#WORLD #WORLDWIDE #FRANCE #ANARCHISM #News #Journal #Update - (en) France, UCL communiqué - Assatu francese statu: for a political solution in Corsica (ca, de, it, fr, pt)[machine translation]

 On the evening of March 21 we learned of the death of Yvan Colonna. This death

follows a violent assault in prison. Condolences and support to his entire
family; Condolences and support to his entire family. ---- Since March 2,
autonomous or pro-independence demonstrations and mobilizations have taken place
in Corsica, supported in the Basque Country or Brittany. On Sunday, March 13, a
demonstration was held in Bastia, a week after Corti's. Again, more than 10,000
Corsicans were on the streets. This massive and popular mobilization is widely
supported, even during the most offensive moments.
The violence of the protesters was made inevitable by the strategy of the tension
of the French state. All the mobilizations, including those of the high school
students, were systematically suppressed by the police. The French imperialist
state chose violent retaliation, a choice that has already caused many injuries,
especially among young people. We support the injured.

This choice of repression is detrimental to all. Progress has been made. Alain
Ferrandi and Pierre Alessandri's Detained Particularly Surveillance (DPS) status
was lifted on March 10. These advances were achieved by the legitimate response
of the Corsican independence activists. Finally, the Home Secretary came to the
island from March 16-18. Again, the French state shows that the only language it
understands is that of the balance of power. Thus, although the FLNC laid down
its arms in 2014 and the pro-independence coalition won a majority in the
Corsican Assembly in 2015, it was only as a result of the clashes that the state
finally chose to open negotiations. The latter must have been historic. Most
pro-independence and pro-autonomy political parties have chosen not to ratify the
final text, which is deemed insufficient. They decided to continue the mobilization.

The state sets the return to calm as a precondition for any negotiation. Yet on
the evening of Yvan Colonna's death, mobile gendarme units and the GIGN were
deployed on the island. The message is clear. Last provocation to date, that of
CRS singing La Marseillaise during a barbecue, on the very day of Yvan Colonna's
funeral and while the whole island was in mourning!

The French state is ready to continue the use of repression and the strategy of
tension. The political responses are obviously inadequate. The popular base of
the mobilization rejected the negotiation process. The state will have to take on
the escalation of violence, especially in the event of a return to armed struggle.

We recall our support for Yvan Colonna's family in their ordeal. We support their
demand for justice and truth.
We support the demand for a rapprochement on the island of political prisoners.
The question of an amnesty must be asked as soon as possible to allow for a real
and peaceful debate.
We recall our support for the self-determination of the peoples, in Corsica as
everywhere.

The Libertarian Communist Union, March 28, 2022.

https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Statu-francese-assassinu-pour-une-solution-politique-en-Corse
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