WORLD WORLDWIDE FRANCE News Journal Update - (en) France, UCL AL #339 - Antifascism, Saint-Brévin: Fascists put pressure (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 The resignation of the mayor of Saint-Brévin-les-Pins after an arson attack at

his home is depoliticized by the government, which speaks of a general problem of
violence against elected officials. On April 29, anti-fascists and residents in
solidarity again faced far-right mobilization. ---- The mayor of
Saint-Brévin-les-Pins Yannick Morez (various right) ended up resigning and
leaving the town where he had lived for 32 years. Victim of an arson attack at
his home in March, he denounced the "lack of support" from the state. ---- The
government for its part denounced by the voice of Elisabeth Borne "the extremism
on both sides" and tried to reduce the question to a general problem of
aggressiveness towards elected officials. However, it was from the far right that
the threats to the city councilor came.

The extreme right in freewheel
In question, the transfer of a reception center for asylum seekers (CADA),
hitherto located in the city center, to a more residential area, next to a
school. Few residents of the town have mobilized against this move, the city
having been able to welcome some four hundred exiles with dignity since the
creation of the reception center in 2016. But the fascists have made Saint
-Brévin their new battlefield, after their victory at Callac in Brittany, where
they managed to cancel a project to welcome exiles after numerous threats against
elected officials. Since then, a far-right demonstration had taken place in the
town, bringing together members of the RN, Reconquest or other fascist groups,
and the mayor had received threats, with no reaction from the state. The city
councilor had nevertheless asked to ban the rally on April 29.

Friction in the modes of action
That day, about fifty people gathered in front of the town hall to protest
against the proposed move of the CADA, at the initiative of Action française,
Riposte laïque and the Rassemblement vendéen. The RN officially withdrew from
mobilization, while Reconquest also distanced itself. The cops were present in
large numbers to protect the gathering from the counter-demonstration. Because
opposite, we do not let it go. Residents have been mobilized for years in the
collective Brévinois es attentives et solidaires (CBAS), a group of local
residents who organize solidarity with exiles but who fear confrontation and do
not call for counter-demonstrations.

This is why the "Comité antifasciste du pays de Retz" was created in a more
offensive approach, which is not without creating friction, the committee
reproaching the CBAS for its positions deemed too little political. At his call,
on April 29, many political and trade union organizations (CGT, Solidaires, FSU,
LFI, PCF, CNT, UCL, Attac, etc.) and many independents gathered to not leave the
streets to fascists. If the counter-demonstration did not manage to approach the
town hall, clashes took place in the streets of Saint-Brévin with a group of 150
white supremacists, who came to fight. Beyond the physical confrontation in the
street, Saint-Brévin requires a popular anti-fascist front to deal with fachos
whose assumed strategy is now to intimidate elected officials who would support
projects to welcome exiles. in small towns.

Agrippina (UCL Nantes)

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Saint-Brévin: Les fachos mettent la pression
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