Weakened by decades of Stalinist control, by structural deadlocks around company
micro-unions, by a difficulty in recruiting and training a new generation ofmilitants, the CGT is preparing for its 53rd congress at the end of March. Neverhas a congress been so poorly prepared at the base, even though the stakes havenever been so high. ---- Since the Force Ouvrière split in 1947, majordisagreements in the CGT were resolved in the equivalent bodies of the FrenchCommunist Party (PCF). The collapse of this hegemony is a liberation, butrequires relearning how to bring union democracy to life and freeing it from theweight of clashes between bureaucratic factions from the PCF movement. Because ifthe stakes are considerable, they are unfortunately not played between"reformists" and "revolutionaries", but between different possible evolutions:return to the past or continuation of recent openings.The candidacy for the post of Secretary General carried by the outgoingmanagement, that of Marie Buisson, symbolizes the pursuit of positivedevelopments, sometimes hesitant, sometimes contradictory, on democracy andinternal pluralism, on major political questions around the ecology and feminism.She came out of the last "crisis" National Confederal Committee in early Februaryrather comforted, with a night session until five in the morning! The criteria onthe composition of the Confederal Executive Commission (CEC), on the equalpresentation of candidates for the CEC by the union structures, which weredisputed, have been reaffirmed. The various shades of nostalgia proved incapableof presenting a credible candidacy leaving all the room to Olivier Mateu (generalsecretary of the Departmental Union of Bouches-du-Rhône) whose outrageouspostures and general public factionalism push back towards Marie Buisson a partof the hesitant executives.CGT flag in a demonstration, during the general strike of January 29, 2009.Paris, place de l'Opéra.Who is the boss?If the sectors nostalgic for the great Stalinist era will probably not manage toseize the post of general secretary, they will try to build a CEC which couldparalyze not only the general secretary and the positive developments, but at thesame impetus the whole CGT. The term of office of Philippe Martinez will havehighlighted the relative powerlessness of a secretary general in the face of theunion baronies which divert the concept of federalism to their profits.Continue openingsOn the subject of the integration of ecological and feminist issues (see theFebruary article deciphering the orientation document of this congress[1]),decisive choices will be made: stop or for the ecological alliance and social(like "Never Again")? Stop or for the watch cell against sexist and sexualviolence within the CGT?While the orientation document of this congress does not have a word on Ukraine(which illustrates the limits of openness...), the most determined of thenostalgic people are preparing an offensive of amendments favorable to Cheesefries. In Clermont-Ferrand as in Ukraine, it will be vital to defeat them!Jean-Yves (UCL Limousin)To validate[1]"Congress of the CGT - Reflections on the orientation document", AlternativeLibertaire n°335, February 2023.https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Affaiblie-par-des-decennies-de-controle_________________________________________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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