battalions SNCF, EDF and some utilities. So, do 
not touch the special schemes and the method of calculating the pensions of civil 
servants? ...

Nevertheless, members panicked as Menucci: " Retirement is the heritage of the French who 
do not! "or band Bartolone: ??beware! " The climate is anxiety, retirement can be the 
tipping point ", avoid the" risk of a social movement . " As to Ayrault it remains the 
language of wood: these " reforms of justice "will" build a sustainable model of left 
"(!). Holland dreamed in Schr?der but it may wake up because Papandreou revenue taken from 
the pockets of the people do not juguleront recession and will be insufficient to repay 
the debt 1 800 billion! It only remains for him to navigate between bluster and fear while 
stirring fear of FN, thus ensuring its progress. For socialos, facing the next election, 
the future is not very encouraging ... but by then the social sky may be cleared.