Anarchic update news all over the world - 24 May 2017

Today's Topics:

   
1.  France, Alternative Libertaire AL - fascism, Four years
      after the death of Clément Meric, against all racism and extreme
      right (fr, it, pt) [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
2.  France, Alternative Libertaire AL #272 - Education: A
      college against class contempt (fr, it, pt) [machine translation]
      (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
3.  Netherlands, Pinksterlanddagen; an anarchist festival 3rd -
      4th of june 2017. (nl,pt) [machine translation] 
      (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
4.  Poland, Working Initiative: The position of the CMO IP Teams
      Nursery in Poznan in connection with the amendment of the Act on
      child care up to 3 years. [machine translation] 
     (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)


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Message: 1



Event of solidarity then manifestation Vérité-Justice for Clément on June 3 in Paris. ---- 
Four years ago, on June 5, 2013, our comrade, Clément Méric, a trade unionist and 
anti-fascist, was murdered at the age of 18 by extreme right-wing activists. ---- At a 
time when the National Front is once again recording important scores in elections, at a 
time when racist and xenophobic discourse is spreading and the trial of its aggressors is 
approaching, it is our duty to demonstrate, Again, our anger. ---- We will demonstrate to 
pay tribute to our comrade, and to affirm the actuality of his fights. But this fight 
against the extreme right is not reduced to this manifestation, it takes shape daily in 
the struggles that we lead. ---- By carrying out a project of social transformation, by 
fighting for a critical and open education for all, for emancipatory work, we are pushing 
back the extreme right.

By fighting against redundancies, company closures, and the rights of employees, we are 
pushing back the extreme right.

By developing international solidarity with peoples struggling for self-determination and 
against colonialism, we are pushing back the extreme right.

By combating sexism, racism, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, homophobia, transphobia, all 
forms of discrimination and the system of oppression, we are pushing back the extreme right.

By organizing ourselves to make our most powerful weapon live, solidarity, we are pushing 
back the extreme right.
We therefore call on all those who share the values of progress and social justice to join 
us during the day of mobilization and homage to Clément and his struggles.

Saturday 3 June

 From 1 pm to 5 pm: Place de la République: workshops, debates, antifascist book village
At 5 pm: departure in protest
The FB Event

First signatories: Committee for Clément, Action Antifasciste Paris-Banlieue (AFA), Union 
of Solidarity, Student Solidarity, Solidarity RATP Group, Alternative Libertaire (AL), 
Association of Maghreb Workers of France (ATMF), National Confederation of Labor - Paris 
Region (CNT-RP), Collectif Quartier libre, Sorbonne Antifasciste (SIAMO), The Horde, 
Vigilance and Anti-Fascist Union Initiatives (VISA), New Communist Party (NPA), OCML-VP 
Left Party (PG), Union of French Students (UEKF), Union Nationale des Etudiants de France 
(UNEF) ...

http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Quatre-ans-apre%CC%80s-la-mort-de-Cle%CC%81ment-Me%CC%81ric-contre-tous-les-racismes-et-l

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Message: 2



Faced with class contempt, political violence and the racist remarks of "decision-  makers 
  " and their spokespersons, the struggle was organized in the Mirail district against the 
closure of the Badiou and Bellefontaine colleges: the struggle was launched mainly By the 
women of this district. If this project succeeds, the 16,000 residents and inhabitants of 
Reynerie and Bellefontaine will live without college for several years ; They will have to 
send their children to remote settlements, without the conditions of reception being 
guaranteed. Behind this project lies a violent stigmatization of the working-class 
neighborhoods, a contempt for the citizens who live there, a neo-colonial assimilative 
will. Interview with Fanny,

Alternative libertarian: Who is at the initiative of this project and what are its 
objectives ?

Fanny: This project has a national and local dimension. At national level, it is part of a 
broad plan of social mix and within the framework of the mobilization of the school for 
the values of the Republic. In France, 84 institutions will undergo experiments under the 
label of social mix, but constituting an attack on priority education.

At the local level, the implementation of this plan has been delegated to the departmental 
councils. In Toulouse, experimentation, considered as the most ambitious, consists of 
closing down two colleges in the poorest district of the city, Badiou à la Reynerie and 
that of Bellefontaine, gradually emptying them of their pupils: in 2017, 6 th and 5 th the 
following year and, in 2019, complete closure of Badiou college. At the Bellefontaine 
College, the closure would begin in 2018.

The departmental council justifies this closure under the pretext of the failure of 
priority education and social mix, arguing that this  neighborhood is a " time bomb  " and 
that there is a duty to "  civilization of the Republic  ". These colleges, the county 
council have let them die without renovation works for years ...

The project envisages the possible construction of a new college within the next four to 
five years, but this is not at all guaranteed: the land is not bought and the budget is 
not guaranteed. In addition, if this institution is born, it would not be in priority 
education since the aim is to make social mix, a criterion taken into account in the 
allocation of the designation "  priority education  ". Meanwhile, pupils will be sent, 
according to their addresses, to more privileged institutions in the inner city or in the 
more remote suburbs, leading some pupils to make a 55-minute journey to their substitute 
school.

