We now approach a major victory for the struggle against the dealer manager and planning
of the territory. And that, among other things, because those who resist have managed to
remain uni.es despite desperate to demonize the anger that is expressed on February 22
attempts. However, arrests, prosecutions and convictions raining down on opponents . ----
The airport project Notre Dame des Landes sees every day more fragile. The demonstration
of 22 February saw an unprecedented mobilization and once again demonstrated the strength
of the movement with 50,000 people, 500 tractors and 67 cars from all over France. In the
aftermath, the declarations and agreements renewed the fact not start work before
exhaustion currently filed against the airport (1), could act his swan song.
When Valls is ready to propose abandoning the project to catch the Greens (2), we can
already say that the government does not believe anymore. Anyway, out of the circles, the
movement is more prepared than ever to prevent it from starting work and any new wave of
expulsion.
We now approach a major victory for the struggle against the dealer manager and planning
of the territory. And it is, among other things, because those who stand on the ground
were able to stay uni.es, despite desperate to demonize the anger that is expressed on
February 22 attempts.
In this context of defeat for pro-airports, a series of arrests (3) nevertheless came a
day after the municipal elections in full Valls appointment as Prime Minister.
This is an attempt to revenge unfolds that requires broad support, but that does not
undermine the determination of the movement.
After the grandiose announcements about ongoing investigations, the result is, moreover,
not very impressive. It was in the end a sample of a few people who, like hundreds of
others that day, it may be thrown a few shots at the police and are also accused of
having, like tens of thousands of others, "participated in an armed mob" . These were so
good suspect.es profil?.es on 9 arr?t?.es, two were almost immediately rel?ch?.es
unanswered, one of which was not even in Nantes during the event. 4 have already gone
immediate appearance, and 1'autre be tried in a few months. For the first who have not
been able to prepare their defense, despite the heavy sentences are empty files: 4 months
suspended, 4 months in prison, five months and finally a firm-year prison term deposit and
a ban all manifest in Nantes and Notre Dame des Landes for one to three years.
If the operation is poor, these arrests are nonetheless serious. First, because a comrade
go to jail and many others may go in the coming months. They are also serious because they
represent an attempt to gain acceptance of new clean criminalize more repressive measures
in the future, all social struggles and all-are those who are actually barriers to
large-scale projects.
As with activists Val Susa (4), the workers of PSA or Contis (5), the so-called terrorist
Lab?ge (6) Tarnac (7) or insurgents beautiful (8) Villiers, the State facing what he
considers as a threat, deploys riot police and media means to criminalize the movement.
The crisis and calls for denunciation in the media seek to return those targeted in small
boxes foils of "cracker" isolated or "terrorist" band organized and build a well-defined
enemy within and outside the movement . Valls, it is necessary to believe in the fiction
of the "black block" those manipulators and marginal groups that intervene in the
struggles to satisfy their desires nihilists. They must isolate, stigmatize, divide
because the reality of a broad and multifaceted struggle, the possibility of solidarity
between various tactics is unacceptable and dangerous for them. It is this reality that
has defeated the Caesar operation and making them difficult if the idea of a return to the
area.
The method used: Stop weeks after a demonstration of people at home, without the act on
the basis of images, photos, videos or confessions extracted is relatively new in this
country (9). And it is this method that active solidarity must neutralize. The method is
primarily intended to distill sustainable afraid to participate in events, especially if
it is possible that they are not a docile parade and a tension emerges there. Recall that
as a major catalyst clashes 22 February has undoubtedly been the Prefect will prevent the
event takes place and the transformation of the heart of Nantes in the red zone. In a
context where the prefecture announced its intention to resume faster evictions and house
demolitions on Zad, as well as protected species. Also keep in mind that, despite the
media-political fiction of "the devastated city of indiscriminate way" , most acts of
sabotage that occurred that day were focused on carrying the airport project and their
minions, or actors other major projects such as the Val di Susa. Although 50,000 attendees
have not participated, although certain.es manifestant.es were angoiss?.es situation or
critical of these acts, it is undeniable that thousands of people have supported or
participated more actively the momentum to go downtown despite police barricades, and
quite a few others have applauded and smiled at the vision gear destruction Vinci fire.
