A nauseating wind is blowing from the government. It's a race to the
bottom to see who can hit hardest on immigration. At the time of
writing, Retailleau seems to be holding the line, with his large-scale
(and infamous) train station raids, his "Muslim Brotherhood" suspicions
about those who have assimilated, his love of OQTFs and their
enforcement, his umpteenth circular to make regularization even more
complicated... He is protected by a Prime Minister who has adopted the
far-right expression "migratory submersion." The "left," however,
remains relatively silent on the subject. But we cannot forget the
Socialist Party's role in the 1980s in branding immigrants as a burden
and a foreign body to society. All this against the backdrop of an
equally nauseating soup served up by the mainstream media.
In authoritarian periods, racism and xenophobia have always been favored
by those in power to deflect anger and as a means of division. In
France, this racism and xenophobia have always had colonial overtones: a
significant portion of immigration comes from our former colonies, whose
loss the French state has still not come to terms with. This
anti-immigrant policy serves more than just an ideological purpose of
division and scapegoating. Repressing immigration means putting some of
us in a position where we are forced to accept unacceptable wage and
working conditions (see the testimonies of undocumented immigrants in
this report), and thus undermines all of our social gains. Denying
immigrant retirees their pensions (you now have to reside in France for
more than six months a year to receive your pension) is an attack on a
social right at its very roots. Retirement is based on our
contributions; it's a right acquired through our struggles. Making it
conditional on nationality and residency is an attack on the very
essence of our social security system, a promise of future dismantling:
if we deny it to some contributors, why not deny it to others?
In fact, immigrants, the bourgeoisie (1), both right and far right,
prefer them undocumented, available to be forced into labor at will.
Retailleau knows well that announcing large-scale raids in train
stations in advance is ineffective in hunting down undocumented
immigrants. To boost numbers, it's better to arrest them as they leave
their homes or on commuter buses in the early morning, as they leave for
work. However, this helps maintain an atmosphere of fear and terror, and
the real goal is media coverage. Portraying immigrants and their
descendants as a danger also facilitates the criminalization of solidarity.
Of course, the report you are about to read doesn't fully address the
issue. It would have needed at least a special issue. It should have
discussed the CRAs, these prisons where people are locked up without
trial or judicial supervision for increasingly long periods of time, and
from which associations are increasingly excluded. It should have
discussed the families separated by this deportation policy. We should
have talked about the cemetery that the Mediterranean has become, the
English Channel, the desert crossing... In 2024, at least 8,938 people
died on migratory routes worldwide, according to the latest figures from
the International Organization for Migration (IOM). In reality, many
more, because not all deaths are recorded. We should have talked about
Europe outsourcing border surveillance by paying handsomely to Libyan
militias, Tunisia, Morocco... We should have talked about the murderous
role of Frontex, whose former director is a candidate for the National
Rally. We deliberately focused on immigration and therefore did not
address the subject of its children, very often French but still
discriminated against.
Supporting immigration struggles is supporting ourselves. Anti-racism is
often presented as a humanitarian action. Certainly, humanity is one of
the things that separates us from the deadly policies of capital. But
even when we have the ridiculous impression that we're only fighting for
the papers or housing of this or that person, this is somewhat similar
to union action, which isn't limited to strikes and days of action, but
also involves defending individual situations. This is certainly not
what excites us most about daily resistance at work, but it is a
necessity for action.
We have nothing to gain from the competition between the exploited that
the bourgeois parties and media fuel. Undocumented immigrants, shelters,
unaccompanied minors: immigration struggles in France - Introduction to
the immigration dossier
A nauseating wind is blowing from the government. It's a race to the
bottom to see who can hit hardest on immigration. At the time of
writing, Retailleau seems to be holding the line, with his large-scale
(and infamous) train station raids, his "Muslim Brotherhood" suspicions
about those who have assimilated, his love of OQTFs and their
enforcement, his umpteenth circular to make regularization even more
complicated... He is protected by a Prime Minister who has adopted the
far-right expression "migratory submersion." The "left," however,
remains relatively silent on the subject. But we cannot forget the
Socialist Party's role in the 1980s in branding immigrants as a burden
and a foreign body to society. All this against the backdrop of an
equally nauseating soup served up by the mainstream media.
In authoritarian periods, racism and xenophobia have always been favored
by those in power to deflect anger and as a means of division. In
France, this racism and xenophobia have always had colonial overtones: a
significant portion of immigration comes from our former colonies, whose
loss the French state has still not come to terms with. This
anti-immigrant policy serves more than just an ideological purpose of
division and scapegoating. Repressing immigration means putting some of
us in a position where we are forced to accept unacceptable wage and
working conditions (see the testimonies of undocumented immigrants in
this report), and thus undermines all of our social gains. Denying
immigrant retirees their pensions (you now have to reside in France for
more than six months a year to receive your pension) is an attack on a
social right at its very roots. Retirement is based on our
contributions; it's a right acquired through our struggles. Making it
conditional on nationality and residency is an attack on the very
essence of our social security system, a promise of future dismantling:
if we deny it to some contributors, why not deny it to others?
