WORLD WORLDWIDE EUROPE FRANCE News Journal Update - (en) France, UCL AL #340 - Head procession and unions, in Lyon, things are moving on both sides (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 In the Rhône, the movement has allowed positive changes between red or

pink chasubles and black Kway. The eternal debate between radicalization
and massification has found a singular expression there. ---- Since
2016, the head procession has been a recurring element in mass
mobilizations. The involvement of UCL Lyon activists in the security
service of the various unions (Solidaires, CGT and CNT) allowed us to
observe the relationship between the leading party and the union SO.
Contrary to some fantasies, the leading procession is not only made up
of autonomous people. We can see young people, sometimes unionized
employees, families, retirees, a brass band... In short, it is a
heterogeneous body, both in its composition and in its motivations:
everyone does not don't go there for the mayhem. Some participants see
it as a "normal" procession, others come for its energy, still others
not to parade under a union banner in which they do not recognize
themselves. From the start of the movement in Lyon, the inter-union set
up a line of SOs in front of the leading banner, in order to give it
visibility and ensure the progress of the demonstration. But it often
went against the autonomous strategy. It took the coordinators of the
head SO a lot of pedagogy to move from invective to dialogue between the
two entities. The involvement of libertarian communists and the
feminization of the SO, by reducing virilism, are not for nothing. The
tensions between the two processions are due to the divergence of
objectives. The autonomous wanted to occupy the street as long as
possible and break as many capitalist symbols as possible. The
counterpart of this strategy is violence and consequent risk-taking, in
contradiction with the massification of the movement. The
intersyndicale, for its part, aimed to hold the most massive
demonstrations possible, with a powerful and lasting strike, and to lead
them along the route negotiated (in fact, imposed) by the prefecture.
The counterpart of this strategy is a certain weariness of the weekly
demonstration. As the movement progressed, relations subsided, shifting
to a distant respect. Repression has a lot to do with it. When the
police unleashed their violence on the leading procession, the
inter-union SO line positioned itself at the forefront, so as to allow
the protection of all. This attitude was very much appreciated by the
leading procession, so much so that, during moments of really harsh
repression, the two processions became one. In Lyon, during this
movement, we faced side by side the contempt of the state and its police
violence. The union demonstrators understood the desire of the leading
motorcade to express their anger. Strategic differences remain, but
bridges have been built between trade unionists and the procession of
leaders. For us, libertarian trade unionists, it is a precious heritage
that we will have to remobilize in the future to win the next battles.
Myriam (UCL Lyon)

https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?a-Lyon-ca-bouge-de-part-et-d-autre
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