France, Alternative Libertaire AL #246 - Urban Folder:- A
ZAD to crystallize the resistors? (fr, it, pt) [machine
translation]
Notre-Dame-des-Landes, Sivens: two emblematic struggles against capitalist planning. In
Ile-de-France, it is difficult to mobilize on this issue, yet the stakes are there
essential. ---- Le Grand Paris is like a big apple with, at its heart, the creation of a
metropolis that will absorb the neighboring departments and the outskirts, the development
of dramatic economic projects - in Gonesse, it will Europacity, the largest shopping
center Europe (with the icing on the cake, a dry ski slope); in Palaiseau, this will be
the "Silicon Valley" of Saclay. After seeing Paris eradicate popular areas, it is now all
the suburbs that will be gentrified. So this is a major project that covers all the
popular classes! ---- Now, faced with the juggernaut advancing everywhere but not both at
the same pace, it is difficult to react. One day, it is a prestigious neighborhood out of
the ground in Saint-Ouen; the next day, that is Ivry. See local collective of the day,
often around political squats suburbs; around citizenists associations in the outer
suburbs. This is not the same type of population. The joint is difficult between the need
to develop the fight locally and to coordinate the face of political and economic powers,
they have a global vision of the situation.
Yet, we must learn to see everything that is happening in France ?lede- as our business.
What happens in Gonesse For Saint-Denis, Ivry and should interest Palaiseau. It would be a
francilienne strength knowing we can only rely on our own strength. Indeed, the
established parties are part of current policies. Thus the PCF, but opposing Gonesse
promoter Ivry... Moreover, the chosen few who are mobilizing are often locked in battles
of experts where they eventually lost. What about the extreme left organized?
Against the Grand Paris, a small coordination, Costif, was born. It links between
struggles rather suburbs (Gonesse, Palaiseau), but the connection is very loose with other
urban resistors for sociological and generational reasons mentioned above. The dominant
impression is that of the earthen pot against the iron pot, and a matter of strategy
arises. Should we be content to spend a struggle to another, or decide that a major
project - like that of Notre-Dame-des-Landes - could serve as an engine for Ile
resistance? The fight against Europacity, in Gonesse, could be the lighthouse highlighting
the wider Greater Paris project. To date, the issue has not been decided but this
struggle, which has already seen several demonstrations and the fall festival promises to
be long. It is not unreasonable to suggest that actions, in both Paris and Gonesse is
subsequently develop.
Jean-Pierre Petit (Costif)
http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Dossier-urbain-Une-ZAd-pour