In fact, immigrants, the bourgeoisie (1), both right and far right,
prefer them undocumented, available to be forced into labor at will.
Retailleau knows well that announcing large-scale raids in train
stations in advance is ineffective in hunting down undocumented
immigrants. To boost numbers, it's better to arrest them as they leave
their homes or on commuter buses in the early morning, as they leave for
work. However, this helps maintain an atmosphere of fear and terror, and
the real goal is media coverage. Portraying immigrants and their
descendants as a danger also facilitates the criminalization of solidarity.
Of course, the report you are about to read doesn't fully address the
issue. It would have needed at least a special issue. It should have
discussed the CRAs, these prisons where people are locked up without
trial or judicial supervision for increasingly long periods of time, and
from which associations are increasingly excluded. It should have
discussed the families separated by this deportation policy. We should
have talked about the cemetery that the Mediterranean has become, the
English Channel, the desert crossing... In 2024, at least 8,938 people
died on migratory routes worldwide, according to the latest figures from
the International Organization for Migration (IOM). In reality, many
more, because not all deaths are recorded. We should have talked about
Europe outsourcing border surveillance by paying handsomely to Libyan
militias, Tunisia, Morocco... We should have talked about the murderous
role of Frontex, whose former director is a candidate for the National
Rally. We deliberately focused on immigration and therefore did not
address the subject of its children, very often French but still
discriminated against.
Supporting immigration struggles is supporting ourselves. Anti-racism is
often presented as a humanitarian action. Certainly, humanity is one of
the things that separates us from the deadly policies of capital. But
even when we have the ridiculous impression that we're only fighting for
the papers or housing of this or that person, this is somewhat similar
to union action, which isn't limited to strikes and days of action, but
also involves defending individual situations. This is certainly not
what excites us most about daily resistance at work, but it is a
necessity for action.
We have nothing to gain from the competition between the exploited that
the bourgeois parties and media fuel. Attacks on immigration and
widespread racism, not just popular but primarily institutional and
media-based, are at the heart of attacks on our social gains, on our
class. The anti-immigration laws facilitated by racist propaganda make
some of the exploited more precarious, excluding them from our rights
and social gains. In doing so, our rights and gains are being
undermined. The very notion of equality is being regressed. This is why,
in these difficult times, immigration remains a central issue.
CJ Ile de France
Note
(1) Finally, its dominant faction. A certain number of small business
owners lacking skilled labor are in favor of regularization.
http://oclibertaire.lautre.net/spip.php?article4483
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bottom to see who can hit hardest on immigration. At the time of
writing, Retailleau seems to be holding the line, with his large-scale
(and infamous) train station raids, his "Muslim Brotherhood" suspicions
about those who have assimilated, his love of OQTFs and their
enforcement, his umpteenth circular to make regularization even more
complicated... He is protected by a Prime Minister who has adopted the
far-right expression "migratory submersion." The "left," however,
remains relatively silent on the subject. But we cannot forget the
Socialist Party's role in the 1980s in branding immigrants as a burden
and a foreign body to society. All this against the backdrop of an
equally nauseating soup served up by the mainstream media.
In authoritarian periods, racism and xenophobia have always been favored
by those in power to deflect anger and as a means of division. In
France, this racism and xenophobia have always had colonial overtones: a
significant portion of immigration comes from our former colonies, whose
loss the French state has still not come to terms with. This
anti-immigrant policy serves more than just an ideological purpose of
division and scapegoating. Repressing immigration means putting some of
us in a position where we are forced to accept unacceptable wage and
working conditions (see the testimonies of undocumented immigrants in
this report), and thus undermines all of our social gains. Denying
immigrant retirees their pensions (you now have to reside in France for
more than six months a year to receive your pension) is an attack on a
social right at its very roots. Retirement is based on our
contributions; it's a right acquired through our struggles. Making it
conditional on nationality and residency is an attack on the very
essence of our social security system, a promise of future dismantling:
if we deny it to some contributors, why not deny it to others?
In fact, immigrants, the bourgeoisie (1), both right and far right,
prefer them undocumented, available to be forced into labor at will.
Retailleau knows well that announcing large-scale raids in train
stations in advance is ineffective in hunting down undocumented
immigrants. To boost numbers, it's better to arrest them as they leave
their homes or on commuter buses in the early morning, as they leave for
work. However, this helps maintain an atmosphere of fear and terror, and
the real goal is media coverage. Portraying immigrants and their
descendants as a danger also facilitates the criminalization of solidarity.
Of course, the report you are about to read doesn't fully address the
issue. It would have needed at least a special issue. It should have
discussed the CRAs, these prisons where people are locked up without
trial or judicial supervision for increasingly long periods of time, and
from which associations are increasingly excluded. It should have
discussed the families separated by this deportation policy. We should
have talked about the cemetery that the Mediterranean has become, the
English Channel, the desert crossing... In 2024, at least 8,938 people
died on migratory routes worldwide, according to the latest figures from
the International Organization for Migration (IOM). In reality, many
more, because not all deaths are recorded. We should have talked about
Europe outsourcing border surveillance by paying handsomely to Libyan
militias, Tunisia, Morocco... We should have talked about the murderous
role of Frontex, whose former director is a candidate for the National
Rally. We deliberately focused on immigration and therefore did not
address the subject of its children, very often French but still
discriminated against.
