(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL #245 - Class 3A: The
alternation or alternative (fr, it, pt) [machine translation]
November 15 was held a national day of protests against the new austerity cure planned by
the government in the Finance Bill 2015. If we can be proud of a unitary mobilization on
this issue, it is that neither the claims nor the action proposed terms do not allow for
the time to build a response to the stakes. ---- Of course, we will not be choosy too: in
such a gloomy context, it is beneficial that the collective alternative to austerity
(3A)[1] was born as a result of the march on April 12 against the policy government has
driven a day of mobilization on November 15 against the budget vote. As associations,
trade union federations and political organizations speak with one voice to denounce the
anti-social policies of the government is especially beneficial in spite of the redoubled
attacks against the workers, we deplore the lack of social struggles likely to change the
balance of power.
Despite this, and although Libertarian Alternative participated since its creation in the
meetings of the group 3A, we decided not to sign the unitary call following the
discussions of this group as we consider the claims and forms of mobilization must be
tailored to issues.
Change of government or change society?
By choosing to put forward the proposal of a "tax reform of magnitude" as the centerpiece
of an alternative policy, the signatories of this appeal chose to place only the prospect
of a change of government and have also worked to expand the class 3A towards
organizations that can participate in this new reformist majority[2]. How to think and
break not only with policies for decades, but more broadly with a fundamentally unjust and
unequal political and economic system?
Inevitably, the figures of the demonstrations on 15 November suggest how these political
combinations are far from the concerns of the population: 30 000 announced in Paris were
in reality no more than 10,000.
Take Action!
The facts are quite pessimistic and the risk is great that this collective is to just be
harmless crucible of political recomposition to the left of the PS, completely
disconnected from social reality. If he does not change course, you will also find the
tool to build a broad and popular mobilization and lay the foundations for real against
powers. For this, there is no alternative but to rely on concrete demands (related to
housing, access to energy, employment) and push everywhere solidarity actions against the
effects of this policy that represses, expel, dismiss and precarious. What we need is a
magnitude response, in which coordinates anti-capitalist forces take their place to
clearly point out the responsibilities and attack the system at the root. While
dramatically increasing the precariousness and repression intensifies, it is more than
ever necessary to mend a class solidarity and develop forms of resistance responding
directly to the daily suffering.
Benjamin Bakin (AL Paris Northeast)
[1] See www.collectif3a.org
[2] Within Gives Socialists afflicted through Europe Ecology-Greens or the Young Socialist
Movement.
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