UCL, Brief. Back on the conference at the Cégep de
St-Félicien - Emma Goldman collective (fr) [machine translation]
Wednesday, March 11, more than thirty people showed up at the student coffee Cégep de
Saint-Félicien to attend a lecture by Collectif anarchist Emma Goldman. The place was
designated to hold this kind of event since he was born of an autonomous struggle. The
meeting focused on urban reappropriation and self-management of our cities. How to regain
control over our living environments which are under attack from all sides with
gentrification, large unnecessary and costly projects, or the domination of asphalt and
concrete on nature, these were the issues raised in this conference. The answer for
activists of the group lies in the autonomy and self-organization. ---- Urban struggle and
fight against austerity ---- Gentrification and the austerity measures are nested one
inside the other. Both phenomena result from the same logic: the acceleration at the
market. No need for a detailed analysis to ascertain the implacable logic of businessmen
and servants of capital. In the end, it is always US (workers, unemployed, students,
immigrant-es, etc.) to pay the bill for their banquet.
The fight against austerity must go beyond "defensive". We need to learn, experiment and
create alternatives to clear spaces of freedom. This struggle can not be content to
preserve the "Quebec model". In our neighborhoods, our workplaces or in our learning
environments, we must organize and develop autonomous spaces. Whether self-managed
gardens, neighborhood committees, student-run cafés, etc.
The conference ended on an interesting and promising note. The Collective launched the
call to set in motion this desire for change and action. The people there have decided to
gather the names to form a broad committee whose goal will be to work on the issue of
autonomy and self-organization.
Face austerity, laying the foundation for a new society.
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