France, Alternative Libertaire AL (#252) n° spécial - Gard: Neck and neck with Raage! (fr, it, pt)

France, Alternative Libertaire AL (#252) n° spécial -
Gard: Neck and neck with Raage! (fr, it, pt) [machine
translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)

The Raage 30 is born this winter. Gard variation of that in the U we call anti-capitalist 
front, anti-capitalist and self-managed network is the result of months of work. ---- Last 
fall, the AL Gard met three times in bilateral meetings the NPA 30 to prepare the ground. 
This was followed by early January 2015 a single meeting to be our Network. So that was 
invited a wide range of organizations, Togetherness, Moc, POI, LO, or CNT FA, only the 
latter two have responded present. ---- What predominates in this desire for unitary 
anti-capitalist approach of Gard is the first observation that these dark times of rise of 
the far right, join makes sense, and is a very concrete way of combat disease of the 
radical left: sectarianism. Basically, join forces, pool our expertise activists did not 
hesitate to highlight support actions, innovative alternatives, popular education and utopias.

The other idea behind the creation of Raage was to be in the political landscape gardois a 
pole of regroupment organizations and non-organized individuals who are, like us, claim 
and self-management of revolutionary ideals.

Field Action

If the first meetings of Raage were dominated by the necessary operational issues and 
flattening our ideological acquaintances (drafting of a charter), very quickly our 
business still turned to the field action:

- Organizing a rally on March 21 in Nimes for the World Day against Racism. No fewer than 
a hundred people were present, and other organizations have joined our initiative.

- The demonstration of May 1 in Nîmes was the opportunity to appear publicly with a 
procession of thirty people behind the banner of Raage and disseminating a leaflet against 
the law Macron.

On May 11, a meeting-discussions with activists of Raage was organized. Relative success 
but rich debate perspectives. Among them: the will in the medium and long-term 
establishment of a place of business, meeting and activist against-culture model of 
Italian social centers - which could coexist different realities: school support, bar and 
restaurant self-managed, library, legal support, meeting, concerts, dance, theater, etc.

Latest shares on Raage are linked to a fight that in a department like ours comes into its 
own: antifascism. Again, the engine has been Raage two initiatives:

- June 27 in Nîmes: tribute event to Clement Meric, with relay, during the procession and 
activists Raage, the campaign to support our comrade Alexandr Koltchenko.

On June 29 in Vergèze: symbolic action to prevent FN elected representatives access to the 
board room of a college. An action initiated by the Raage and prepared in advance by 
mailing fliers to parents and a meeting with the inhabitants of the city.

Already, various proposals are emerging for the autumn. Tracks debates, but also the idea 
of a regular newsletter on issues of social and political events. A real project being 
built this network, which asks only to consolidate and strengthen.

Jeremiah Berthuin (G 30)

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