France, Alternative Libertaire AL #239 - The municipal extreme right maneuver in fourteen cities (fr, pt)

The National Front won his bet to polarize the political and media attention during the 
municipal elections of March 2014. It has partially eclipsed the record abstention, 
reflecting a marked discredit political formations and a blatant denial of the PS 
government policy / EELV. ---- If the "Rally navy blue" conquered 11 cities of various 
importancs (Henin-Beaumont ? in the first round, the seventh sector of Marseilles, Frejus, 
B?ziers, Le Luc, Cogolin, Le Pontet, Hayange, Mantes-la-Ville, Villers Cotter?ts, 
Beaucaire) which must be added the three cities of the Southern League around the clan 
Bompard (Orange, ? Boll?ne, Camaret-sur-Aigues), it failed to impose Louis Aliot in 
Perpignan, Gilbert Collard ? Saint-Gilles, Florian Philippot in Forbach, or conquer 
Brignoles. It will go into detail about the dynamics that allowed him to conquer these 
cities in local contexts and with different electoral bases (which can not be reduced to a 
worker electorate disorientation[1], as some would have us believe Political commentators 
with contempt class displayed).

In addition, more than one million votes for 600 lists and 1,500 municipal councilors, it 
is in fact almost to the level already "history" of 1995, which was stopped in 1998 due to 
internal tensions. But for Marine Le Pen and his team, it is to forget the episode managed 
by the Front at that time for better cities trivialize the FN test of municipal power and 
avoid mistakes by sticking to the "charter of municipal action" ten points, which reduces 
to a demagogic catalog antifiscalit?, safe and discriminatory.

The challenge is indeed to strengthen its militant cadres apparatus and significantly 
extend the territorial network, to the busy cities of poitiques laboratories and in those 
where they get relatively high scores to their advisors' relay 'opinion "nuisance 
capacity. With the European elections of May 23 and next year's regional elections, the FN 
hopes to conquer power with the presidential horizon as 2017.

Response antifascist and anticapitalist

Facing the first sense of shock and dismay tetanizing despite a "chronicle of the 
announced victory" written for months by the mainstream media, he will need to respond by 
taking such existing tools. As regards the fight against fascism, it must be based on: the 
dozens of local fascist group that hatched since the murder of Clement Meric; the 
development of Conex, which prepares national meetings on 28 and 29 June; strengthening 
Visa, a first local branch was formed in the Bouches-du-Rh?ne; concrete extensions already 
fifteen departments of inter-unit campaign CGT-FSU-Solidarity 29 January and the 
preparation of an anti-fascist unit equipment for events of May 1st.

But we will also have a very practical help residents and employee-es of occupied cities 
will suffer antisocial policies of right-wing municipalities. This work antifascist 
response must be linked with political and social backfires in cities, rural areas and 
businesses to also fight the austerity policies and allow to draw a credible 
anti-capitalist alternative, based on the redistribution of wealth, the equal rights, the 
extension of solidarity in France and internationally.

Gabriel L. (AL Paris North East)


[1] See AL No. 234, "Vote FN: Beyond ideas"