This project constitutes an attack, concerted and well in the air of the national time 
against priority education as a whole. All the schools that serve us will lose their 
priority education status within two years. It is also part of a more global attack on 
popular neighborhoods. In the Reynerie district, if you take the school and the college, 
there's nothing left. They will soon blow up the CAF.

What form has the mobilization taken ?

The mobilization was based on a parents / teachers / inhabitants' assembly which had 
already existed for many years and which is gaining momentum at every mobilization. It is 
made up mainly of inhabitants and parents of pupils. We are three to four teachers to go 
there each time. This assembly is very interesting because it proposes a framework of 
struggle really self-managed by the users and the workers of the public service. It was 
through this assembly that large demonstrations were organized in the neighborhood (during 
the strikes of 31 January and 2 March) which had not taken place since the bombing of 
Gaza. On 30 March 2017, a peaceful occupation of the college was also organized on the day 
when anyone could attend classes.

We have already done five days of strikes but overall we want no less school but more 
school: it is a little slogan of the assembly. We do not want to deprive students of a 
school we are defending.

What was the involvement of teachers in the project ?

At that level, it was more complicated. In Badiou, when we had the announcement at the 
beginning, many of them and they did not believe in it. For years the college has to be 
destroyed and nothing happens. In addition, behind this project, there are many good 
feelings like the social mix. Then the situation evolved as the project became more 
specific and the representatives of the county council showed incredible arrogance and 
contempt for us. They tried to tell us that our college was rotten, that we could not 
teach, and that there was violence all the time.

Finally, with the opposition of a majority of parents and the contempt of decision-makers, 
the majority of the college's faculty today is opposed to the closure of the college.

On the other hand, at the college in Bellefontaine, activists have more difficulty in 
mobilizing because they do not have as good a relationship as we do with parents. In 
addition, the parents' association is held by a person completely at the boot of the PS 
who spends a lot of time splitting teachers and parents. It is a shame because in 
Bellefontaine I am sure that there are parents who are opposed to the project but the 
institutional framework represented is fraught with the stakes of power.

And what was the reaction of the unions ?

The CFDT, Unsa and FSU are for the project but only the majority union, the FSU, is 
campaigning for its implementation. This is an obstacle that is encountered when touring 
all the primary schools concerned or in the host institutions in the different colleges. 
On the other hand, at the level of the unions opposed to the project, there is SUD 
Education but also FO and the CGT. It is an interesting intersyndical framework which in 
fact was that of the fight against the labor law.

What is the current state of mobilization and what are the prospects for the struggle ?

During the April holidays, there will be door-to-door sessions as we have been doing for a 
few months, teachers, teachers and parents, to sign a petition and to inform the parents 
of pupils of CM2 about the project which Was set up without any consultation with the main 
concerned parents of pupils. A lawsuit has also been filed to request a cancellation of 
the procedure, hoping at least to gain time to block the abolition of sixths next year. 
Eventually, it is also thought to file a legal claim on the merits of the case by 
attacking the county council and the rectorate for discrimination. Residents and residents 
of the neighborhood and parents are currently working on this issue with a lawyer.

Interview by Caesar (Al Toulouse)

http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Education-Un-college-contre-le-mepris-de-classe

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Message: 3



The Pinksterlanddagen (PL) offers a stage to passionate people with an anarchist story on 
the 3rd until the 4th of june 2017. The preparation group invites everybody to come and 
give a workshop, do a lecture or to perform as long as this fits the motives of the 
gathering. All contributions together will create a lively program that will encourage 
people to think and to act. ---- The Pinksterlanddagen is a political festival in which a 
big part of the anarchist/activist movement of the Netherlands is represented. The PL also 
tries to reach out over the borders and to invite international guests. Topics that are 
often discussed are feminism, migration, labour struggle, anti militarism, environmental 
movement, animal rights and the history of anarchism. See here for the program.

Beside the about 30 workshops/lectures/discussions there's a full time program for kids, 
book market, and cultural program (music, fire shows, movies, etc). The program is 
up-to-date and therefore different every year. This year we are looking into the so called 
‘participation society'. This is what politicians call the life after the cuts. They cut 
down on many social benefits and are trying to sell that as if we are on the brink of a 
new society, one in which we can shape our own future. In reality it means that people 
with money can afford for example care for the elderly, whereas people without money will 
have to turn to their family, euh we mean participants. As anarchists we like 
participation, but not in the way the government sees it. During this PL we'd like to talk 
about this a bit more.

The way the PL practically works fits to her ideology; everbody shares a responsibility in 
running the festival. Some arrange the general planning, others give a workshop, some 
people cook, build everything up or keep the place clean. The PL is organized on an 
alcohol free anarchist camping. We respect their ways and benefit from it since we find it 
keeps the general atmosphere better.

