(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL #237 - Unions: Trade Union Front against the extreme right (fr, pt)

The launch of the single trade union campaign CGT, FSU, Partners and youth organizations 
UNEF, UNL and LDIFs against the extreme right ideas, practices, met with resounding 
success, which calls for new initiatives. ---- On January 29, at the launch of the single 
trade union campaign against the far right, 600 activists and trade unionists from the 
private and public sectors and all regions have at the Labour Exchange Paris, confront in 
several thematic workshops their experiences. At the meeting in the evening, the 
interventions of the secretaries of trade unions alternated with evidence of trade 
unionists and LDH, the MRAP and Vigiliance union initiatives antifascists (Visa). ---- An 
initiative to continue ---- It should be emphasized that this exceptional union initiative 
is only the beginning. A new unit declaration "to cope with the extreme right" calls for 
the widest possible trade union unity and especially to decline this campaign locally in 
businesses and government[1].

Because the challenge is to go beyond the first circle of activists convinced es, 
ideologically arming all union teams, lead the debate directly with the employee-es to 
start building our union values concrete struggle against all forms of discrimination 
against fascism. Visa has seen to be a local branch in the Bouches du Rhone, particularly 
affected.

Indeed, we are confronted es to all-out offensive: speech "uninhibited" complacency fed by 
politicians of both right and left; moral to attack schools and public libraries; increase 
in racist and fascist attacks (Lyon accumulating especially violence perpetrated by 
various fascist factions). And events involving the troops of the right and extreme right 
in the street are a strong[sign 2]. The danger may result electorally in municipal and 
European elections, where the FN hopefully thrive on social despair.

A united front

Since the murder of Clement Meric, anti-fascist group, with diverse realities unit, 
forming a network in the new territory. And since the event of September 14, 2013, 
protests against the meetings of the FN multiply. Latest initiative: mobilizing Rennes 
against the presence of FN in the House of the People. And event initiated by the National 
Union of undocumented March 22 "Racism, Fascism: it is time to take the street" is an 
important date.

We must respond and conduct a work scope and lengthy to deconstruct the speech, confusion 
landmarks, reaffirm our values of solidarity, internationalism, class struggle, vividly 
and anchored in the reality of our boxes. The union does not lack material: Visa just 
print a new brochure "Dam antifascist union", the CGT and the FSU have published an 
antifascist material and Solidarity has printed more than 500,000 leaflets-arguments. We 
have no choice but to unify and amplify the anti-fascist struggle in articulating with 
strong social responses and unit facing the violence of the rich[3].

Gabriel L. (Paris AL East)


[1] Posted on the website of VISA: www.visa-isa.org

[2] Danielle Tartakowsky, and Straight Street ambivalence history from 1880 to the present 
day , La D?couverte, 2014.

[3] Michel Pin?on Monique Nip-Charlot, the violence of the rich. Chronicle of a huge 
social damage , La D?couverte, 2013.