(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL #243 - Social traitors popular Riposte against capitalist puppets (fr, pt)

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The change of government only reinforces the social war that the "left" power leads 
against the popular classes. To break the despair and finally raise its head more than 
ever it's time to fight, to unite and bring a revolutionary alternative. ----
Face the change of government most editorialists questioned whether the government had 
taken a liberal or social democratic turn. But these parrots have beautiful bourgeois 
chatter, the caravan passes. The eviction of Montebourg and others do not change much on 
the merits of government policy. ---- Right policy uninhibited ---- Since the Socialists 
are in power, they have a policy that goes in the same direction: tax breaks to the 
richest destruction of labor law, etc. Not to mention racist and security policy. Provided 
the declaration of love Valls companies, at the University of MEDEF, before an audience of 
cheering patrons, shows that time is accelerating. The political line does not change, but 
how to do so. Now it is a policy (right) totally uninhibited. Openly against political 
workers, precarious and youth.

A throttling policy that people claim European and French capitalists for their profits. 
Reactions rejoiced MEDEF show well, the bosses will get the jackpot and now have a free 
hand to ask what they want: 35 pm, Sunday work, minimum wage, attacks will multiply. The 
Socialists have understood that they could not rely on any form of political legitimacy to 
govern. The unpopularity breaking records and anger is brewing in the country. The class 
is completely discredited politicians. Open with the capitalists and the many "business" 
complicity demonstrate every day that clientelism and corruption are not exceptions but 
the daily ransom at all levels, a crumbling system. But regardless, the politicians will 
stop at nothing to enforce their policies. Passages in force at the National Assembly, 
opportunistic political realignments, increased against those who fight repression, all 
means are good as long as it is "in the right direction." Most governments have little 
legitimacy, the greater is their authoritarianism.

Uncertain development plan

The regime of the Fifth Republic based on bipartisanship through a strong institutional 
arsenal, cloisonn?, which a party can represent 30% of the vote and have only a few 
members (in the same way that it allows a party which is 2% have 20). This institutional 
stability is a guarantee for the capitalists, allowing them to establish their dominance 
while playing the game of "representative democracy". The bourgeoisie's interest that 
things do not change and that the fatal game of the Fifth Republic continues. But things 
can change when the country is no longer governable because of social or institutional 
instability. The question now arises: traditional parties be able to govern in the usual 
institutional game? Nothing is less certain. The application of a policy of "aust?ritaire" 
by a political class became unstable and fragile, may require a change in the regime. The 
most likely scenario is that of an authoritarian trend, already underway, that the Plan is 
in the form of a technocratic government or a return of the "hard right" business. There 
is also the risk, more palpable, a rise to power of the extreme right whose ideas are 
gaining ground.

But the camp operated, the time for action is now in a situation that requires 
paradoxically act in both the urgency of a worrying situation, while building the 
medium-term foundations for a genuine alternative policy. Despair is not appropriate. The 
priority now is to give hope to all those who suffer capitalism. But it must be clear 
about the deadlocks in which not falling. Since 2005 successive redials the "left of the 
left". Often solutions "from above" that lead only a few election results before breaking 
figure in the logic of alliance that look good opportunists. Priorities lie elsewhere in 
strategies "political moves" that lead to the same disappointments and weaken the camp 
operated es. The land struggles is obviously a priority. These are the best antidote to 
the influence of the extreme right. They are the breeding ground for class consciousness 
and without a higher level of intense struggle, the question of an alternative policy is 
unrealistic. For it is not the policy that creates struggles but they that create the 
policy. Many demonstrations were held and / or develop (railway, intermittent and 
precarious, etc.). All signs of an anger that rises and asks only expand. In this sense, 
the convergence of struggles is an important issue. Although the prospect of a "central 
conflict" seems distant, convergences have already been implemented in some cities such as 
Toulouse and Marseille.

Unity around the struggles and emergency claims

In this regard the pursuit of unitary initiative began on April 12 is paramount. On two 
conditions. On the one hand the making of the centrality of the social movement 
organizations, the only way for the initiative to be connected to the dynamics of struggle 
and it is not hostage to issues politicians. On the other hand, is constituted a common 
set of emergency claims to federate beyond activist circles and fleshing out the next day 
mobilization.

A political project for tomorrow

In this period of political confusionism revolutionaries must not only be in the movie 
struggles but also need to wear a political alternative. It is therefore important that 
the anticapitalist make their voices heard to the reformist face. It is in this sense that 
AL initiated in different cities, anti-capitalist fronts, who want flexible convergence 
tools in action and claims of individuals, organized or not, identifying with a combative 
anti-capitalism, ecological , self-management and egalitarian. Develop this type of 
convergence, in a logic of mobilization without any electoral perspective should allow to 
be asked questions of alternative policy, the construction of popular power, based on both 
existing struggles but also act on alternatives.

Tristan (AL Toulouse)