Meeting in Federal Coordination in Paris on November 1 and 2, 2025, the
Libertarian Communist Union unanimously adopted this current affairs
motion, reflecting on the national and international events of recent
months. In recent months in France, the start of the new social season
has given rise to hopes. Some assemblies have been inspiring, with
people becoming politically engaged and mobilizing for the first time,
while also fostering dialogue between political groups that don't
usually manage to coexist. But many, including some union members, have
been reluctant to undertake genuine work on the self-management of the
strike. Many have preferred to hide behind the pretext of "betrayals by
union leadership." Many have been content with remaining within their
own ranks-even if this sometimes stemmed from a desire to protect
themselves from the far right's appropriation of the movement. Finding
no space to get involved, most of the curious individuals who had
gravitated toward the movement disengaged, just as the farcical
government resignations dealt it a final blow.
This episode did, however, succeed in bringing the theme of social
justice to the forefront, a theme that remains present today through
discussions surrounding the minimal Zucman tax and the continued demands
concerning pensions. Nevertheless, these demands will find no resolution
without a genuine balance of power, through strikes and mass
self-organization, nor without a real alternative societal project.
While the momentum has waned, recent months have seen a strengthening of
fundamental critiques of the institutions of the bourgeois state. A
resurgence is possible in the face of parliamentary gridlock and
brutally anti-social budget proposals.
Internationally, since the fall of the city of El Fasher, besieged for a
year and a half by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the situation in
Sudan has reached a new level of horror in terms of ethnic cleansing and
the risk of the country's partition. For a year and a half, any
resolution to the crisis between the two sides has been blocked by the
massive involvement of foreign forces, notably Emirati forces on the RSF
side and Egyptian forces on the side of the official government. The
diplomatic situation is completely deadlocked. The French state is only
interested in it through the lens of the "migration crisis" it
supposedly provokes.
In the context of the ongoing Palestinian genocide, the major powers
continue to demonstrate their cynicism. While the bombings continue
under a so-called "ceasefire," Trump is now proposing a "peace" plan
that orchestrates the deprivation of any sovereignty or resistance by
the Palestinian people[1].
In both these situations, France, the world's second-largest arms
exporter, is implicated in supplying weapons to the perpetrators of
genocide and continues its inaction in stopping the massacres. Across
the globe, and within a general context of the militarization of
inter-imperialist relations, the arms trade is intensifying, as in
Southeast Asia, where France counts its two main clients-India and
Indonesia-while the United States is rearming Japan and South Korea,
itself a significant military-industrial power.
France is not content with these arms sales alone, but maintains its
colonial power in various forms. In Kanaky, the state intends to bury
the decolonization process with the proposed Bougival Agreement,
rejected by Kanak political forces, which would erase it from the
Constitution. In Madagascar, too, where France occupies the Scattered
Islands, allowing it to exploit their resources and maintain maritime
control, it continues a neo-colonial policy. This was recently
demonstrated by the removal of President Rajoelina, who fell thanks to a
popular uprising, particularly among the youth, at a time when the risk
of a military takeover was palpable. This uprising echoes other examples
of popular revolts that have erupted in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Serbia,
Indonesia, Nepal, and now Morocco and Peru. These movements are and have
been diverse, both in their structure and their outcomes.
We are not powerless in the face of these situations; on the contrary,
they should spur us to strengthen our anti-imperialist and
anti-militarist commitments. In June, the Libertarian Communist Union
adopted motions at its Congress moving in this direction, notably
supporting initiatives such as Stop Arming Israel and the War on War
unity framework. It is through these collective actions that we will be
able to exert influence against the imperialism of our own country, and
build real international solidarity, an essential condition for a global
overthrow of capitalism.
Federal Coordination of the Libertarian Communist Union, November 2, 2025.
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Libertarian Communist Union unanimously adopted this current affairs
motion, reflecting on the national and international events of recent
months. In recent months in France, the start of the new social season
has given rise to hopes. Some assemblies have been inspiring, with
people becoming politically engaged and mobilizing for the first time,
while also fostering dialogue between political groups that don't
usually manage to coexist. But many, including some union members, have
been reluctant to undertake genuine work on the self-management of the
strike. Many have preferred to hide behind the pretext of "betrayals by
union leadership." Many have been content with remaining within their
own ranks-even if this sometimes stemmed from a desire to protect
themselves from the far right's appropriation of the movement. Finding
no space to get involved, most of the curious individuals who had
gravitated toward the movement disengaged, just as the farcical
government resignations dealt it a final blow.
This episode did, however, succeed in bringing the theme of social
justice to the forefront, a theme that remains present today through
discussions surrounding the minimal Zucman tax and the continued demands
concerning pensions. Nevertheless, these demands will find no resolution
without a genuine balance of power, through strikes and mass
self-organization, nor without a real alternative societal project.
While the momentum has waned, recent months have seen a strengthening of
fundamental critiques of the institutions of the bourgeois state. A
resurgence is possible in the face of parliamentary gridlock and
brutally anti-social budget proposals.
Internationally, since the fall of the city of El Fasher, besieged for a
year and a half by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the situation in
Sudan has reached a new level of horror in terms of ethnic cleansing and
the risk of the country's partition. For a year and a half, any
resolution to the crisis between the two sides has been blocked by the
massive involvement of foreign forces, notably Emirati forces on the RSF
side and Egyptian forces on the side of the official government. The
diplomatic situation is completely deadlocked. The French state is only
interested in it through the lens of the "migration crisis" it
supposedly provokes.
In the context of the ongoing Palestinian genocide, the major powers
continue to demonstrate their cynicism. While the bombings continue
under a so-called "ceasefire," Trump is now proposing a "peace" plan
that orchestrates the deprivation of any sovereignty or resistance by
the Palestinian people[1].
In both these situations, France, the world's second-largest arms
exporter, is implicated in supplying weapons to the perpetrators of
genocide and continues its inaction in stopping the massacres. Across
the globe, and within a general context of the militarization of
inter-imperialist relations, the arms trade is intensifying, as in
Southeast Asia, where France counts its two main clients-India and
Indonesia-while the United States is rearming Japan and South Korea,
itself a significant military-industrial power.
France is not content with these arms sales alone, but maintains its
colonial power in various forms. In Kanaky, the state intends to bury
the decolonization process with the proposed Bougival Agreement,
rejected by Kanak political forces, which would erase it from the
Constitution. In Madagascar, too, where France occupies the Scattered
Islands, allowing it to exploit their resources and maintain maritime
control, it continues a neo-colonial policy. This was recently
demonstrated by the removal of President Rajoelina, who fell thanks to a
popular uprising, particularly among the youth, at a time when the risk
of a military takeover was palpable. This uprising echoes other examples
of popular revolts that have erupted in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Serbia,
Indonesia, Nepal, and now Morocco and Peru. These movements are and have
been diverse, both in their structure and their outcomes.
We are not powerless in the face of these situations; on the contrary,
they should spur us to strengthen our anti-imperialist and
anti-militarist commitments. In June, the Libertarian Communist Union
adopted motions at its Congress moving in this direction, notably
supporting initiatives such as Stop Arming Israel and the War on War
unity framework. It is through these collective actions that we will be
able to exert influence against the imperialism of our own country, and
build real international solidarity, an essential condition for a global
overthrow of capitalism.
Federal Coordination of the Libertarian Communist Union, November 2, 2025.
Submit
[1]https://unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Pas-un-plan-de-paix-mais-un-plan-de-mort
https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Structurer-nos-luttes-renforcer-notre-internationalisme
_________________________________________
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