International The ECB fined by AL Montreuil (fr, it, pt)

International, The ECB fined by AL Montreuil (fr, it, pt)
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The new headquarters of the European Central Bank was inaugurated with great fanfare on 
March 18 in Frankfurt. The opportunity for tens of thousands of people come to remind the 
institution of class struggle exists, and it is one of the targets. The menu blockages, 
actions and events. ---- This was to be a day of celebration for the boss of the European 
Central Bank, Mario Draghi and more broadly for the representatives of an oligarchy so 
locked into certainties they had probably not envisaged such a collapse. ---- Yes, they 
hop planned for the inauguration of the new headquarters of the ECB was totally wasted. 
---- The troublemaker has a name: Blockupy, the coalition strong anti-capitalist content 
formed collectives, associations, trade unions and political organizations.

Getting shameful scene

In fact this inauguration turned into non-event: a few dozen invited es had to be routed 
es by boat or helicopter, the only way for them to travel in a city disrupted by blocking 
actions mobilizing 6,000 activists come-es 49 cities in Europe and determined es to fight. 
This confidential reception was limited to part of the afternoon, when it was to celebrate 
the power and capital.

Blockupy has so managed to make this scene shameful that the ECB has given itself to mediate.

The blocking actions began early in the morning on Wednesday 18th March. They were 
preceded by clashes the day before between autonomous numbers of activists and police. The 
rest of the police force were unusually numerous, as many as 10,000 cops.

Area blocking the new building of the ECB has been the subject of thorough preparation and 
he mobilized a significant number of activists, it is first because everyone could find 
its place , whether those that assume the use of violence or those who have opted for 
active non-violence.

Several groups participated in the encirclement of the ECB throughout the morning, some 
blocking driveways, others directly confronting the police or setting fire to one of the 
outbuildings of the ECB. Police arrested twenty to five people and presented thirteen 
before a judge. Federico Annibale, an Italian student, to date remains in custody and 
mobilization continues to release. The cops poisoned hundreds of jammers and blockers with 
tear gas and pepper clubbed some of them they are.

? Video report: Taranis News .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D2bMw-Pqqk

What was the main objective of Blockupy has been largely fulfilled.

By late morning, a trade union demonstration was held in the city center with processions 
of IG Metall, ver.di, the union of the services of Deutsche Gewerkschaftbund (DGB, the 
German Trade Union Confederation) and the union teaching and research, the IMF (Employee 
Federation and metal workers related to the CGIL, Italy) and the Trade Union Solidarity union.

The meeting allowed to hear three types of interventions reflect quite well the diversity 
of Blockupy.

You could hear the advocates of institutional path (SYRIZA, Podemos, Die Linke), the 
verbal radicalism is particularly soluble test of power as can be seen with the Greek 
government has decided to comply with the will of the troika (ECB, IMF, European Commission).

The interventions of social movements (unions, associations, collectives) occupied the 
largest share of speaking time.

Finally, the extra-parliamentary left, including through the interventionist Left (Linke 
Interventionistische, IL), was able to defend the idea of a break and a self-managed 
alternative to capitalism.

20,000 people protest

The manifestation of the afternoon was attended by nearly 20,000 people. It was opened by 
banners and Blockupy by activists and activists of IL-Vetu're a T-shirt with a slogan 
unambiguous ("Vive la Commune" in French), followed by procession of Ums Ganz, another 
movement from the autonomy preceded by a banner proclaiming "For a social revolution."

The anti-fascist bloc was the largest (about 2,000 people). It is in this block that 
activists of Alternative libertarian-es came from Paris, Nantes, but also marched in Brussels.

We could also see union processions slightly fewer than in the morning. Left Party, Attac 
and Kurdish organizations were the most important poles.

This Wednesday, March 18th was a beautiful day. So far do not see a mobilization nowhere. 
Indeed, Blockupy, which existed for five years, aims to develop a genuine anti-austerity 
movement in Europe. This is a good thing and he would win his fight with articulate 
opposition to transatlantic draft treaties between the US, Canada and European Union 
entered its final stages of negotiation.

These treaties, if ratified by those States will disintegrate all social and environmental 
standards in order to facilitate investment and profit capitalists. Faced with these 
criminal plans, international mobilization is scheduled Saturday, April 18.

As for France, clarifications will be needed. If the agreement was good between Attac, 
Solidarity, Togetherness and Alternative libertarian, who found themselves in line with 
the approach Blockupy, we can see that the Collective 3A (Alternative to Austerity) 
totally manipulated by the Front left and involving CGT and Solidaires or Women Equality, 
was completely left out of the blocking of the ECB, as it is true that his priority is to 
rebuild a left enrolling mainly in the parliamentary field .

Laurent Esquerre (AL Paris-Nord-Est)

https://blockupy.org
http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?La-BCE-mise-a-l-amende