The mobilization to save the Ile-de-France region from the concrete of the
Olympic Games (Olympics) and Greater Paris is not over and takes many forms.Vingt, born and living in 93, is an activist in environmental struggles inÎle-de-France. He came back with us to the struggle for the gardens to bedefended (Jad) in Aubervilliers, evicted a few weeks ago. ---- Libertarianalternative : Can you retrace the history of gardens ? ---- Vingt: The allotmentgardens, soon to be a hundred years old, are the consequence of theindustrialization of 93: factories were moved from Paris there for reasons ofsmoke and odors, and the gardens were created next to these factories. They werededicated to market gardening, and over time gardeners and gardeners began togrow flowers and set up huts.A year ago, the association that manages the place was informed of a swimmingpool project. The gardens should not be touched then we learned of the existence,in addition, of a solarium project which would destroy part of the plots.Gardeners and gardeners have decided to come together as a collective, and havecome closer to other endangered places in Île-de-France: the area of the winds atLa Courneuve, in the process of being destroyed, and when the spaces meet.ecological communities, to defend agricultural land, food autonomy and socialecology held in Gonesse.A demonstration was organized on April 17, and the decision to occupy was takenthe same evening. At first, it was just people in the garden huts, then weorganized events on the site. Our first banner read: "open gardens", to addressthe outside world, especially to the city of mole crickets opposite and to thepeople of Aubervilliers and Pantin. On April 22, the Jad was formalized ; thenext day a call to come and occupy was launched.The gardens are made up of private plots, how did some become the JAD ?Vingt: Grand Paris Aménagement had bought the plots targeted by the project andasked the association managing the gardens (not opposed to the project) to"recover" them . Some had then stayed to continue cultivating, a way of resisting; others had given up. For the fight, all the plots in the area werecollectivized: some huts were offered, others were recovered since they were nolonger to anyone.Can you describe the collective a bit ?Twenty: The base consisted of planters and gardeners, as well as residents of thecity. Very few people from the neighborhood were there at the beginning becausethe management is quite corporatist, the plots being managed and redistributed ina rather vague way by the responsible association. Often people around did notknow of the existence of the gardens. We found ourselves with gardeners andgardeners, and activists from the Zad de Gonesse expelled a few months earlier,friendly organizations, some Aubervilliers associations ...It was heterogeneous, from autonomous to "institutional". Together we succeededin building an anti-authoritarian, queer space, with a non-mixed space ... Therewas a spirit of saying "we trust each other, we put our egos and our labelsaside.Each and every one could do or be what he or she wanted: there were athousand and one tendencies in Jad. And it worked! There were circled A's, "nikla bac", and next to the people who made their vegetable garden, neighbors whobrought meals, crafts, a drawbridge ... it was a space for pretty crazyexperimentation.How was the JAD organized ?Twenty: We followed a form of horizontality, not simple, but that we made sure tokeep: there were no leaders, decisions were taken collectively, with a verystructured operation but which worked well thanks to a lot of listening andcommunication. Our victory is that people knew about the existence of thegardens. We reached out to a lot of young people and children, classes fromAubervilliers and 93 who came to do gardening workshops, seed distributions,picnics ...We took part in demonstrations and did entertainment programs every week. Someand some told us that we had an image of MJC, it generated tension: it was noteasy to strike a balance between bringing in people and maintaining a political,militant space, but we did quite well. . People have become politicized in thisplace, have discovered different ways of doing things through little tricks,details, and taking care of each other.What was the legal organization ?Vingt: Very quickly, the collective took on an activist lawyer. We did not knowthe procedure and we needed practical information: what was the risk ofoccupying, was it a plus to be domiciled on the spot, how to contest the buildingpermit ? From the moment the place was deportable, there was a risk of policecustody. We had an organization as for the demonstrations, with a lawyer number,a protocol in the event of expulsion and a legal basis.We attacked the building permit, and the courts proved us right: it allowed workto be interrupted for several months. Today, the earth is bare, but it is not yetconcrete: we can still replant, even if we will not immediately have cherry treesof thirty years. The grass is already growing back, seed bombs have been thrownon the ground ...What happened after the eviction ?Twenty: In the evening, a rally took place in front of the town hall, then a wilddemonstration. We entered the gardens where we created Jad2. But when the workstopped, we dropped this second occupation. We needed to breathe and the policerepression was quite violent: people went into custody, two were beaten up at thepolice station, and the police threatened the jadists and the "fags" thattheywould "celebrate them. . » A drone, police officers dressed as workerswatching us from the construction site next door, security guards to prevent usfrom entering the gardens ...You are not opposed to a link with politics ?Twenty: The elected officials of 93 have almost all voted for the work: theformer communist mayor of the city was in favor of the swimming pool, it was hewho brought up the subject of the solarium. We are faced with a logic ofefficiency: a public swimming pool is not profitable, so the Olympic swimmingpool has been entrusted to a private actor who, to make it profitable, needs asolarium, jacuzzi, hammam ... In the end, an "all inclusive" day at the pool willcost around 60 euros.It will not be accessible to the people of the city. Nearby, an eco-district isunder construction, and the line 15 project talks about joining Aubervilliers toLa Défense in 15 minutes... It will not benefit the inhabitants, it is clearly alogic of gentrification. The public authorities have chosen to sell part of the93, to the detriment of its population. It is not this society that I want, andit is not because we are a poor territory, with a lot of young people and a hugeunemployment rate, that we have to be sold off as they do.Interview by Clems (UCL Paris North-East)https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Vingt-activiste-ecolo-du-93-La-terre-est-a-nu-mais-pas-encore-betonnee-9361_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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