Police responded the same day at this affront to blow rubber bullets or grenades, she
maimed for life and seriously injured dozens of manifestant.es (10)
But that was not enough, failing to judge the crowd, the repressive lottery falls
afterwards a few isolated individuals.
This wave of arrest could be repeated. It is now all-es those who, on February 22, could
not bear to be impeding their right to manifest, which are es-insurgent against police
violence and repression, and beyond to all those who care about the same opportunity to
fight, organize, leaving no persons charged after this day only face justice or behind bars.
First signatories:
- The occupant of the es-Zad, groups and individuals fighting against the airport and his
world.
- The meeting of the inhabitants of the Zad-es of Thursday, April 10, 2014
- The Carila (Anti-Repression Committee Deriving anti-Airport Fight)
The OCL joins the call.
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Additional information:
A support committee Enguerrand, sentenced to one year firm was established with his family
and loved ones - contact: soutien.enguerrand (@) riseup.net
A demonstration of solidarity should be organized quickly.
The Carila (anti-repression resulting from the anti-airport control panel) provides legal
and material support charged. You can send donations for legal costs and lawyer. Support
Committee Indicted es Le Gue 44220 Cou?ron
Of injured Feb. 22 filed complaints for "voluntary violence with weapons" . A call to the
wounded on February 22 was launched.http://22fevrier2014nantes.blogspot.fr/
The assembly of the movement signed a joint statement inspired by a text NDDL 22
Committee: http://zad.nadir.org/spip.php?artic ...
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Notes:
(1) This position has already been announced by Ayrault following the demonstration of 22
February, and the urgent calls Auxiette, regional president, to expel immediately Zad. It
has been confirmed in writing by an agreement between the PS and EELV between the two
rounds of municipal and recovery by S?gol?ne Royal during his arrival at the Ministry of
Ecology.
(2) Emmanuelle Cosse, boss of EELV said April 5 national council of his party had proposed
that Valls their "half-words, the end of NDDL" so that they remain in government.
(3) people had been arrested and charged during the event and the week followed. For more
information and tips on arrests March 31: http://zad.nadir.org/spip.php?artic ...
(4) On 9 December 2013, the political police on the orders of parquet Turin and Milan,
jailed Chiara, Mattia, Niccolo and Claudio, to "attack purpose of terrorism." They and are
accused es taking part in an attack on the construction of the TAV during which equipment
was sabotaged. They face up to 20 years in prison. This is far from the first time in
Italy that this type of anti-terrorist procedure falls on anti-TAV activists
(5) End of 2012 and early 2013, faced with the announced closure of the PSA plant of
Aulnay-sous-Bois, various qualified shares "militaristic" by management and reported by
the main trade unions have been carried out by workers in struggle: sequestration
frameworks, masked processions and sabotage inside the factory riots. .. In April 2009, as
part of a struggle hard to face a social plan, 200 workers sacked Continental
Sub-prefecture of Compiegne. 6 of them will be charged for these facts.
(6) 05/08/11, ten people had entered the premises of the judicial protection of youth,
Lab?ge near Toulouse, to protest against the incarceration minor due to the suppression of
a revolt in EPM and smelly liquid spilled on computers. November 15, 2011, after months of
investigation, several houses and squats were raided and 4 Toulouse found themselves
incarcerated with heavy charges. http://pourlaliberte.noblogs.org/
(7) On November 11, 2008 9 people are arrested and charged with "conspiracy and damages in
relation to a terrorist enterprise", accused of having participated in the sabotage of a
catenary TGV. See: http://www.soutien11novembre.org/
(8) On 25 November 2007, and Lakhmany Moushin, 16 and 15, die hit by a police patrol. The
city rises for two days. Months later, people are arrested following a public call to
denounce the government, and are condemned to heavy sentences.
(9) If these methods are fairly new in France, they are unfortunately common in other
European countries . And following the riots that have taken over Tottenham and several
English cities in August 2011 after a police killing hundreds of people were arrested in
post on the basis of video images and calls for denunciation in the days, weeks and months.
(10) The police had already unleashed violence during evictions of Zad against in November
2012. Among other things, November 24 during an operation in the forest Rohanne, where a
hundred people were injured, some seriously, by rubber bullets and grenades.
PS
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