We are working towards a different kind of world, a society without authority in which 
everybody has a voice. We are looking for people who share this view and would like to 
participate to that world. Come to the PL and talk to the 500 visitors of the festival. 
Step on the stage of the Pinksterlanddagen. You can arrive at the camp from friday the 2nd 
of june and the camp closes its doors on monday the 5th - on this last day help is welcome 
with breaking up the campsite and cleaning the camping.

People who want to participate can email us: pinksterlanddagen@hotmail.com

http://www.pinksterlanddagen.org/english

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Message: 4



At the end of April, the Ministry of family, work and social policy directed a draft 
amendment to some laws related to family support systems, including the law on child care 
for up to 3 years for public consultation. Below we publish comments on the draft of the 
government. ---- 1. The proposed amendment arises from our website particular objection to 
the changes in the provisions concerning the number of children per one guardian. 10 
children per sitter - which proposes amendments to the Act - poses a threat to life and 
health of children, as well as a reduced sense of security, and what goes with it, 
prevents the child properly, harmonious development.  ---- Today 8 children per one 
guardian raises many problems. We are talking about children from the age of 1 3 .. r.z 
are children self-reliant, do not know how to eat, dress, undress, not to mention dealing 
with physiological needs. 75% of children using diapers. Imagine what such. Output for a 
walk? One sitter before clothe 10 children passed half an hour, the first five children 
will already be sweaty and sick the next day and have not come to the nursery. The same is 
true of the season slumber. You have to spread the deck chairs, spread sheets, children 
undress and dress them up in their pajamas. And how do you wake up you have to remove the 
pajamas to children (2 years of any child not drag yourself blouse over her head), put 
things rolled sheets, hide, sun beds put together. Even if such a child. 2.5 years can 
wear socks, pants and shoes, it makes no bedding, no chairs and reassembled not change a 
diaper.

In kindergarten children they do not use diapers, go to the toilet alone, alone wash their 
hands and faces, eat meals alone, no children combing does not improve the shirts, not 
pulls up his trousers. In the nursery the child in all activities must be accompanied by 
guardian.

Another issue is the need to devote attention to each child individually, as the proposed 
increase in the number of children the sitter will be difficult. Every little child 
requires special care. Some children are hyperactive, physically hyperactive, others 
withdrawn, timid, they do not understand and execute commands. Children have different 
kinds of allergies, diet food, they have a genetic disease, disability, sometimes children 
with hypoplasia, cleft lip and palate. Very often, this disorder tend to be not yet 
diagnosed. Often only keeper of parents report that something was bothering him in 
behavior or in the child's development. Often these problems are complex and difficult to 
detect. Only by paying attention to each child you can diagnose the problem. Do not feed 
the baby quickly with cleft lip and palate need to devote time and focus at this point on it.

We believe, therefore, on the contrary, the number of children assigned a guardian should 
be less, to improve care for them. This should be a maximum of 5 children in the babysitter.

2. Another issue is the number of children in the group. It should be noted that the group 
often in nurseries are full, go back up to 40 children. It is sometimes very loud, so that 
children are irritable, caregivers as well. Recruitment nursery lasts all year, every 
month a new baby is adopted, which need to spend more time. With such small children 
should be clearly defined maximum number of children in the group, and it should not 
exceed 25 children. The number of 40 children in the group is not allowed. The club wants 
the children to enter the number of 30 children at the kids club, to be more intimate 
institutions. A public nurseries to be storehouses?

3. In connection with what has been written in point. 1 and 2, it is clear that the change 
aims to increase the number of children per babysitter as well as in the group, and thus 
increase the burden on staff, not to mention the state of his health. Today many sitters 
suffering from spine. We are also exposed to infectious diseases and more likely to get 
sick, for example. The flu. Our contest is mentioned as one of the most vulnerable to a 
number of occupational diseases. The increase in the number of children of this state 
certainly does not improve. Sometimes it is argued that the real turnout is lower and 
children is 60%. The problem is that, with the decrease mainly due to the attendance of 
children diseases, also decreases turnout sitters that infect the children. The increase 
in the number of children of this state will not improve.

In addition, workers care and educational spheres are very low paid, far below the average 
wage in the national economy and other professional groups. Meanwhile our working 
conditions to deteriorate and the operating time increases, eg. As a result of legislative 
changes in 2011, it has been extended by 25 minutes for the change, and the legislature 
has not provided this account any financial compensation.

4. Another issue is the resignation of the functional separation of rooms. This raises our 
concerns. For years, he observed that the provisions of, and above all practice concerning 
the functioning of nurseries (especially private) on the distribution of rooms, their 
purpose, ergonomics etc. is unfavorable for workers to change. Today, many childminders in 
this respect has to put more power in childcare.

5. Finally, laws should end up with formal naming fiction. The nurseries are working 
mainly women, which is why we propose to change the naming of the child's guardian on the 
babysitter or nanny / caregiver for children, according to the actual situation. Indeed 
hard work taking care of the youngest children perform primarily women.

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