France, Alternative Libertaire AL #233 - Read: The little black book of big useless projects (fr, pt)

The book The little black book of big useless projects is part of a coordinated campaign 
by Action for the Environment (Association lobbying against-participatory) that enabled 
through a collection of 4,000 euros, the release of this book and a future website for 
even wider census of large and imposed unnecessary projects (GPII). Summary list of the 
co-written by 29 group affected by GPII mobilizations, the book does not question the 
relevance of the term. But it shows what conditions these struggles take on their protest 
potential, particularly in the introductory chapter - concise, practical and encrypted - 
which brings together the main arguments of opponents and opponents. ---- It complains 
that the concept of GPII effect politicization of the debate. Involving the obvious 
absurdity (excess and useless) and the embezzlement of public funds these projects 
represent, it opens the door to a critical "soft" based reformist demands: more democracy, 
public interest, unless opacity in public spending ...

We almost forget the rest of the non-excessive "development" of the territory is not less 
unjust, taxed, and environmentally disastrous.

However in practice, the strength of the most anti-GPII movement lies precisely in the 
joint they operate from their local struggles between one side concrete alternatives, and 
on the other hand a review systemic as capitalism as the seizure of power by states and 
their ideological blinders on growth. The environmentalist dimension is omnipresent in 
these struggles, advocating for the energy transition (sobriety, renewable energy, 
relocation) against these projects. They do not forget for as social inequality and 
destruction induced (inequalities and service access, territorial imbalance, 
gentrification ), questioning from there grabbing land and natural resources in the 
capitalist system.

It appears that what matters is not so much to have a clear definition of GPII that make 
the movements that fight continue to converge ecology, radical and practical alternative 
dispute.

Fanny (AL Saint-Denis)

Collective work, The Little Black Book of large unnecessary projects , The Stowaway, 125 
p., 7 euros.