Supporting immigration struggles is supporting ourselves. Anti-racism is
often presented as a humanitarian action. Certainly, humanity is one of
the things that separates us from the deadly policies of capital. But
even when we have the ridiculous impression that we're only fighting for
the papers or housing of this or that person, this is somewhat similar
to union action, which isn't limited to strikes and days of action, but
also involves defending individual situations. This is certainly not
what excites us most about daily resistance at work, but it is a
necessity for action.
We have nothing to gain from the competition between the exploited that
the bourgeois parties and media fuel. Undocumented immigrants, shelters,
unaccompanied minors: immigration struggles in France - Introduction to
the immigration dossier
A nauseating wind is blowing from the government. It's a race to the
bottom to see who can hit hardest on immigration. At the time of
writing, Retailleau seems to be holding the line, with his large-scale
(and infamous) train station raids, his "Muslim Brotherhood" suspicions
about those who have assimilated, his love of OQTFs and their
enforcement, his umpteenth circular to make regularization even more
complicated... He is protected by a Prime Minister who has adopted the
far-right expression "migratory submersion." The "left," however,
remains relatively silent on the subject. But we cannot forget the
Socialist Party's role in the 1980s in branding immigrants as a burden
and a foreign body to society. All this against the backdrop of an
equally nauseating soup served up by the mainstream media.
In authoritarian periods, racism and xenophobia have always been favored
by those in power to deflect anger and as a means of division. In
France, this racism and xenophobia have always had colonial overtones: a
significant portion of immigration comes from our former colonies, whose
loss the French state has still not come to terms with. This
anti-immigrant policy serves more than just an ideological purpose of
division and scapegoating. Repressing immigration means putting some of
us in a position where we are forced to accept unacceptable wage and
working conditions (see the testimonies of undocumented immigrants in
this report), and thus undermines all of our social gains. Denying
immigrant retirees their pensions (you now have to reside in France for
more than six months a year to receive your pension) is an attack on a
social right at its very roots. Retirement is based on our
contributions; it's a right acquired through our struggles. Making it
conditional on nationality and residency is an attack on the very
essence of our social security system, a promise of future dismantling:
if we deny it to some contributors, why not deny it to others?
In fact, immigrants, the bourgeoisie (1), both right and far right,
prefer them undocumented, available to be forced into labor at will.
Retailleau knows well that announcing large-scale raids in train
stations in advance is ineffective in hunting down undocumented
immigrants. To boost numbers, it's better to arrest them as they leave
their homes or on commuter buses in the early morning, as they leave for
work. However, this helps maintain an atmosphere of fear and terror, and
the real goal is media coverage. Portraying immigrants and their
descendants as a danger also facilitates the criminalization of solidarity.
Of course, the report you are about to read doesn't fully address the
issue. It would have needed at least a special issue. It should have
discussed the CRAs, these prisons where people are locked up without
trial or judicial supervision for increasingly long periods of time, and
from which associations are increasingly excluded. It should have
discussed the families separated by this deportation policy. We should
have talked about the cemetery that the Mediterranean has become, the
English Channel, the desert crossing... In 2024, at least 8,938 people
died on migratory routes worldwide, according to the latest figures from
the International Organization for Migration (IOM). In reality, many
more, because not all deaths are recorded. We should have talked about
Europe outsourcing border surveillance by paying handsomely to Libyan
militias, Tunisia, Morocco... We should have talked about the murderous
role of Frontex, whose former director is a candidate for the National
Rally. We deliberately focused on immigration and therefore did not
address the subject of its children, very often French but still
discriminated against.
Supporting immigration struggles is supporting ourselves. Anti-racism is
often presented as a humanitarian action. Certainly, humanity is one of
the things that separates us from the deadly policies of capital. But
even when we have the ridiculous impression that we're only fighting for
the papers or housing of this or that person, this is somewhat similar
to union action, which isn't limited to strikes and days of action, but
also involves defending individual situations. This is certainly not
what excites us most about daily resistance at work, but it is a
necessity for action.
We have nothing to gain from the competition between the exploited that
the bourgeois parties and media fuel. Attacks on immigration and
widespread racism, not just popular but primarily institutional and
media-based, are at the heart of attacks on our social gains, on our
class. The anti-immigration laws facilitated by racist propaganda make
some of the exploited more precarious, excluding them from our rights
and social gains. In doing so, our rights and gains are being
undermined. The very notion of equality is being regressed. This is why,
in these difficult times, immigration remains a central issue.
CJ Ile de France
Note
(1) Finally, its dominant faction. A certain number of small business
owners lacking skilled labor are in favor of regularization.
http://oclibertaire.lautre.net/spip.php?article4483
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