(en) Alternative Libertaire AL - Not a new law against veiled women, a radical and racist response unit (fr)

After the victory on points of an employee dismissed by the Baby-Loup nursery because she 
wore a headscarf, the newspaper Marianne launched in late March, at the initiative of 
Elisabeth Badinter (godmother of the crib), a call to signed a petition demanding a law on 
an extension of the ban on the wearing of religious symbols law which, like the previous 
one, is essentially the headscarf. Hollande announced its vote in the coming weeks or 
months ahead, while the UMP group in the National Assembly already prepared a bill. ---- 
We oppose this new draconian campaign to stigmatize Muslims and Muslim. We challenge the 
use of progressive values ??such as secularism and women's rights to justify this law. 
---- We do not want to believe that the empowerment of women through the prohibition of 
movement in public spaces, access to employment and education due to a choice of clothing.

We refuse that we impose the veil to a woman, and we think it is like wearing high heels, 
a brand of patriarchal domination. However the ban to those who want to wear is the same 
as imposing those who do not want, especially when the order comes from the state and the 
law! This "hunt veiled" has its roots in the war in Algeria, namely forced unveilings that 
had nothing to do with women's rights but which fell within the legitimization of 
maintaining the colonial order.

These laws have nothing to do with secularism but everything to do with racism. It is the 
fact that the veil is an Islamic symbol and it is visible in the French society that bothers.

These anti-veil campaigns also serve to divide those who should be uni-es (the workers, 
whatever their origins, cultures, religions or no religion) and unite those who should be 
divided (the proletariat and employers). While the leftist government continues to adopt 
unpopular measures, this new case is well hide misery veiled women do not have to pay the 
government's inability to solve the social problems of the country by using as scapegoats.

In addition, there are many racist attacks since the beginning of the mandate of Holland, 
whether hunting for undocumented migrants and Roma, the unpunished police violence or 
discrimination against the unprecedented that the government does nothing. There is no 
hope, we have nothing to expect from them to us to mobilize. It is time to unite all the 
people who experience racism, insecurity and exploitation, Muslims, Roma, undocumented 
residents and inhabitants of the neighborhoods.

We oppose a new law that would prevent women wearing headscarves to access employment. We 
call to resist and mobilize against this new offensive and racist against all racist 
government policy. We call for the rally initiated by the collective Moms All Egales and 
several other organizations, to request the removal of the circular Chatel and previous 
laws, and to oppose the creation of a new law. For equality and against racism and 
discrimination.

Appointment Saturday, May 18 to UNICEF (Metro Chatelet) 1 rue Pierre Lescot 15 he

Libertarian Alternative, May 16, 2013